US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Wednesday, August 20:
National Park Service Seeks Contractor Services
Aug 20, 2008 ... TUPELO, Miss., Aug. 20 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service said it was soliciting contractor services for 24-pounder siege and garrison artillery carriage in aluminum with a solid ductile iron axle insert to mount a 24-pounder siege gun, siege limber, two metal display ...
German, Austrian Inventor Develops Nonvolatile Memory Cell Arrangement Method
Aug 20, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- Michael Specht and Franz Hofmann, both of Munchen, Germany, Johannes Kretz and Lars Dreeskornfeld, both of Dresden, Germany, and Ulrich Dorda of Wien, Austria, have developed a nonvolatile memory cell. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
Nevada Inventors Develop Urethral Catheter Device
Aug 20, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- Cheryl A. Mitts and Lawrence E. Klecka, both of Las Vegas, have developed a method for using urethral catheter device. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A urethral catheter device and an associated method ...
California Inventors Develop Therapeutic Substances Delivering Device
Aug 20, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- Ketan P. Muni and Hung V. Ha, both of San Jose, Calif., John Y. Chang and William M. Facteau, both of Montain View, Calif., Joshua Makower of Los Altos, Calif., John H. Morriss of Portola Valley, Calif., and Amrish Jayprakash Walke of Santa Clara, Calif., have ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Disposable Absorbent Article
Aug 20, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- Minoru Hoshino of Kiryu, Japan, and Fumiko Aoki of Sawa-gun, Japan, have developed a disposable diaper for adult. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An absorbent article body part includes a liquid permeable surface side sheet, a liquid ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Device
Aug 20, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- Ken Takeuchi of Yokohama, Japan, has developed a semiconductor integrated circuit device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor integrated circuit device has a first memory cell group including a plurality of rewritable ...
Fish and Wildlife Service Seeks Creosote Post, Barb Wire
Aug 20, 2008 ... ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Aug. 20 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service said it had a requirement for creosote post and galvanized barbed wire, fence staples and fence stays.The NAICS code for this requirement is 444190 with the size standard of $7.0 million. This ...
Fish and Wildlife Service Seeks Limestone Road Base Material
Aug 20, 2008 ... ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Aug. 20 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service said it had a requirement for 1,200 tons of limestone road base material.The NAICS code for this requirement is 212312 with the size standard of 500 employees. This acquisition is a 100 percent small ...
California Inventors Develop Detachable Aneurysm Neck Bridge
Aug 20, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- Kim Nguyen, Hanh Ho and My Doan, all from San Jose, Calif., Michael P. Wallace and Tri Tran, both of Fremont, Calif., Robert M. Abrams of Los Gatos, Calif., Richard Murphy of Sunnyvale, Calif., and Harold F. Carrison of Pleasanton, Calif., have developed a bridge for ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Optical Information Recording System
Aug 20, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- Kuo-Ding Shin of Judung Jen, Taiwan, and Kun-Hung Hsieh of Hsinchu County, Taiwan, have developed a method for recording information. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system controlling recording on an optical disc is provided. A first ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Safety Syringe, Holder-Supporting Seat
Aug 20, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- Chung-Yu Yang of Taipei, Taiwan has developed a safety syringe with needle retracting mechanism. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A safety syringe includes a flexible holder-supporting seat that is sleeved around and that clamps a needle ...
New Jersey Inventors Develop Controlled Superposition Coding System
Aug 20, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- Rajiv Laroia of Basking Ridge, N.J., Junyi Li of Bedminster, N.J., and Murari Srinivasan of Somerset, N.J., have developed a communication method. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "Methods of using ...
Arkansas Inventor Develops Secure Optical Information Disc
Aug 20, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- Joel Douglas Bigley of Cabot, Ark., has developed an optical data storage disc. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A secure optical data disc comprising an electronic article surveillance tag embedded within a layered disc structure ...
New York, New Jersey Inventors Develop Blood Pump, Disposable Blood Filter
Aug 20, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- Howard R. Levin of Teaneck, N.J., Mark Gelfand of New York, and Steven Bernard of Yonkers, N.Y., have developed an integrated disposable cartridge for blood treatment. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated disposable cartridge for ...
California, North Carolina Inventors Develop Remote Manipulation Hand-Actuated Device
Aug 20, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- David J. Danitz of San Jose, Calif., and Cameron D. Hinman of Thurmond, N.C., have developed an articulating mechanism for manipulating remote. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "The invention provides an ...
