From rocket igniters to seat covers, a variety of technology is represented in the seven patents issued by the United States Patent Office to Utah inventors.
- Roger A. Grosgebauer, Ogden, and C. Max White, Brigham City. A spherical igniter for full head-end web rocket motors. Assigned to Thiokol Corp., Ogden. Patent 5,150,654.- Steven P. Croshaw, Mendon. Dual-tongue seat cover attachment. Assigned to Saddleman, Inc., Logan. Patent 5,150,947.
- Clifford Kwan-Gett, Salt Lake City. An implantable collapsible tubular sleeve for implanting inside a live tissue fluid vessel. Patent 5,151,105.
- Hyun S. Cho; Chien-Min Sung, both of Sandy; Leo Merrill, Orem, and Sy-Hwa Chen, Salt Lake City. A superabrasive cutting element of metal coated particles having a hardness at least equal to that of diamond or cubic boron nitride. Assigned to Norton Co., Worcester, Mass. Patent 5,151,107.
- Owen D. Brimhall, South Jordan; Gail A. Bowers-Irons, and Joseph K. Weeks, Jr., both of Salt Lake City. A dual axis bioreactor system with vessels rotating about horizontal and vertical axes. Assigned to Technical Research Associates Inc., Salt Lake City. Patent 5,151,368.
- LeaLand L. Clark, Salt Lake City. A method for treating atopic dermatitis and the immunological response thereto using 6-benzyl adenine. Patent 5,151,426.
- Kelly R. Powers, Tony G. Curtis, Santosh Y. Limaye and Robert D. Roy, all of Salt Lake City. An integral ceramic capacitive device for measuring changes in capacitance of a fluid. Patent 5,151,660.
Copies of patents are available by number for $3.00 from Box 9, Patent and Trademark Office, Washington, D.C. 20231.