The United States Patent Office issued 23 patents to 47 Utah inventors. Copies of patents are available by number for $3 from Box 9, Patent and Trademark Office, Washington, D.C. 20231. Abstracts and classifications are available at the Marriott Library, University of Utah.
- G. Marsden Blanch, Sandy. An electrosurgical instrument for use with a source of radio frequency electrical energy during surgery. Assigned to American Medical Products Inc., Murray. A re-examination of patent 4,785,807 determined that the patentability of claims 1-7 is confirmed.- Mark A. Maniar, Mapleton. A drain-cleaning nozzle assembly. Filed Dec. 5, 1994. Patent 5,535,473.
- Scott A. Kofoed and Joseph A. Orr, both of Salt Lake City. A differential pressure sensor for measuring respiratory gas flow. As-signed to Korr Medical Tech-nol-ogies Inc., Salt Lake City. Filed Aug. 9, 1994, a continuation-in-part of patent 5,347,843. Patent 5,535,633.
- Kyle E. Bateman, Provo. A bullet stop and containment chamber. Filed Nov. 4, 1994, a continuation of patent 5,400,692. Patent 5,535,662.
- Brett L. Siddoway, Harrisville. Head and horn protector for steers. Filed Jan. 27, 1994. Patent 5,535,707.
- E. Robert Purdy, Fruit Heights; Mark A. Crawford, Sandy; Timothy J. Erskine and Gerald H. Peterson, both of Salt Lake City. A method for assembling a valved adapter for a medical access device. Assigned to Becton, Dickinson and Co., Franklin Lakes, N.J. Filed Aug. 10, 1994. Patent 5,535,771.
- Gregory J. Lang and Brent R. Marchant, both of Ogden; Bradley D. Harris, Farmington; Steven R. Fredin, Ortonville, Mich.; Christopher Hock, Uintah; and Patrick G. Jarboe, Shelby Township, Mich. An air-bag activated knee bolster. Assigned to Morton International Inc., Chicago. Filed Sept. 12, 1995, a continuation of application May 23, 1994. Patent 5,536,043.
- Meredith D. Shattuck, Providence, and Stephen B. Turcotte, Logan. A method for quantifying photorefractive aromatic compound in a sample. Assigned to Utah State University, Logan. Filed Jan. 13, 1993, a division of patent 5,427,955. Patent 5,536,172.
- Rodney M. LaFollette, Provo. A bipolar substrate to which electrodes are secured to form a bipolar battery. Assigned to Bipolar Technologies Corp., Provo. Filed Nov. 9, 1995, a continuation-in-part of application Oct. 12, 1994. Patent 5,536,598.
- Bradley W. Nelson, North Ogden. A piezoelectric mechanism for igniting a flare in midair. Assigned to Thiokol Corp., Ogden. Filed March 27, 1991. Patent 5,536,990.
- Yiping Ma and David E. Jones, both of Layton, and Edward L. Rich, Ogden. Flexible disk cartridge having disk stabilization means. Assigned to Iomega Corp., Roy. Filed Oct. 18, 1994. Patent 5,537,281.
- Vaughn Stabeli, Payson; Mike Miller, Pleasant Grove; Sam Francis; Dan Haab, both of Springville; Dan Patten, Orem; and Kent Johnson, Spanish Fork. A system for remote mirroring of digital data from a primary network server to a remote network server. Assigned to Miralink Corp., Orem. Filed Aug. 11, 1994. Patent 5,537,533.
- Bjorn Ablad, Salt Lake City. Segmented safety rail with movable trolley. Filed Sept. 12, 1995. Patent 5,537,933.
- John C. Paulson, American Fork. Shoulder motion controlling harness. Filed Jan. 19, 1995. Patent 5,538,015.
- Lisa M. Frary, South Weber; Larry D. Rose, Layton; and Edward Friery, Coalville. Passenger-air bag module fastener less cover attachment. Assigned to Morton International Inc., Chicago. Filed June 8, 1995. Patent 5,538,277.
- Steven D. Huntsman, Woodland Hills. Yieldable mine post having a double ball and socket configuration. Filed Feb. 14, 1995. Patent 5,538,364.
- E. Paul France and Earl Van Wagoner, both of Salt Lake City. An instrumented therapy cord com-pris-ing a resistive stretch cord and electronic means of indicating the force applied to the cord. Assigned to Hoggan Health Industries Inc., Draper. Filed June 3, 1994. Patent 5,538,486.
- Larry J. Ashton, Mapleton, and John F. Sollinger, Newark, Del. Waste tank for a vacuum sewage system aboard an aircraft. Assigned to E.I. Du Pont de Nemours and Co., Wilmington, Del. Filed Nov. 7, 1995, a continuation of application May 4, 1995, which is a continuation-in-part of application Oct. 20, 1994, which is a continuation-in-part of patent 5,368,636, which is a continuation-in-part of patent 5,284,507. Patent 5,538,546.
- Robert D. Taylor, Hyrum, and Marc R. Andros, North Ogden. Extrudable gas generant for hybrid air-bag inflation system. Assigned to Morton International Inc., Chicago. Filed May 4, 1995, a division of patent 5,486,248. Patent 5,538,568.
- Ashok V. Joshi, and John H. Gordon, both of Salt Lake City. Solid oxide cathode-based electrochemical oxygen generator for fluid dispensing applications. Assigned to Ceramatec Inc., Salt Lake City. Filed Sept. 6, 1994. Patent 5,538,605.
- Mark L Enders, North Ogden. A method for securing a boss to a thermoplastic liner to form an inflatable mandrel. Assigned to Thiokol Corp., Ogden. Filed June 24, 1994. Patent 5,538,680.
- John A. M. Peterson, Centerville; Gary L. Whatcott and Paul Carter, both of Salt Lake City. Method and apparatus for an inertial table having an angular rate sensor and a voltage controlled oscillator. Assigned to HK Systems Inc., Brookfield, Wis. Filed Oct. 26, 1993. Patent 5,539,646.
- David K. Blair, Bennion; Scott K. Curtis and Philip H. Lucht, both of Salt Lake City. A system for storing large amounts of data and for providing simultaneous plural access to the stored data. Assigned to Philips Electronics North America Corp., New York, N.Y. Filed Sept. 23, 1993. Patent 5,539,660.