Israeli Inventors Develop Computing Device
Aug 20, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- Avihai A. Shabtai of Peduel, Israel, Nissim Cohen-Matzliah of Tel Aviv-Yaffo, Israel, and Youry Kirpichnikov of Rehovot, Israel, have developed a computing device with socket and accessory device containment. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
German Inventors Develop Distribution Connection Module
Aug 20, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- Germany Harald Klein and Joachim Stark, both of Berlin, and Ralf-Dieter Busse of Waldersruh, Germany have developed a distribution connection module for telecommunications. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A distribution connection module ...
Texas Inventor Develops Supra Pubic Catheter Retaining Device
Aug 20, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- Matthew A. Gomez of Bedford, Texas has developed a device for retaining a supra pubic catheter having a moveable retainer axially moveable along the catheter, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. 7,410,477 ...
National Park Service Seeks Reproduction Services in North Carolina
Aug 20, 2008 ... TUPELO, Miss., Aug. 20 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service said it was soliciting services for the reproduction of fully-functional seaworthy 26-foot monomoy pulling surf boat with wagon and oars to be delivered to Cape Lookout National Seashore, N.C.The NAICS code for ...
Canadian Inventors Develop Disengageable Articulation Joint
Aug 20, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- Terris Yakimovich and Edward Lemaire, both of Ottawa, and Jonathan Kofman of Waterloo, Canada, have developed a disengageable articulating joint. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention pertains to an articulating joint that ...
Maloney to Speak at Caucus
Aug 20, 2008 ... The National Association of Federal Credit Unions issued the following news release: Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., chair of the Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee, on Tuesday joined the host of legislative and industry leaders confirmed to speak before NAFCU's ...
Visa Pilot Tests Wireless Device Notifications
Aug 20, 2008 ... The National Association of Federal Credit Unions issued the following news release: Tech-savvy credit unions may be interested to know that Visa Inc. is testing a new pilot program that delivers real-time notification alerts to wireless devices on cardholder accounts. In making ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Mobile Telecommunication Terminal
Aug 20, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- Song-Rae Cho of Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea, has developed a short message with a performance controlling parameter. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a method for changing a performance controlling parameter of a mobile ...
New York Inventors Develop Non-Volatile Memory Structure
Aug 20, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- Bruce G. Elmegreen of Golden Bridge, N.Y., Subramanian S. Iyer of Mount Kisco, N.Y., Deok-kee Iyer of Bedford Hills, N.Y., Lia Krusin-Elbaum of Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., Dennis M. Newns of Yorktown Heights, N.Y., Byeongju Park of Plainview, N.Y., have developed a ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Information Recording System
Aug 20, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- Tetsuya Kondo of Kanagawa-ken, Japan, has developed an information recording medium. According to a description of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an information recording medium utilized for ...
British Inventor Develops Communication Power Control System
Aug 20, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- Nicholas William Anderson of Bath, Great Britain, have developed a method for controlling power communication. According to a description of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to communication systems, ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Data Transferring System
Aug 20, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- Kyung-geun Lee, In-sik Park, Chong-sam Chung, Du-seop Yoon and Chang-min Park, all from Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, have developed a method of transferring data. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical information storage medium includes ...
U.S., British Inventors Develop Organs Extracorporeal Perfusion Apparatus
Aug 20, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- Peter Friend of Oxford, Great Britain, Andrew Butler of Cambridgeshire, Great Britain, and Michael Rees of Toledo, Ohio, have developed a method for operating apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and methods of operation ...
Chinese, South Korean Inventors Develop Guard Interval Inserting, Removing Apparatus
Aug 20, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- Jingyl Liao, Hai Wang, Yongchun Chen and Fengming Cao, all from Beijing, Pan-Yuh Joo of Seoul, South Korea, Dong-Seek Park of Yongin-si, South Korea, and Jung-Min Ro of Suwon-si, South Korea, have developed a method for transmitting Orthogonal Frequency Division ...
Michigan, Ohio Inventors Develop Orthosis Knee Joint
Aug 20, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- James H. Campbell of Clarkston, Mich., Nicholas Zalinski of Madison Heights, Mich., Jonathan M. Naft of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, and Wyatt S. Newman of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, have developed a lockable knee joint for orthosis. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Radio Communication System
Aug 20, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- Kunio Fukuda of Tokyo has developed a wireless terminal device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To realize a wireless communication system capable of keeping a beacon interval fixed, keeping transmission quality, and performing ...
