US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Thursday, August 28:
California Looking for Parking Lot Sweep and Steam Cleaning Services
Aug 28, 2008 ... US Fed News SACRAMENTO, Calif., Aug. 28 - The California Department of General Services has issued a contract notice to provide parking lot sweep and steam cleaning services for the Oakland (Claremont) Department of Motor Vehicles, Division of Adult Parole Operations, Region I, Weed ...
California Looking for Parking Lot Sweeping and Steam Cleaning in San Diego
Aug 28, 2008 ... US Fed News SACRAMENTO, Calif., Aug. 28 - The California Department of General Services has issued a contract notice to provide parking lot sweeping and steam cleaning in San Diego for the California Department of Motor Vehicles, San Diego DMV Office, 3960 Normal St., San Diego, ...
California Looking for Parking Lot Sweeping and Steam Cleaning Services
Aug 28, 2008 ... US Fed News SACRAMENTO, Calif., Aug. 28 - The California Department of General Services has issued a contract notice to provide parking lot sweeping and steam cleaning services for the California Department of Motor Vehicles, San Diego, Calif. The contract is expected to have an ...
California Looking for Janitorial Services of Antelope Valley Parole Units
Aug 28, 2008 ... US Fed News SACRAMENTO, Calif., Aug. 28 - The California Department of General Services has issued a contract notice to provide janitorial services for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Antelope Valley Parole Units, 43645 Pioneer Court, Lancaster, ...
California Looking for Janitorial Services of Weed Parole Unit
Aug 28, 2008 ... US Fed News SACRAMENTO, Calif., Aug. 28 - The California Department of General Services has issued a contract notice to provide janitorial services for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Adult Parole Operations, Region I, Weed Parole Unit, Siskiyou, ...
U.S., Canadian Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Battery Holder
Aug 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Richard Foreman and Kathleen Foreman, both of Wayne, Ill., Timothy Moreau of DeKalb, Ill., and Brad Cherkas of Etobicoke, Canada, have developed an ornamental design for a battery holder, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were ...
South Carolina Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Exterior Vehicle Mirror Assembly
Aug 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Emmanuel Courbon and Andreas Enz, both of Columbia, S.C., and Dan Moran of Lexington, S.C., have developed an ornamental design for an exterior vehicle mirror assembly, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No ....
Oklahoma Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Tee Handle Screw-In Boat Anchor
Aug 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Timothy Mark Goodwin of Eufaula, Okla., has developed an ornamental design for a tee handle screw-in boat anchor, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D575,719 on Aug. 26. The original application ...
Wisconsin Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Modular Floating Dock Fender
Aug 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Roy Ahern of Hudson, Wis., has developed an ornamental design for a modular floating dock fender, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D575,721 on Aug. 26. The original application was filed on Oct ....
Japanese Inventors Develop Impedance Conversion Circuit
Aug 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Atsushi Hirabayashi of Tokyo, and Kenji Komori of Kanagawa, Japan, have developed an integrated circuit with impedance conversion circuit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An impedance conversion circuit including: a first ...
Texas Inventors Develop Selectable Tap Induction Coil
Aug 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Bulent Finci, Andrei I. Davydychev and John F. Hunka, all from Sugar Land, Texas, Scott S. Chesser of Richmond, Texas, Richard D. Ward of LaPorte, Texas, and William B. Vandermeer of Houston, have developed an induction array balancing method. According to the ...
Japanese, Chinese Inventors Develop Tunnel Magnetoresistive Effect Element Manufacturing Method
Aug 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Kenji Inagea and Norio Takahashi, both of Tokyo, Nozomu of HachisukaTokyo, Japan, Tatsushi Shimizu and Pak Kin Wong, both of Shatin, China, have developed an apparatus for testing tunnel magnetoresistive effect element. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Circuit Devices Electrical Characteristics Measurement Prober
Aug 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Hideo Sakagawa of Nirasaki, Japan, and Takashi Watanabe of Tokyo, Japan, have developed a prober for measuring circuit devices electrical characteristics. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A prober for measuring the electrical ...
Ernest Enke -- Longtime AU Business Professor Dies
Aug 28, 2008 ... Alfred University issued the following news release: Ernest Lewis Enke, 74, of One Howe Terrace, Wellsville, NY, died Aug. 26, 2008, at the Highland Healthcare Center, Wellsville. He was born March 11, 1934, in Emerson, NB. On June 11, 1963, in Kenyon, MN, he married the former Bonnie ...
EDINFO: NOTICES INVITING APPLICATIONS, AUG. 12
Aug 28, 2008 ... The U.S. Department of Education issued the following "Education Information" news release: Recent grant opportunities from the U.S. Department ofEducation (ED) include ... * Center on Positive Behavioral Supports - CFDA# 84.326S * Center on Dispute Resolution - CFDA# ...
ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT LIFTS 'BOIL WATER ORDER' FOR LA PASADA MUTUAL DOMESTIC WATER CONSUMERS ASSOCIATION COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM
Aug 28, 2008 ... The New Mexico Department of the Environment issued the following news release: The New Mexico Environment Department's Drinking Water Bureau advised the La Pasada Mutual Domestic Water Consumers Association in San Miguel County to lift a "boil water order" for its water ...
Massachusetts Inventors Develop Fiber Section Controlling Apparatus
Aug 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Guillermo J. Tearney and Benjamin J. Vakoc, both of Cambridge, Mass., Milen Shishkov of Watertown, Mass., and Brett Eugene Bouma of Quincy, Mass., have developed a fiber controlling method. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & ...
Jimmy Hicks Posts Low Bid for Wireless Laser Mouse Peripherals/Accessories
Aug 28, 2008 ... US Fed News BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Aug. 28 - The Alabama Finance Department's Division of Purchasing has received three bids in response to an invitation to bid for wireless laser mouse peripherals/accessories (NBR 2197280). The bids, which were ...
Southern Electric Supply Posts Low Bid for Fiber Poles
Aug 28, 2008 ... US Fed News BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Aug. 28 - The Alabama Finance Department's Division of Purchasing has received four bids in response to an invitation to bid for fiber poles (NBR 2197544). The bids, which were opened on Aug. 19, came from Southern ...
Technology America Posts Low Bid for HP Microcomputers
Aug 28, 2008 ... US Fed News BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Aug. 28 - The Alabama Finance Department's Division of Purchasing has received only one bid in response to an invitation to bid for HP microcomputers ...
Southern Electric Supply Posts Low Bid for Junction Boxes
Aug 28, 2008 ... US Fed News BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Aug. 28 - The Alabama Finance Department's Division of Purchasing has received four bids in response to an invitation to bid for junction boxes (NBR 2197544). The bids, which were opened on Aug. 19, came from Southern Electric ...
J&M Security Posts Low Bid for Guard Services
Aug 28, 2008 ... US Fed News BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Aug. 28 - The Alabama Finance Department's Division of Purchasing has received three bids in response to an invitation to bid for guard services (NBR 2196443). The bids, which were opened ...
Southern Electric Supply Posts Low Bid for Splice Closures
Aug 28, 2008 ... US Fed News BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Aug. 28 - The Alabama Finance Department's Division of Purchasing has received four bids in response to an invitation to bid for splice closures single mode kits (NBR 2197544). The bids, which were opened on Aug. 19, came from Southern ...
J&M Security Posts Low Bid for Guard Services
Aug 28, 2008 ... US Fed News BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Aug. 28 - The Alabama Finance Department's Division of Purchasing has received four bids in response to an invitation to bid for guard services (NBR 2196443). The bids, which were opened ...
C Thornton Posts Low Bid for Bridge Deck Overlays
Aug 28, 2008 ... US Fed News BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Aug. 28 - The Alabama Finance Department's Division of Purchasing has received two bids in response to an invitation to bid for bridge deck overlays (NBR 2197537). The bids, ...
Technology America Posts Low Bid for HP Microcomputers
Aug 28, 2008 ... US Fed News BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Aug. 28 - The Alabama Finance Department's Division of Purchasing has received only one bid in response to an invitation to bid for HP microcomputers ...
Technology America Posts Low Bid for HP Microcomputers
Aug 28, 2008 ... US Fed News BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Aug. 28 - The Alabama Finance Department's Division of Purchasing has received only one bid in response to an invitation to bid for HP microcomputers ...
California Inventor Develops Power Switching Circuit
Aug 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Donald F. Partridge of Los Gatos, Calif., has developed a power converter. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the invention provide methods and apparatuses for concurrently eliminating or substantially reducing two or more ...
Maryland Inventors Develop Integrated Circuit Battery Monitoring Arrangement
Aug 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- David A. Carrier of Aberdeen, Md., Dahn T. Trinh of Parkville, Md., Geoffrey S. Howard of Columbia, Md., Andrew E. Seman Jr. of White Marsh, Md., and Daniele C. Brotto of Baltimore, Md., have developed a battery monitoring device. According to the U.S. Patent ...
Maryland, Florida, New Jersey Inventors Develop On-Line Voting System
Aug 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- John J. Bogasky of Silver Spring, Md., Carl Almond of Tampa, Fla., and Andrew Schaefer of Hoboken, N.J., have developed a secure internet transaction system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to a secure ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Light-Transmissive Optical Compensation Layer Organic Electroluminescent Device
Aug 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Tze-Chien Tsai of Sijhih, Taiwan, and Che-Jen Chen of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, developed an organic electroluminescent device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An organic electroluminescent device, a flat panel display, and a portable electronic ...
