US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Friday, August 22:
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IMPACT NATION'S SCHOOLS
Aug 22, 2008 ... The Illinois Student Assistance Commission issued the following news release or announcement: An August 18, 2008 USA Today article reports that overall economic conditions will likely have an impact on students returning to school this fall. Along with families, school administrators are also ...
Farmville Wholesale Electric Supply Wins $51,370 Contract
Aug 22, 2008 ... WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has awarded a $51,370 contract to Farmville Wholesale Electric Supply Co. Inc., St. Farmville, Va., for Bayco waterproof LED task light. The Contract was awarded by the department's Customs & Border Protection, ...
FORMER TAFT HIGH BUILDING COMING DOWN
Aug 22, 2008 ... Cincinnati Public Schools issued the following news release: Demolition begins Saturday, August 23, 2008, on the former home of Robert A. Taft Information Technology High School in the West End. The building at 420 Ezzard Charles Drive, which opened in 1955, is being cleared so ...
Italian Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Wristwatch
Aug 22, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 22 -- Frida Giannini of Florence, Italy, has developed an ornamental design for a wristwatch, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D575,167 on Aug. 19. The patent has been assigned to Luxury Timepieces ...
Oklahoma Inventors Develop Mail Sorting Method
Aug 22, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 22 -- William Wheeler of Sand Springs, Okla. and Willson L. Mayerberg II of Skiatook, Okla., have developed a cross circulation mail sorter stacker design with dual ported input. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A new and improved mail sorting ...
Illinois Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Novelty Container with Puppet
Aug 22, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 22 -- Michael J. Billings of Deerfield, Ill., has developed an ornamental design for a novelty container with puppet, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D575,165 on Aug. 19. The patent has been assigned ...
New York, Ohio Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Container
Aug 22, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 22 -- Ian Swanson and Ian Carnduff, both of New York, and Douglas Scott Miller of Lebanon, Ohio, have developed an ornamental design for a container, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D575,166 on Aug ....
Connecticut Inventors Develop Media Items Sorting Method
Aug 22, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 22 -- Douglas B. Quine of Bethel, Conn. and Christopher A. Baker of New Canaan, Conn., have developed a method for grouping mail pieces in a sorter. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for processing of media items includes a ...
Ohio Inventors Develop Orbital Weld Head
Aug 22, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 22 -- Peter Oyster and Craig Mizer of Stow, Ohio, Nathan Ames of Streetsboro, Ohio, and Tom Horvath of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, have developed an orbital welding apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An orbital weld head includes a metal ...
HANGING BY A ROPE: HMM 262 SUPPORTS
Aug 22, 2008 ... The U.S. Marine Corps issued the following official news story: By Pfc. Jeffrey Cordero31st Marine Expeditionary Unit A group of Marines stand by to infiltrate a heavily guarded building and the only way in is from the roof. A CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter hovers 60 feet above the ...
CDC Seeks Special Studies, Analysis Services
Aug 22, 2008 ... ATLANTA, Aug. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it was soliciting services for determining the mechanism of action study for the two natural compounds known as nootkatone and carvacrol. The NAICS code for this requirement is ...
Oquawka Boats & Fabrications Wins $52,575 Contract
Aug 22, 2008 ... OCHOPEE, Fla., Aug. 22 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior has awarded a $52,575 to Oquawka Boats & Fabrications Inc., Oquawka, Ill., for Electrofish Boat with trailer for South Florida Caribbean Network. The contract was awarded by the department's National Park Service, Ochopee, ...
Bfi Native Seeds Wins $218,996 Contract
Aug 22, 2008 ... PORTLAND, Maine, Aug. 22 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior has awarded a $218,996 to Bfi Native Seeds Llc., Moses Lake, Wa., for agricultural supplies. The contract was awarded by the department's Fish & Wildlife Service, Portland, Maine. For more information ...
Canadian Inventors Develop Interleaver Memory
Aug 22, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 22 -- Sean G. Gibb and Peter J. W. Graumann, both of Calgary, Canada, have developed an interleaver memory. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An interleaver for use with transform processors provides an address generator allowing for ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Image Input, Output Apparatus
Aug 22, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 22 -- Satoshi Kaneko and Hiroyuki Yaguchi, both of Kanagawa, Japan, have developed an image input and output system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To obtain image outputs which are equivalent to those obtained with local outputs even with ...
Texas Inventors Develop Data Processing System
Aug 22, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 22 -- Praveen S. Reddy and Jeffrey A. Stuecheli, both of Austin, Texas, and Benjiman L. Goodman of Cedar Park, Texas, have developed a data processing method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A data processing system includes an interconnect ...
French Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Bottle
Aug 22, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 22 -- Laurent Lepoitevin of Le Havre Cedex, France, has developed an ornamental design for a bottle, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D575,161 on Aug. 19. The patent has been assigned to Sidel ...
Swiss Inventor Develops Relay Contact Arrangement
Aug 22, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 22 -- Werner Fausch of Buchs, Switzerland, has developed an contact arrangement for relay. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a contact arrangement of a relay with a contact head with a crown which encloses a contact ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Print Control Technique
Aug 22, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 22 -- Yoshio Komaki of Kobe, Japan, has developed a print control technique for printing a plurality of documents the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. 7,414,743 on Aug. 19. The patent has been assigned to ...
California Inventors Develop High Speed Optical Pattern Generator
Aug 22, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 22 -- Leonard C. DeBenedictis of Palo Alto, Calif., C. David Nabors of Sunnyvale, Calif., and George Frangineas of Fremont, Calif., have developed a high speed optical pattern generator. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical pattern ...
Finnish Inventor Develops Safety Glass Production Monitoring Method
Aug 22, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 22 -- Toivo Janhunen of Kangasala, Finland, has developed an apparatus for monitoring safety glass production. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method and apparatus for monitoring safety glass production or ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Liquid Level Sensor Switch
Aug 22, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 22 -- Hiroyuki Tsuruoka, Sadayoshi Oshima and Yuichi Auchi, all from Saitama, Japan, have developed a liquid level sensor switch. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A liquid level sensor switch comprising a case, ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Wireless Remote Printing System
Aug 22, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 22 -- Yasutoshi Ohta of Tokyo has developed a wireless remote printing method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The remote printing system allows one user to ultimately send a hard copy to another via a portable digital device such as a ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Digital Image Formation Apparatus
Aug 22, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 22 -- Hiroshi Morikawaa of Kanagawa, Japan, has developed a digital image forming method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a digital image forming apparatus, desired ones of different data stored in a hard disk are selected and given serial ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Data Backup System
Aug 22, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 22 -- Yasuyuki Mimatsu of Yokohama, Japan, and Yoshiaki Eguchi of Machida, Japan, have developed a data backup method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disk array has storage regions provided to store the management information for each disk ...
Taiwan Inventor Develops Shredder Emergency Stop Switch
Aug 22, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 22 -- Simon Huang of SanChung, Taiwan, has developed an emergency stop switch. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An emergency stop switch of a shredder is disposed in a preformed hole on the top cover of the shredder and protrudes from the ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Storage System Construction Management Method
Aug 22, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 22 -- Kenichi Miki of Odawara, Japan, Eiichi Sato of Hiratsuka, Japan, have developed a storage system construction managing device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The device of the present invention manages changes in the construction of a ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Electronic Device Elastic Strip
Aug 22, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 22 -- Chin-Sheng Liu of Taipei, Taiwan, has developed an elastic strip used in a membrane circuit board of electronic devices. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an elastic strip used in electronic devices and ...
Oregon, California Inventors Develop Aggregatable Connectivity
Aug 22, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 22 -- Ken Drottar, David S. Dunning and Zale Schoenborn, all from Portland, Ore., and Scott T. Gardiner of Beaverton, Ore., and Andrew Martwick of Folsom, Calif., have developed a machine accessible medium. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ...
Utah Inventors Develop Switch Matrix Assembly
Aug 22, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 22 -- Paul T. Clegg, Wallace E. Day and Douglas E. Allen, all from Orem, Utah, have developed a button assembly with status indicator. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A configurable switch matrix assembly with button assembly is disclosed for ...
Taiwan Inventor Develops Shredder Emergency Stop Switch
Aug 22, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 22 -- Simon Huang of SanChung, Taiwan, has developed an emergency stop switch. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An emergency stop switch of a shredder is disposed in a preformed hole on the top cover of the shredder and protrudes from the ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Image Reading Apparatus
Aug 22, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 22 -- Ichitaro Kubota of Enzan, Japan, has developed an original image feeding apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An original feeding apparatus includes a sheet feeding tray for stacking an original; a feeding device for feeding the ...
Colorado Inventor Develops Package, Removable Portion
Aug 22, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 22 -- Kelly R. Fitzwater of Lakewood, Colo., has developed blank for forming a construct. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various blanks are provided for forming sleeves, containers, and other constructs for heating, browning, and/or crisping ...
