1.   An inventor in New York City has patented a way to cut energy costs for factories that use high-pressure steam in their production processes.

2.   But he and Gary Fitts, co-founder of Cybergold, are coming under fire for having patented these ways of doing business.

3.   But Huffman appears to be the first to have patented a way of knitting fabric from buffalo hair.

4.   Dr. Vivodh Z. J. Anand, a former telephone company marketing representative, said he had recently patented a way to overcome this problem.

5.   Exploiting the computer kiosk idea, more inventors are patenting similar ways to eliminate clerks from retail services.

6.   Huffman has patented a way of knitting fabric from buffalo hair.

7.   Joan Murray, an inventor in Washington, has patented a way to do so without having to unfold the sheet.

8.   Khoi Nguyen-Senderowicz, a mother of four with a fifth on the way, recently patented two ways to keep infants covered.

9.   Noki Iida and Richard Rodriguez have patented a way to retrieve such lost rings and other valuables.

10.   Scott Sager, an inventor in Chappaqua, N.Y., has patented a way to make the experience a little steadier.