New York, New Jersey Inventors Develop Intradermally Substance Delivery Device
Aug 20, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- Bradley M. Wilkinson of North Haledon, N.J., and Mark Newby of Tuxedo, N.Y., have developed a method for delivering substance intradermally. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for delivering a substance into the skin of a patient ...
German Inventor Develops Communication System Power Emission Controlling Method
Aug 20, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- Wolfgang Zirwas of Grobenzell, Germany, has developed a method and devices for controlling the emission power in a communications system, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. 7,412,253 on Aug ....
Virginia Inventor Develops Torque Transfer Mechanism
Aug 20, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- William F. Ginder of Roanoke, Va., has developed an apparatus for transferring torque. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A torque transfer mechanism connects an input shaft to an output shaft to transmit rotation and torque in either ...
Florida, Pennsylvania Inventors Develop Peritoneal Dialysis Performance Apparatus
Aug 20, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- Andrea Krensky of Coconut Creek, Fla., Debra Toczko of Tampa, Fla., Randall Sharo of Saint Petersburg, Fla., Seyed Khorashabi of Oldsmar, Fla., Li Yue of North Wales, Pa., William J. Reese of Havertown, Pa., and Eric Callahan of Philadelphia, have developed a method ...
California Inventors Develop Electrical Connector
Aug 20, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- Steven Sprouse and Patricio Collantes, both of San Jose, Calif., and Dhaval ParikhSanta of Santa Clara, Calif., have developed an electrical connector with electrostatic discharge (ESD)grounding clip. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent ...
Banks Rack up Foreclosure Numbers in July
Aug 20, 2008 ... The National Association of Federal Credit Unions issued the following news release: The number of homes foreclosed on by banks increased in July by 8 percent on a monthly basis and 183 percent year-over-year, according to data from online marketing firm RealtyTrac. Banks took ...
Cyveillance Reports Uptick in Phishing, Malware
Aug 20, 2008 ... The National Association of Federal Credit Unions issued the following news release: Cyveillance, a NAFCU Services Preferred Partner, recently released a report indicating that the five most popular anti-virus programs available detect less than half of malware threats, which criminals ...
Bureau of Prisons Seeks Concrete Sealer
Aug 20, 2008 ... POLLOCK, La., Aug. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Prisons said it had a requirement for JX-4000 concrete sealer. The NAICS code for this requirement is 325612. All request for quotations are due by Aug. 25.The solicitation (No. 51904-0025-8) was posted on Aug. 14 and is ...
National Park Service Seeks Maintenance, Repair Services
Aug 20, 2008 ... PORT ANGELES, Wash., Aug. 20 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service said it was soliciting repair services for a 2002 model T-800 3-axle Kenworth dump truck with an 8 to 10 yard dump body.The NAICS code for this requirement is 811111 with the size standard of $6.5 ...
New Zealand Inventor Develops Dynamometer Drive Adapters
Aug 20, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- Howard Wayne Askey of Halswell, New Zealand, has developed a dynamometer drive adapter for motorcycle, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. 7,409,877 on Aug. 12. The patent has been assigned to Red ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Coriolis Flowmeter
Aug 20, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- Hirokazu Kitami, Yuichi Nakao and Norio Sukemura, all from Tokyo, have developed a Coriolis flowmeter. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A first inlet portion, a second inlet portion, a first outlet portion, and a second outlet portion are ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Optical Information Recording System
Aug 20, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- Kazunori Ito, Nobuaki Onagi and Shinya Narumi, all from Yokohama, Japan, Hajime Yuzurihara of Odawara, Japan, and Katsuyuki Yamada of Zama, Japan, have developed a phase-change optical information recording method. An abstract of the invention, released by the ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Dynamic Random Memory Module
Aug 20, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- Seiji Funaba, Yoji Nishio and Kayoko Shibata, all from Tokyo, have developed a memory system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A memory module has a plurality of dynamic random memories (DRAMs), which share a bus line, on the front surface ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Optical Stereoscopic Rigid Endoscopy System
Aug 20, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- Moriyasu Kanai of Saitama-ken, Japan has developed a stereoscopic rigid endoscope system. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "An optical system for stereoscopic rigid endoscope is provided with first and ...
French Inventor Develops Active Implantable Medical Device
Aug 20, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- Daniel Cooper of Saint Ismier, France has developed a device for evaluating intracardiac volume. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An active implantable medical device having a plurality of connection terminals able to be connected to ...
Maryland Inventor Develops Cardiac Support Device
Aug 20, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- Dai-Yuan Wang of Bethesda, Md. has developed a medication for putting heart in asystolic status. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "The invention relates to a cardiopulmonary bypass pump that can be used ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Optical Information Recording/Reproducing Device
Aug 20, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- Ryuichi Katayama of Tokyo has developed an optical head device. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "In an optical head device and an optical information recording/reproducing device using the optical head ...