North Dakota Inventor Develops Electric Motor Speed Control System
Aug 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Robert Boyd Shaw of Fargo, N.D., has developed a speed control for electric motor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for controlling a rotational speed associated with a shaft or rotor of an electric motor comprises ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Liquid Crystal Display Device Lamp Driving Method
Aug 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Pu Jin Kim and Chang Ho Lee, both of Gumi-si, South Korea, In Ho Ahn of Daegu, South Korea, and Jae Hun Song of Seoul, South Korea, have developed lamp driving method for liquid crystal display device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ...
New Hampshire Inventors Develop Vehicle Headlamps
Aug 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Joseph L. Wegman of Henniker, N.H., John Hoover of Canterbury, N.H., and James Greason of Warner, N.H., have developed a light source with sealant cover. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A light source ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Vibration Mirror, Optical Scanning Device
Aug 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Mitsumi Fujii of Iwate-ken, Japan, Yukito Satoh of Miyagi-ken, Japan, and Tomohiro Nakajima of Tokyo, have developed an optical scanning device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vibration mirror is reciprocatively vibrated by an ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Automobile,Toy Replica
Aug 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Kengo Matsumoto, Takuya Ishibashi and Takahiro Kanno. all from Toyota, Japan, have developed an ornamental design for an automobile and toy replica thereof, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D575,678 on ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Fastener
Aug 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Kenji Niwa of Aichi, Japan, has developed an ornamental design for a fastener , the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D575,671 on Aug. 26. The patent has been assigned to Merzen Products Inc., Aichi ....
Connecticut, New York Inventors Develop Facsimile Message Composing Method
Aug 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Jean-Hiram Coffy and John W. Rojas, both of Norwalk, Conn., John F. Braun of Weston, Conn., James R. Norris of Danbury, Conn., Arthur Parkos of Southbury, Conn., Alan Leung of New York, and Wendy Chui Fen Leung of Woodside, N.Y., have developed a facsimile message ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Permanent Magnet Rotating Electric Machine
Aug 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Yutaka Matsunobu of Hitachinaka, Japan, Fumio Tajima of Juou, Japan, Shouichi Kawamata of Hitachi, Japan, and Takashi Yasuhara of Yotsukaido, Japan, have developed electric rotor machine with permanent magnets. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Illinois Inventors Develop Power Conversion Circuitry
Aug 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Nie Luo of Urbana, Ill., and George Miley of Champaign, Ill., have developed electric power devices. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One form of the invention is directed to an apparatus that comprises step-down circuitry to better match ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Electrostrictive Laminate
Aug 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Tsutomu Nanataki of Toyoake, Japan, Mutsumi Kitagawa of Inuyama, Japan, Toshikatsu Kashiwaya of Inazawa, Japan, have developed an electrostrictive film type actuator. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is disclosed a ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Diret Current-to-Direct Current Converter
Aug 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Kyoung-Min Koh of Suwon-si, South Korea, has developed a method for controlling diret current-to-direct current converter. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A diret current-to-direct current converter includes a pulse width modulation (PWM) ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Optical Amplification Device
Aug 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Kazuhiko Hatae, Nobukazu Koizumi and Masato Oota, all from Kawasaki, Japan, have developed an optical amplification method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical amplification device is disclosed that performs feedback control to ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Exemplary Camera Device
Aug 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Jen-Tsorng Chang of Taipei Hsien, Taiwan, has developed a barrel holder. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exemplary camera device includes a barrel holder having a first central axis, a barrel having a second central axis, an image ...
California Inventor Develops Driver Configuration Parameters Reading Method
Aug 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Christopher C. Chang of Brentwood, Calif., has developed a method for setting driver configuration parameters. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated motor device with driver circuitry and method of setting and reading ...
British Inventor Develops Electron Beam Tube Device
Aug 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Steven Aitken of Chelmsford, Great Britain, has developed a linear electron beam tube. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electron beam tube device such as an inductive output tube of the integral cavity type has a radio frequency window ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Light Emitting Device
Aug 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Shunpei Yamazaki of Setagaya, Japan, have developed a semiconductor device with thin film transistor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A full-color flat panel display using emission colors of red, green, and blue is increasingly required ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Non-Contact Type Battery Pack Charging Apparatus
Aug 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Jin-Sun Kim of Seoul, South Korea, and Young-Jun Kim of Kyungki-do, South Korea, have developed a battery pack charging apparatus for reducing unnecessary power consumption. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to ...