New York Inventors Develop Internet Fax Jobs Tracking Method
Aug 22, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 22 -- Michael W. Barrett of Fairport, N.Y., Todd Moody of Webster, N.Y., and Michael Trent of West Henrietta, N.Y., have developed a facsimile job tracking system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for tracking facsimile jobs may be ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Optical Scanner/Image Formation Apparatus
Aug 22, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 22 -- Tomohiro Nakajima, Tomoya Ohsugi and Kohji Sakai, all from Tokyo, and Naoki Miyatake of Kanagawa, Japan, have developed an optical scanner for optical writing system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical scanner has light source ...
Florida Inventor Develops Space-Optimized Backup Repository Grooming
Aug 22, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 22 -- Robert P. Rossi of Altamonte Springs, Fla., has developed a backup management for computer system. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A system for space optimized backup repository grooming includes a ...
Illinois Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Novelty Container with Puppet
Aug 22, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 22 -- Michael J. Billings of Deerfield, Ill., has developed an ornamental design for novelty container with puppet, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D575,164 on Aug. 19. The original application was ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Electrophotography Toner
Aug 22, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 22 -- Katsumi Daimon, Norihito Fukushima, Shuji Sato, Masaaki Suwabe, Kazufumi Suwabe and Fumio Ojima, all from Minamiashigara, Japan, have developed a developer for electrophotography. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A toner for ...
Israeli Inventors Develop Memory Freeing Apparatus
Aug 22, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 22 -- Moti Altahan of Tel Aviv, Israel, and Sharon Levy of Hadera, Israel, have developed a method for freeing memory. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus to free at least a portion of memory space of a memory device from at ...
New York Inventors Develop Sorting System
Aug 22, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 22 -- Bruce H. Hanson and Michael D. Senger, both of Endicott, N.Y., and Patrick J. Fitzgibbons of Newark Valley, N.Y., have developed a method for sorting a plurality of items. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method are provided ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Touching Rib
Aug 22, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 22 -- Meng-Chang Chiu and Chi-Chih Tseng, both of Hsinchu, Taiwan, have developed an interior structure of an input device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A touching rib of an input unit is provided. The input unit comprises the touching rib ...
VERMONT PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD ISSUES HEARING CALENDAR FOR SEPT. 4 PUBLIC HEARING
Aug 22, 2008 ... The Vermont Public Service Board issued the following hearing calendar: September 4, 2008 - Docket 7436 - Public Hearing - 3:30 P.M. Brandon Fire StationMeeting Room61 Franklin Street (Route 7)Brandon, VT Hearing Officer: Gregg C. Faber Petition of Central Vermont ...
VERMONT PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD ISSUES HEARING CALENDAR FOR SEPT. 22 PUBLIC HEARING
Aug 22, 2008 ... The Vermont Public Service Board issued the following hearing calendar: September 22, 2008 - Docket 7440 - Public Hearing - 7:00 P.M. In Re: Petition of Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLC, and Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., for amendment of their Certificates of Public Good ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Image Data Communication Method
Aug 22, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 22 -- Hiroshi Tanaka, Hisayoshi Tsubaki, Mikio Watanabe and Yukihiro Kawada, all from Asaka, Japan, have developed a device for receiving data. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A data-transmitting device transmits a print file showing file names of ...
Texas Inventor Develops Yokeless Hidden Hinge Digital Micromirror Device
Aug 22, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 22 -- Anthony DiCarlo of Richardson, Texas, has developed a digital micromirror device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A micromirror array fabricated on a semiconductor substrate. The array is comprised of four operating layers. An addressing ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Cooking Heater
Aug 22, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 22 -- Akihiro Yoshidome and Masayuki Iwamoto, both of Osaka-fu, Japan, have developed a cooking heater with an automatic door opening and closing system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a cooking heater having an automatically ...
German Inventors Develop Semiconductor Memory Chip
Aug 22, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 22 -- Yukio Fukuzo, Christian Sichert and Paul Schmolz, all from Munchen, Germany, and Paul Wallner of Prien, Germany, have developed a semiconductor memory chip for transmitting data. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, ...
Italian Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Perfume Container
Aug 22, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 22 -- Maria Silvia Venturini Fendi of Rome, has developed an ornamental design for a perfume container, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D575,163 on Aug. 19. The patent has been assigned to Fendi Adele ...
U.S., Indian Inventors Develop Holograms Writing/Reading Apparatus
Aug 22, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 22 -- David A. Waldman of Concord, Mass., and Joby Joseph of New Delhi, India, have developed a holographic data storage method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for writing and reading holograms, comprising a spatial light ...