British Inventors Develop Fuel Injector Flow Test Metering Apparatus
Aug 20, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- Aaron Walsh of West Hunsbury, Great Britain, and Ronald Michael Bundock of Buckingham, Great Britain, have developed fluids from fuel injectors being tested. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Metering apparatus including wall portions which ...
British Inventor Develops Remote Location Based Service
Aug 20, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- Ian Hughes of Southampton, Great Britain, has developed a remote location based service. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method, system and service for processing at a remote device a request from a first ...
California Inventor Develops Semiconductor Memory Device
Aug 20, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- Juhan Kim of San Jose, Calif., has developed a semiconductor programmable memory. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "In the present invention, one-time programmable memory includes a diode as an access ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Information Recording Apparatus
Aug 20, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- Haruyuki Suzuki of Kanagawa, Japan, has developed an information recording device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An information recording apparatus records information on an information recording medium by focusing a light beam emitted ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Wireless Communication Apparatus
Aug 20, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- Tae-jin Lee of Anyang, South Korea, Hyun-sook Kang of Yongin, South Korea, Jong-hun Park of Kwacheon, South Korea, and Kyung-hun Jang of Suwon, South Korea, have developed a wireless communication system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Dynamic Wireless Meshing Network System
Aug 20, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- Ming-Wang Guo of Hsinchu, Taiwan, has developed a dynamic wireless meshing network. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a dynamic wireless meshing network system, which applies a management frame stipulated ...
Pennsylvania Inventors Develop Wireless Local Area Network Location Method
Aug 20, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- Thomas P. Lewis of Bethel Park, Pa., and Russell A. Barr of Tarentum, Pa., have developed a method for locating mobile units. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Mobile units within an area are located using a wireless local area network ....
U.S., Taiwanese Inventors Develop an Electrical Connector
Aug 20, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- Shih-Wei Hsiao and Chun-Fu Lin, both of Tu-cheng, Taiwan, and Andrew Gattuso of Chandler, Ariz., have developed an electrical connector with compliant biasing device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical connector comprising: an ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Semiconductor Device
Aug 20, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- Yasuhiko Maki of Kawasaki, Japan, has developed a semiconductor device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In case that data are written in a flip-flop circuit by inverting the voltage to be supplied to a pair of write bit lines, the peak ...
German Inventors Develop Construction Machine
Aug 20, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- Tobias Glatz of Memmingen-Steinheim, Germany, has developed a construction machine. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a construction machine such as an excavator, a crawler-type vehicle, a wheeled loader or ...
Idaho Inventors Develop Electronic Device Memory Structure
Aug 20, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- John T. Moore and Terry L. Gilton, both of Boise, Idaho, have developed a memory architecture operation method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An architecture, and its method of formation and operation, containing a high density memory ...
Indiana, Minnesota Inventors Develop Robotic System for Handling Components
Aug 20, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- John E. Hale of Fishers, Ind., Michael D. Knierman of Indianapolis, and Kirk S. Boraas of Chaska, Minn., have developed a system for holding a sample. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robotic system for handling components during ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Optical Disc with Wobbled Tracks
Aug 20, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- Yuji Nagai, Chosaku Noda, Akihito Ogawa and Kazuto Kuroda, all from Kawasaki, Japan, have developed an optical disc. According to a description of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an optical ...
California Inventors Develop Heart Failure Treatment Apparatus
Aug 20, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- Lilip Lau of Sunnyvale, Calif., and Bill Hartigan of Fremont, Calif., have developed a heart failure treating method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cardiac harness for treating congestive heart failure is disclosed. The harness ...
Minnesota Inventor Develops Memory Device Optical Interconnection System
Aug 20, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- George R. Taylor of Ham Lake, Minn., has developed a semiconductor memory device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A memory device includes a semiconductor substrate in which memory circuitry has been fabricated. An address converter and a ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Semiconductor Storage Device
Aug 20, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- Kohji Inoue of Ikoma, Japan, has developed a memory cell contained semiconductor storage device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a semiconductor storage device with cross point type arrays of memory cells including variable resistor ...
British Inventor Develops Read-Only Memory Data Reading Method
Aug 20, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- Simon Chang of Cambridge, Great Britain, has developed a method for reading data. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for reading data stored in a multiple bit memory cell, the memory cell comprising a switch located within an array ...