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Dutch Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Toothbrush Charger

Oct 11, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 11 -- Martyn Beedham of Amsterdam, Netherlands, has developed an ornamental design for charger for toothbrush, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D577,667 on Sept. 30. The patent has been assigned to ...

Michigan Inventors Develop Internal Combustion Engine Torque Output Control Method

Oct 11, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 11 -- Michael Livshiz of Ann Arbor, Mich., Jeffrey M. Kaiser of Highland, Mich., Bahram Younessi of Farmington, Mich., Richard B. Jess of Haslett, Mich., and Richard H. Clutz of Howell, Mich., have developed a combustion engine torque output controlling ...

WIPO: Inventors in Japan Develop Control Apparatus for Multiple Cylinder Internal Combustion Engine

Oct 11, 2008 ... GENEVA, Oct. 11 - Minoru Katoh, and Masatomo Yoshihara, both of Aichi-ken, Japan, and Hideaki Itakura of Aichi, Japan, have developed a control apparatus. According to an abstract posted by the World Intellectual Property Organization, the invention relates to a "control apparatus for a ...

WIPO: Inventor in Italy Develops Peak Flow Discharging Measurement Method

Oct 11, 2008 ... GENEVA, Oct. 11 - Tullio Tucciarelli of Palermo, Italy, has developed a measurement method. According to an abstract posted by the World Intellectual Property Organization, the invention concerns a "measurement system for measuring peak flow discharges comprising at least two water ...

WIPO: Inventor in Italy Develops Furniture Accessory

Oct 11, 2008 ... GENEVA, Oct. 11 - Roberto Zuccato of Zane, Italy, has developed a furniture accessory. According to an abstract posted by the World Intellectual Property Organization, the invention relates to a "furniture accessory comprising a first part and a second part, said parts being connected to ...

WIPO: Inventor in Michigan Develops Adjuvant Composition

Oct 11, 2008 ... GENEVA, Oct. 11 - Gary J. Sibert of Nashville, Mich., has developed a fertility regulation. According to an abstract posted by the World Intellectual Property Organization, the invention relates to an "adjuvant composition which comprises an anionic macromolecule component particularly ...

WIPO: Inventors in Finland Develop Forward Error Correction Utilization Method

Oct 11, 2008 ... GENEVA, Oct. 11 - Jussi Vesma, and Tommi Auranen, both of Turku, Finland, Jani Vare of Kaarina, Finland, and Harri Pekonen of Raisio, Finland, have developed a correction process. According to an abstract posted by the World Intellectual Property Organization, the invention relates to a ...

WIPO: Inventors in Belgium, Morocco Develop Cadmiferous Solids Processor

Oct 11, 2008 ... GENEVA, Oct. 11 -Abdelaali Kossir of Casablanca, Morocco, and Philippe Cappelle of Esneux, Belgium have developed a method for processing cadmiferous solids. According to an abstract posted by the World Intellectual Property Organization, the invention relates to a "method for processing ...

WIPO: Inventors in France Develop Active Single-Chain Variable Fragment Antibodies

Oct 11, 2008 ... GENEVA, Oct. 11 - Pierre Emile Ulysse Martineau of St. Gely du Fesc, France, and Etienne Weiss of Fegersheim, France, have developed a single-chain variable fragment antibodies production method. According to an abstract posted by the World Intellectual Property Organization, the ...

WIPO: Inventor in Germany Develops Fuel Composition Device

Oct 11, 2008 ... GENEVA, Oct. 11 -, Erwin-Detlef Von Ahsen of Bremen, Germany has developed a fuel composition device. According to an abstract posted by the World Intellectual Property Organization, the invention relates to a "fuel composition, particularly for diesel engines, comprising alkanes and ...

WIPO: Inventor in Italy Develops Butterfly Valve for Granular

Oct 11, 2008 ... GENEVA, Oct. 11 - Luca Golinelli of San Possidonio, Italy, has developed a butterfly valve for plants. According to an abstract posted by the World Intellectual Property Organization, the invention relates to a "butterfly valve for plants for granular and/or powder materials, comprising ...

