WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Leger Fernandez, Murkowski, Klobuchar, Fitzpatrick Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Strengthen Healing Partnerships for Survivors of Sexual Assault * Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), alongside Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), introduced the Healing Partnerships for Survivors Act, a bipartisan bill to more PR

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Miller, Moore Release Statement on Amendment to Help Wyoming and McDowell County Water Issues * Washington, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) released the following joint statement with Congressman Riley Moore (R-WV) on the passage of their amendment to the House Interior Committee's Fiscal Year 2026 Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Relat more PR

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Rep. Riley M. Moore, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Moore's Amendment Addressing Water Crisis in Southern Coalfields Passes House Appropriations Committee * Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Riley M. Moore's amendment to address the the drinking water crisis in the Southern Coalfields of West Virginia passed the House Appropriations Committee. Congressman Moore worked in conjunction with Congresswoman Carol Miller on this important amendment.  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed & Justice Introduce Bipartisan Strengthening Local Food Security Act * WASHINGTON, DC - In an effort to strengthen the nation's food supply chain network, bolster economic opportunities for local farmers and food producers, and increase access to fresh, local nutritious food in underserved communities and schools, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Jim Justice (R-WV) teamed up to introduce th more PR

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Rep. Riley M. Moore, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Moore and Zinke Introduce Legislation to Codify Executive Order on National Parks * Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Riley M. Moore (WV-02) and Congressman Ryan Zinke (MT-01) introduced the PATRIOT Parks Act -- which codifies President Trump's Executive Order " Making America Beautiful Again by Improving Our National Parks (link is external)." Currently, the National Parks Syste more PR

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The U.S. Chemical Safety Board issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Chemical Safety Board Releases Volume 3 of Chemical Incident Reports; Incidents Resulted in 1.8 Billion Dollars in Property Damage Reports Cover 30 Serious Chemical Incidents in 15 States including Maine, Oklahoma & West Virginia * July 22, 2025 - Today, the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) announced that it has released Volume 3 of its Incident Reports. Volume 3 cov more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 22 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Colorado. *** Covering for Architectural Features, and Related Systems, Methods of Operation, and Manufacture ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, July 22 -- HUNTER DOUGLAS INC., New York, New York has been assigned a patent (No. US 12366114 B2, initially filed Aug. 9, 2021) developed by four inventors Wendell B. Colson, Weston, Massachusetts; Ko Kuperus, Superior, Colorado; David P. Hartman, Ashland, Massachusetts; and  more ST

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 22 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Iowa. *** Lens ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, July 22 -- Three inventors Myron Gordin, Oskaloosa, Iowa; Chris P. Lickiss, Newton, Iowa; and Luke C. McKee, Oskaloosa, Iowa, have been awarded a design patent (No. US D1085524 S1, initially filed Jan. 23, 2023) for "Lens." *** Vehicle and Route Monitoring System ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, July 22 -- TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLC, Norwalk, Connecticut has been assigned more ST

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 22 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Massachusetts. *** Visual Inertial Odometry With Machine Learning Depth ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, July 22 -- GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, California has been assigned a patent (No. US 12366590 B2, initially filed Jan. 21, 2022) developed by six inventors Yunwen Zhou, Belmont, California; Ryan Christopher DuToit, Redwood City, California; Abhishek Kar, Fremont, California; Konstantine Nicholas John Tsotsos, Corte  more ST

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 22 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Missouri. *** Pellet Grill ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, July 22 -- WH PRODUCTS, LLC., Columbus, Ohio has been assigned a patent (No. US 12364364 B2, initially filed March 15, 2022) developed by three inventors Paul J. Simon, Elizabethtown, Kentucky; Michael R. Giebel, Joplin, Missouri; and Xianjia Fan, Zhongshan, China, for "Pellet grill." *** Quantifying the Impact of Software Code Reuse ALEXANDRIA, Virginia more ST

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 22 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in New York. *** Settings Optimization Engine Using Artificial Intelligence to Enhance Client Privacy ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, July 22 -- BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION, Charlotte, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12367524 B2, initially filed July 27, 2023) developed by four inventors Crystal M. Sundaramoorthy, Charlotte, North Carolina; Elena Kvochko, New York, New York; Albena N. Fairchild, Spruce more ST

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 22 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Pennsylvania. *** User-Defined Stimulation Patterns for Juvenile Products ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, July 22 -- MONAHAN PRODUCTS, LLC, Rockland, Massachusetts has been assigned a patent (No. US 12365272 B2, initially filed Sept. 12, 2023) developed by seven inventors Erica Sandbothe, Pittsbirgh, Pennsylvania; Kevin Dowling, Westford, Massachusetts; Mary J. Koes, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Arjit Arora, Pittsburgh, more ST

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 22 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in South Carolina. *** Turbine Blade Inner Rib Profile ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, July 22 -- GE VERNOVA INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY LLC, Greenville, South Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12366168 B1, initially filed Dec. 9, 2024) developed by Dallin T Hall, Greenville, South Carolina, for "Turbine blade inner rib profile." *** Articulation Features for Ultrasonic Surgical Instrument ALEXANDRIA, Virgin more ST

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 22 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Tennessee. *** Automatic Control of a Refuse Front End Loader ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, July 22 -- THE HEIL CO., Chattanooga, Tennessee has been assigned a patent (No. US 12365534 B2, initially filed Jan. 28, 2025) developed by five inventors Ralph Waldo Whitfield, Jr., Rainbow City, Alabama; Brian Huston Ham, Huntsville, Alabama; John M. Curotto, Sonoma, California; Andrew Blaine Cooper, Signal Mountain, Tenne more ST

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 22 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in West Virginia. *** Apparatus for Removing Chemotherapy Compounds From Blood ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, July 22 -- DELCATH SYSTEMS, INC., Queensbury, New York has been assigned a patent (No. US 12364797 B2, initially filed March 10, 2023) developed by four inventors Daniel S. Johnston, Martinsburg, West Virginia; Jacques Chammas, Walpole, Massachusetts; William M. Appling, Granville, New York; and Samantha J. Ba more ST

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs issued the following news release: * * * VA awards more than $2M in grants to memorialize Veterans * WASHINGTON -- The Department of Veterans Affairs today announced seven grants to educational and research institutions totaling $2,195,992 to memorialize Veterans interred in VA national cemeteries as part of the National Cemetery Administration's Veterans Legacy Program initiative. The grants announced today will support the cr more PR