U.S., British Inventors Develop Machine Operations Synchronization Assembly
Aug 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Richard W. Piefer of Brookfield, Wis., Thomas J. Rehm of Mequon, Wis., Kevin L. Baumann of Cedarburg, Wis., Christopher W. Como of Sussex, Wis., John D. Davis of Grafton, Wis., and David C. Stringfellow of Buckinghamshire, Great Britain, have developed an assembly for ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Mercury Free Metal Halide Lamp
Aug 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Masaaki Muto and Shinya Omori, both of Tokyo, have developed light sources for projecting images. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: " a metal halide lamp, xenon gas having a pressure of at least 3 atmospheres at room temperature and at least ...
German Inventors Develop Blended Light Lamp
Aug 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Matthias Born of Geldern, Germany, and Rudiger Jost of Aachen, Germany, have developed an incandescent lamp. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a blended light lamp having an incandescent lamp and a gas discharge ...
Colorado Inventors Develop Electrical Load Control System
Aug 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Hugh P. Adamson of Boulder, Colo., and Scott Hesse of Longmont, Colo., and William Nicolay of Loveland, Colo., have developed a method for controlling eletrical load. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A load control systems and methods. One ...
German Inventors Develop Electroluminescent Polymers Based Display Device
Aug 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Jan Birnstock of Dresden, Germany, Joerg Blaessing of Oberkochen, Germany, Karsten Heuser of Erlangen, Germany, Matthias Stoessel of Mannheim, Germany, and Georg Wittmann of Herzogenaurach, Germany, have developed an organic electroluminescent ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Coaxial Wheeled Running Machine
Aug 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Toshio Fuwa of Nisshin, Japan, have developed a running machine with coaxially arranged wheels. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A running machine that can prevent overturning of a body in the case of ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Motive Force Generation Device
Aug 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Yu-Ming Liu of Taichung, Taiwan, has developed a device for generating motive force. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for generating a motive force includes a tubular housing, a driving member, and a magnetic unit. The driving ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Electron Emission Device
Aug 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Seung-Hyun Lee and Cheol-Hyeon Chang, both of Suwon-si, South Korea, have developed a device for controlling electrons emission. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "An electron emission device has an ...
Colorado, New Mexico Inventors Develop Vehicle Ramp Interface System
Aug 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Paul Edwards and Wade Nelson, both of Durango, Colo., Greg Berthelot of Farmington, N.M., have developed a switch-based door for vehicle . According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An interface system is presented, which prevents operational ...
Ohio, Michigan Inventors Develop Battery Charging Circuit
Aug 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Thomas A. Stuart of Toledo, Ohio, and Cyrus N. Ashtiani of West Bloomfield, Mich., have developed circuits for charging batteries. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit for charging a battery combined with a capacitor includes a power ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Cold Cathode Type Flat Panel Display
Aug 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Masakazu Sagawa of Inagi, Japan, Toshiaki Kusunoki of Tokorozawa, Japan, Mutsumi Suzuki of Kodaira, Japan, and Nobuaki Kabuto of Kunitachi, Japan, have developed a flat panel display using cold cathode electron sources. According to the U.S. Patent & ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Rotor Temperature Determination Vacuum Pump
Aug 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Junichiro Kozaki, Yoshio Tsunazawa, Akira Arakawa and Masaki Ohfuj, all from Kyoto, Japan, have developed a vacuum pump for determining rotor temperature. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vacuum pump includes at least one magnetic body ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Battery Characteristic Determination Electronic Apparatus
Aug 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Takahiro Miwa of Kounan, Japan, and Yusuke Ota of Nagoya, Japan, have developed a electronic apparatus for determining battery characteristic. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic apparatus which detects when a battery having a ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Motor Control Device
Aug 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Tetsuji Takeishi, Hirotomo Tanaka and Sumito Anzai, all from Nagano-ken, Japan, have developed a motor controller. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is a motor control device comprising a control system, the control ...
Chinese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Tube Candle
Aug 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Wingkin Wong of Zhongshan, China, has developed an ornamental design for a tube candle, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D575,674 on Aug. 26. The patent has been assigned to Zhongshan ZhongNam ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Rotary Machine
Aug 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- Takeshi Sakai, Yasuhiko Kimura, Hiroshi Kanazawa and Masahiko Honma, all from Hitchinaka, Japan, Toshiaki Ueda and Shin Onose, both of Naka, Japan, and Yoshimi Mori of Mito, Japan, have developed a rotary machine for vehicle power generation system. According ...
Illinois Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Strap Adjustment Device
Aug 28, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 28 -- John S. Pontaoe of Chicago has developed an ornamental design for a strap adjustment device, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D575,673 on Aug. 26. The patent has been assigned to Illinois Tool ...