German Inventor Develops Data Transmission System

Oct 11, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 11 -- Gert Ruckser of Braunschweig, Germany, has developed a method of transmitting data. According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A data transmission system for transmitting data from a central station to a track-bound vehicle ...

Hong Kong Inventor Develops Double Blade Peeling Device

Oct 11, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 11 -- Yan Kwong Wong of Kowloon, Hong Kong, has developed a peeling device for vegetables. According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A double blade peeling device for vegetable and fruit comprises a handle attached to a vegetable ...

Connecticut Inventors Develop Static Longitudinal Stability System

Oct 11, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 11 -- Todd M. Fanciullo of New Haven, Conn., and Phillip J. Gold of Shelton, Conn., have developed a wire static longitudinal stability (SLS) compensator. According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A SLS system provides an ...

California Inventor Develops Juicer System

Oct 11, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 11 -- Lenny Sands of Encino, Calif., has developed a juice blender. According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blender and juicer system comprises a blender container having an open top and an open bottom, and a removable juicer ...

Dutch Inventor Develops Vehicle Traffic Violation Recording System

Oct 11, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 11 -- Theodorus Maria Janssen of Spaarndam, Netherlands, has developed a method for recording a traffic violation. According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for recording a traffic violation in ...

Japanese Inventor Develops Disk Array Device

Oct 11, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 11 -- Atsushi Kuwata of Tokyo has developed a virtual volume management method. According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A logical table has a layered structure formed of a higher layer logical table arranged on a memory and a ...

Michigan Inventors Develop Single-Piece Air Cylinder

Oct 11, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 11 -- Samuel Settineri and Christopher Reniger, both of Marshall, Mich., and Gary Clayton of Concord, Mich., have developed a cylinder for pneumatic fan drive system. According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A single-piece air ...

Japanese Inventors Develop Hydraulic Fluid Change Indication Device

Oct 11, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 11 -- Yasushi Inagawa, Mitsumasa Furumoto, Hideo Koyama and Yoshiari Takagi, all from Wako, Japan, have developed an automatic transmission change indicating device. According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydraulic fluid ...

WIPO: Inventor in Sweden Develops Internet Protocol Traffic Security

Oct 11, 2008 ... GENEVA, Oct. 11 - Wassim Haddad of Bromma, Sweden, has developed a method of securing Internet Protocol (IP) traffic. According to an abstract posted by the World Intellectual Property Organization, the invention relates to a "method of securing IP traffic sent from a first host to a ...

WIPO: Inventor in Washington Develops Temperature Management Device

Oct 11, 2008 ... GENEVA, Oct. 11 - Kent D. Ellis of Seattle has developed a method for temperature management of heating pad systems. According to an abstract posted by the World Intellectual Property Organization, the invention relates to an "apparatus for warming a patient on a thermal pad includes a ...

German Inventor Develops Hydraulic Arrangement System

Oct 11, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 11 -- Marcus Bitter of Mannheim, Germany, has developed a hydraulic arrangement method. According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydraulic arrangement is provided for a tool locking device of a loader. The hydraulic ...

Texas Inventor Develops Power Supply Method

Oct 11, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 11 -- Paul Culley of Houston has developed a power management logic. According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system comprises a plurality of power supplies, a fan coupled to the power supplies, power management logic adapted ...

WIPO: Inventors in Finland Develop Moving Network Interface Selection

Oct 11, 2008 ... GENEVA, Oct. 11 - Martti Kuparinen of Masala, Finland, Heikki; Mahkonen of Helsinki, Finland and Tero Kauppinen of Espoo, Finland have developed a method of establishing a traffic route for a mobile network node. According to an abstract posted by the World Intellectual Property ...

Washington Inventor Develops Guest Operating System

Oct 11, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 11 -- Martin Taillefer of Redmond, Wash., has developed a guest operating method. According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Guest logical to physical translation is leveraged for host-side memory access. A contiguous portion of ...

