Chemical inventions including one assigned to Brigham Young University and one assigned to the University of Utah were among the fourteen patents awarded Utah inventors. Copies of patents are available by number for $3.00 from Box 9, Patent and Trademark Office, Washington, DC 20231. Abstracts are available at the Marriott Library, University of Utah.
- Brent R. Mitchell, Salt Lake City. Screw-gun router for drywall installation. Filed May 14, 1992, a continuation-in-part of application May 1, 1992. Patent 5,261,135.- Steven R. Benson, Murray. An oil drain and turbo assembly support. Filed Nov. 30, 1992. Patent 5,261,237.
- Bill A. Hancock, Farmington, and Samuel S. Wang, New Haven, Conn. An organic chemical flotation agent is used to improve the process for purifying calcite. Assigned to American Cyanamid Company, Stamford, Conn. Filed Oct. 7, 1992. Patent 5,261,539.
- Randall L. Brimhall, Sandy. A manually operated dispenser for peeling individual adhesive-backed labels from a continuous strip. Filed Sept. 4, 1992. Patent 5,261,563.
- Bart Petterson, Salt Lake City; James Cherrington, Park City; Michael Cherrington, Salt Lake City, and Garry Rose, Helena, Calif. A ceiling vent for dispersing air into a room in laminar flow. Filed June 23, 1992. Patent 5,261,857.
- Terry V. Pearce, Sandy. A method of manufacturing filament would tubular elements. Assigned to EDO Sports, Salt Lake City. Filed Jan. 22, 1992. Patent 5,261,980.
- Bryant E. Rossiter; Jerald S. Bradshaw, both of Provo; Shawn L. Reese, Pleasant Grove; Abdul Malik, Provo, and Milton L. Lee, Pleasant Grove. A method for achieving chromatographic separations of organic compounds from a mixture. Assigned to Brigham Young University, Provo. Filed March 9, 1992. Patent 5,262,052.
- You H. Bae, and Sun W. Kim, both of Salt Lake City. An implantable and refillable biohybrid artificial pancreas. Assigned to The University of Utah, Salt Lake City. Filed Oct. 19, 1992. Patent 5,262,055.
- Suzanne Winters, Salt Lake City; Kenneth A. Solen, Orem; Clifton G. Sanders, Salt Lake City; J. D. Mortensen, Sandy, and Gaylord Berry, Salt Lake City. A multi-func-tional thrombo-resistant composition for use on surfaces which contact blood. Assigned to Cardiopulmonics, Inc., Salt Lake City. Filed July 5, 1988, a continuation-in-part of patent 4,850,958. Patent 5,262,450.
- Leland K. Putnam; Phillip H. Lucht; David K. Blair, all of Salt Lake City, and Scott K. Pritchett, Sandy. A digital computing system for carrying out a plurality of processes to compute graphic images rapidly. Assigned to BTS-Broadcast Television Systems, Inc., Salt Lake City. Filed Oct. 31, 1988. Patent 5,262,965.
- James W. Fosgate, Heber City. A method for generating control voltage signals in a surround-sound processor. Filed Nov. 14, 1991, a continuation-in-part of patent 5,172,415.
- Isabell Gomez, Ogden. Garden rake prong cleaner. Filed June 5, 1990. Design patent 341,299.
- Ronald C. Williams, North Ogden. Bike rack. Filed Jan. 8, 1992. Design patent 341,348.
- William G. Carroll, Salt Lake City. Gift display and sales cart. Assigned to Maxim Inc., Salt Lake City. Filed June 9, 1992. Design patent 341,458.