Hong Kong Inventor Develops Modular Power Hand Tool
Aug 22, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 22 -- Christopher Thomas Elsworthy of Bristol, Great Britain, has developed a modular electric tool system. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A power handle module encloses rechargeable batteries which can be ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Color Image Processing Apparatus
Aug 22, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 22 -- Tohru Ikeda of Chiba, Japan, has developed an image processing method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Even when a color difference diffusion method which allows high-speed color separation is used, it is difficult to attain preferred ...
New York Inventors Develop Metal Assembly Heating Method
Aug 22, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 22 -- Yu Wang of Clifton Park, N.Y., David Robert Schumacher of Scotia, N.Y., James Michael Fogarty of Schenectady, N.Y., and Alan Michael Iversen of Clifton Park, N.Y., have developed a method to heat a metal assembly. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
South Carolina Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Bottle
Aug 22, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 22 -- Dennis L. Schwab Sr. of Greenville, S.C., has developed an ornamental design for a bottle, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D575,162 on Aug. 19. The patent has been assigned to Aiken Chemical Co ....
Japanese Inventors Develop Beam Processing System
Aug 22, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 22 -- Takanori Yagita, Hisaki Izutani, Mitsukuni Tsukihara and Takashi Kuroda, all from Ehime, Japan, have developed a beam processing method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A beam processing system comprises a rotary disk mounted thereon ...
Oregon Inventors Develop Data Link, Physical Layer Packet Diversion System
Aug 22, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 22 -- Donald R. Primrose of Portland, Ore., and I. Claude Denton of Beaverton, Ore., have developed a networking apparatus. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A buffering structure including a number of storage ...
U.S. Forest Service Seeks Construction Services
Aug 22, 2008 ... GOLDEN, Colo., Aug. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service said it was soliciting services for the construction of a 1,560 square feet single story, pre-engineered pole barn with a partial concrete slab.The NAICS code for this requirement is 321992 with the size standard of ...
CDC Seeks Operations Coordinator
Aug 22, 2008 ... ATLANTA, Aug. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it was soliciting services for a operations coordinator under a one-year base period and four one-year options.The NAICS code for this requirement is 923120. This acquisition is ...
French Inventors Develop User Positioning Device
Aug 22, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 22 -- Martin Cottard of Vaucresson, France, Joel-Yann Fourre of Montreuil, France, Aurelie Morin of Eragny sur Oise, France, and Gilles Monteilliet of Closeaux, France, have developed a positioning marker. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ...
California Inventors Develop Network Switching Architecture
Aug 22, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 22 -- Shiri Kadambi of Los Altos, Calif., and Shekhar Ambe of San Jose, Calif., have developed a method of switching in local area communications networks. According to a description of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The ...
Australian Inventors Develop Printer with Manual Collation Control
Aug 22, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 22 -- Paul Lapstun and Kia Silverbrook, both of Balmain, Australia, have developed a method of printing collated documents. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a printer for printing a collated multi-page document ...
California Inventors Develop Programmable Finite State Machine Engine
Aug 22, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 22 -- Kenneth Michael Hyams and Robert James Biskner, both of Santa Barbara, Calif., Ronak Desai of Fremont, Calif., and Satish Salagame of Sunnyvale, Calif., have developed a method for receiving signals. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ...
German Inventors Develop Memory Controller
Aug 22, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 22 -- Christoph Baumhof of Radolfzell-Euttingen, Germany, and Reinhard Kuhne of Reichenau, Germany, have developed a method for synchronizing memory controllers. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A memory system is provided which is configured ...
German Inventor Develops Tool Categorization System
Aug 22, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 22 -- Thomas Quarg of Moritzburg, Germany has developed a method for modeling products stream. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "By estimating the processing rate on the basis of capacity factors, which are classified with respect to process ...
Texas, Colorado Inventors Develop Fax Transmission Network
Aug 22, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 22 -- B. Michael Adler, Tommy Wayne Quaid Jr. and John Claybron Poss, all from Dallas, Texas, David Wayne Thorn of Richardson, Texas, and Bruce Willard Graham of Littleton, Colo., have developed a facsimile transmission network. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Arizona Inventor Develops Vehicle Wheel Alignment Adjustment Method
Aug 22, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 22 -- Donald A. Healy of Conway, Ariz. has developed a method for aligning vehicle wheels. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for measuring and aligning front and rear wheels of a four wheel vehicle, including measuring alignment ...