Oklahoma Inventor Develops Multiple Actuator Control Method

Oct 11, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 11 -- Jason D. Dykstra of Duncan, Okla., has developed a methods for controlling multiple actuators. According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for controlling at least two actuators are provided. An internal control ...

WIPO: Inventor in Washington Develops Heating Circuit

Oct 11, 2008 ... GENEVA, Oct. 11 - Kent D. Ellis of Seattle have developed a method for intravenous fluid. According to an abstract posted by the World Intellectual Property Organization, the invention relates to an "apparatus for warming fluids includes a heating element having a resistance value that ...

Texas Inventor Develops Multi-Resolution Graphics File Handling System

Oct 11, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 11 -- Charles E. Hill of Karnack, Texas, has developed graphics files managing method. According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided for managing graphics files associated with a presentation. The method ...

Japanese Inventors Develop Work Machine

Oct 11, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 11 -- Keisuke Miura of Izumisano, Japan, Atsushi Matsumoto of Osaka, Japan, and Masaaki Ueda of Sakai, Japan, have developed a work machine with attachment. According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A work machine includes an ...

Colorado Inventor Develops Aircraft Structure

Oct 11, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 11 -- Thomas Aisenbrey of Littleton, Colo., has developed a low cost aircraft structures. According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aircraft structures and avionics are formed of a conductive loaded resin-based material. The ...

WIPO: Inventors in Hong Kong Develop Optimizing Downlink Throughput

Oct 11, 2008 ... GENEVA, Oct. 11 - Ernest Sze Yuen Lo and Khaled Ben Letaief, both of Hong Kong, have developed a user cooperation. According to an abstract posted by the World Intellectual Property Organization, the subject disclosure relates to "optimizations for downlink throughput with user ...

Pennsylvania Inventors Develop Single Instruction, Multiple Data Processor

Oct 11, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 11 -- Richard J. Selvaggi of Doylestown, Pa., and Larry A. Pearlstein of Newtown, Pa. have developed an address generator. According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A single instruction, multiple data processor including a ...

Japanese Inventors Develop Memory Device

Oct 11, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 11 -- Akira Nodomi and Yoshimasa Takebe, both of Kawasaki, Japan, have developed a transmission-destination device. According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A memory device that can handle various transmission-source devices ...

South Korean Inventor Develops Electrical Power Line Insulator

Oct 11, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 11 -- Bong Joo Kim of Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea, has developed an electrical power line insulator with end clamp. According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical power line insulator has an end clamp with a saddle for ...

Texas Inventors Develop Data Processing System

Oct 11, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 11 -- Nirad Sharma, Rohit Namjoshi and David Franke, all from Austin, Texas, have developed a database information extracting method. According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A data processing system processes data sets (such as ...

Texas Inventors Develop High Speed Data Encoding System

Oct 11, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 11 -- Vondal C. Hutchins and Joyce Hutchins, both of Cisco, Texas, have developed a data decoding method. According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system, method and computer program for processing data having a plurality of ...

French Inventor Develops Explosive Object Confinement Protective Device

Oct 11, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 11 -- Charles Laubie of Paris has developed a device for explosive objects confinement. According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In various embodiments, explosive objects or objects suspected of being explosive may be ...

Japanese Inventor Develops Electro-Optical Device

Oct 11, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 11 -- Kazuyuki Yamada of Matsumoto, Japan, has developed a circuit board. According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electro-optical device including an electro-optical panel, a flexible base member connected to the ...

WIPO: Inventors in Switzerland Develop Multi-Carrier Transceiver Synchronization Method

Oct 11, 2008 ... GENEVA, Oct. 11 -Donnacha Daly and Antony Jamin, both of Neuchatel, Switzerland have developed a Synchronization method for a multi-carrier transceiver. According to an abstract posted by the World Intellectual Property Organization, "Synchronization method for a multi-carrier ...

