From medical inventions to robot manipulators, a variety of subjects resulted in patents for 14 Utah inventors from the U.S. Patent Office.
William C. Athas, Sandy; Reese Faucette, Pasadena, Calif.; and Charles L. Seitz, San Luis Rey, Calif. Apparatus for intrasystem communications within a binary N-cube computer including buffer lock bit. Assigned to California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif. Filed Jan. 31, 1989, a continuation of application July 12, 1985. Patent 5,047,917.Vaughn L. Mower, Bountiful, and John W. Zachelle Jr., Farmington. A detection and tracking circuit for fast acquisition of a PN composite code. Assigned to Uni-sys Corp., Blue Bell, Pa. Filed Nov. 20, 1989. Patent 5,048,053.
Dale W. Nelson, Orem. Snow shovel. Filed March 23, 1990. Design patent 319,757.
W. Richard Turner and Linda T. Turner, Heber City. A gastrostomy tube protector and hider. Filed April 16, 1985. Patent 5,048,512.
David F. Scott, Sandy. A compact syringe and catheter package. Assigned to Becton, Dickinson and Co., Franklin Lakes, N.J. Filed Feb. 1, 1990. Patent 5,048,684.
Angela B. Proctor, Salt Lake City. Trivia game system. Filed March 13, 1989. Patent 5,048,842.
Ralph M. Horton, Murray; Royce A. Anthon, West Jordan; and James T. Hoggins, Plano, Texas. A coated abrasive element for bonding to a backing by means of a brazing or binder material. Assigned to Norton Co., Worcester, Mass. Filed Jan. 5, 1990. Patent 5,049,164.
Robert J. Feuling, Sandy. Process for recovery of scandium, yttrium and lanthanides from titanium ore. Assigned to Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, Pa. Filed Aug. 3, 1989. Patent 5,049,363.
Warren F. Philips, Logan. A method for controlling and dampening undesirable vibrational movement with flexible linkage of a robot arm coupled to a joint. Assigned to Utah State University Foundation, Logan. Filed July 2, 1990. Patent 5,049,797.
George A. Nelson, Sandy. Method and apparatus for stabilizing laser mirror alignment. Filed Feb. 23, 1990. Patent 5,050,184.
Troy T. Horrall, Salt Lake City. Hanger for eyeglasses or the like. Filed Aug. 7, 1987. Design patent 320,025.
Copies of patents are available by number for $1.50 from Box 9, Patent and Trademark Office, Washington DC 20231.