South Korean Inventors Develop Printed Circuit Board

Oct 11, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 11 -- Kyoung-Soo Kim and Jin-Ho Park, both of Suwon-si, South Korea, have developed a display device. According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printed circuit board on which a connector is mounted includes a conductive layer, ...

Massachusetts Inventors Develop Distributed Workflow Technique

Oct 11, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 11 -- Michael Scharland of Franklin, Mass., Arieh Don of Newton, Mass., Patrick Brian Riordan of Watertown, Mass., David Joshua Brown of Chelmsford, Mass., and Kenneth A. Halligan of Leominster, Mass., have developed a distributed workflow method. According to the ...

Illinois Inventor Develops Financial Transaction File Management System

Oct 11, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 11 -- Lawrence J. Mika of Wood Dale, Ill., has developed a system for interfacing with data accounting system. According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An interface file definition is used to translate data files in a particular ...

Pennsylvania, Michigan Inventors Develop Aluminum Sheet Trimming Apparatus

Oct 11, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 11 -- Ming Li of Murrysville, Pa., and Gregory Fata of Westland, Mich., have developed a device for trimming aluminum sheet. According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus are provided for reducing or ...

French Inventors Develop Multi-Processor System

Oct 11, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 11 -- Gerard Chauvel of Antibes, France, Serge Lasserre of Frejus, France, Dominique D'Inverno of Villeneuve Loubet, France, Maija Kuusela of Mouans Sartoux, France, Gilbert Cabillic of Brece, France, Jean-Philippe Lesot of Argentre du Plessis, France, Michel Banatre of La ...

WIPO: Inventors in Netherlands Develop Plastic Laminates

Oct 11, 2008 ... GENEVA, Oct. 11 - Cornelis Johannes Gerardus Maria Van Peer of Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands, and Gert Boven of Steenbergen, Netherlands, have developed a method for making plastic laminates. According to an abstract posted by the World Intellectual Property Organization, in one ...

Ohio Inventor Develops Snap-In Connector

Oct 11, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 11 -- Michael J. Gardner of Hudson, Ohio, has developed a snap-in connector for electrical junction box. According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a snap-in electrical connector for attaching helical metal cable and conduit ...

Japanese Inventor Develops Adhesive Tape Cutting Apparatus

Oct 11, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 11 -- Masayuki Yamamoto of Osaka, Japan, has developed an apparatus for cutting adhesive tape. According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a method of making a cutter revolve along a circumference of a circle having an optional ...

Washington Inventors Develop Overwrite Detection Diagnostic for Memory Heap

Oct 11, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 11 -- Michael Swafford of Bellevue, Wash., and Kevin Charles Chase of Redmond, Wash., have developed a memory structure. According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A data structure within a block of allocable memory of a memory ...

Texas, Idaho Inventors Develop Computer User-Input Text String Prevention System

Oct 11, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 11 -- John W. Dunsmoir and Venkatesan Ramamorthy, both of Round Rock, Texas, Yen-Fu Chen of Austin, Texas, John H. Bosma of Cedar Park, Texas, and Mei Yang Selvage of Pocatello, Idaho, have developed a method of preventing database text string. According to the ...

WIPO: Inventors in Spain, Sweden Develop Telecommunications Network Utilization Method

Oct 11, 2008 ... GENEVA, Oct. 11 -Jan Dahl of Alvsjo, Sweden, and Manuel Cardeno Triano of Madrid, Spain, have developed an apparatus for use in a communications network. According to an abstract posted by the World Intellectual Property Organization, the invention relates to a "method for use in a ...

Ohio Inventors Develop Volume Measurements Apparatus

Oct 11, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 11 -- Don W. Cochran of Novelty, Ohio, and Steven D. Cech of Aurora, Ohio, have developed a method of providing spatially-selective on-line mass. According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to a method and apparatus ...

Taiwanese Inventor Develops Angle Adjustment Device

Oct 11, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 11 -- Cheng Hung Chiu of Taichung County, Taiwan, has developed a circular saw. According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circular saw includes a work table, and an angle adjustment device mounted on the work table. The angle ...

U.S., German Inventors Develop Memory Device Activating Method

Oct 11, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 11 -- Jong-Hoon Oh of Chapel Hill, N.C., and Ralf Schedel of Starnberg, Germany, have developed a memory device activating system. According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device or method for activating a memory, which ...

Singapore Inventors Develop Buffer Random Access Memory Managing Method

Oct 11, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 11 -- KokHoe Chia, Myint Ngwe, JinQuan Shen and SweeKieong Choo, all from Singapore, have developed a random access memory managing apparatus. According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A buffer random access memory has a first ...

WIPO: Inventor in Japan Develops Road Condition Detecting System

Oct 11, 2008 ... GENEVA, Oct. 11 - Terumoto Komori of Aichi-ken, Japan, has developed a detection system. According to an abstract posted by the World Intellectual Property Organization, the invention relates to a "road condition detecting system consisting of a transmitter provided in a sending-side ...

Texas Inventors Develop Radio Frequency Identification Tag

Oct 11, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 11 -- Calvin Lui Sze, Clifford Jay Spinac, Glen Edmond Chalemin, all from Austin, Texas, and Indran Naick of Cedar Park, Texas, have developed a nutrition intake tracker. According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, this ...

Italian Inventors Develop Cutting Equipment

Oct 11, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 11 -- Giuliano De Marco and Alberto Massucco, both of Ivrea, Italy, Armando Aprato of Lugnacco, Italy, and Francesco Terrusi of Milan, Italy, have developed a cutting equipment for continuous forms. According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & ...

Japanese Inventors Develop Storage Sstem with Vrtual Alocation

Oct 11, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 11 -- Tetsuya Maruyama and Yoshiaki Eguchi, both of Yokohama, Japan, and Masayuki Yamamoto of Sagamihara, Japan, have developed a sorage system. According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "When a volume belonging to a first ...

WIPO: Inventor in Denmark Develops Electric Lamp

Oct 11, 2008 ... GENEVA, Oct. 11 - Harald Dellian of Edling, Denmark, has developed an electric lamp. According to an abstract posted by the World Intellectual Property Organization, the invention relates to an "electric lamp comprising a lower part and a light bulb that is connected to the lower part ...

German Inventors Develop Scale Frame Monitoring Method

Oct 11, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 11 -- Hermann Berger of Adenstedt, Germany, and Nikolaos Georgitsis of Hamburg, Germany, have developed a frame of monitoring scale. According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A frame for a monitoring scale includes a supporting part and ...

Washington Inventors Develop Proportional Length Food Slicing System

Oct 11, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 11 -- Gary R. Brockman and Trent R. Wetherbee, both of Kennewick, Wash., and John C. Julian of Richland, Wash., have developed an apparatus for slicing food products. According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention ...

North Carolina Inventor Develops Memory Fence with Background Lock Release

Oct 11, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 11 -- Robert E. Jeter, Jr. of Morrisville, N.C., has developed a locking mechanism. According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, a processor is operable to issue a first memory request to access a particular ...

Washington Inventors Develop Web Data Management System

Oct 11, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 11 -- Andrew Sinclair of Redmond, Wash., Bruce Gage of Renton, Wash., and In-Jerne Choe of Lynwood, Wash., have developed a data store managing method. According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for web store ...

Swiss Inventor Develops Ultramicrotome Device

Oct 11, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 11 -- Daniel Studer of Dotzigen, Switzerland, has developed a process for cutting sections. According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a process for cutting sections from a probe for microscopic analysis, an ultramicrotome ...

California Inventors Develop Efficient Data Storage System

Oct 11, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 11 -- Ming Benjamin Zhu, Kai Li and R. Hugo Patterson, all from San Mateo, Calif., have developed an efficient data storage method. According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method are disclosed for providing ...