A record 28 inventions by 64 Utahns were awarded patents by the U.S. Patent Office. Copies of patents are available by number for $3 from Box 9, Patent and Trademark Office, Washington, DC 20231. Abstracts and classifications are available at the Marriott Library, University of Utah.
- Leroy F. Phipps, St. George. A fish strike indicator for use with a fishing line. Filed July 11, 1996. Patent 5,669,175.- Terry Elmer Anderson, Highland. A snow bracket for tile roofs. Filed July 19, 1996. Patent 5,669,184.
- George C. Marjanski, Riverdale; Davin G. Saderholm, Salt Lake City; Donald J. Paxton, Brigham City; David L. Spilker, Pleasant View; and Brent R. Beesley, Layton. A method of manufacturing a side impact air-bag module. Assigned to Morton International Inc., Chicago. Filed July 25, 1996. Patent 5,669,627.
- James R. Kaufmann, Salt Lake City, and Kirk H. Rasmussen, West Point. Air-bag cushion protection for vehicle passengers who are either in a normal seating position or out of a normal seating position. Assigned to Morton International Inc., Chicago. Filed April 8, 1996. Patent 5,669,628.
- Karl R. Rink, Liberty, Weber County. Air-bag gas generation by decomposing material consisting of nitrous oxide, acetylene, or an acetylene-based material. Assigned to Morton International Inc., Chicago. Filed April 15, 1996. Patent 5,669,629.
- David B. Johnson, Brigham City; John L. Sabin, Kaysville, and Scott B. Okelberry, Logan. Airbag tether and attachment seam. Assigned to Morton International Inc., Chicago. Filed Nov. 7, 1996, a continuation of application Nov. 3, 1995. Patent 5,669,632.
- Scott R. Watterson; William T. Dalebout; Frank Troy Miller, all of Logan; Rodney L. Hammer, Lewiston, and Jason Lee Wooden, Mendon. Treadmill with elevation. Assigned to ICON Health & Fitness Inc., Logan. Filed Jan. 30, 1996, a continuation-in-part of patent 5,607,375, which is a continuation of application Dec. 23, 1994. Patent 5,669,857.
- Trace O. Gordon, Park City. Body fold and extension exercise apparatus. Filed Feb. 22, 1996. Patent 5,669,865.
- Harrison M. Lazarus, Salt Lake City. An endovascular grafting system for placement of a prosthesis in a corporeal lumen. Assigned to Endovascular Technologies Inc., Menlo Park, Calif. Filed Feb. 27, 1995, a continuation of application Aug. 6, 1993, which is a continuation of patent 5,275,622, which is a continuation-in-part of patent 5,104,399, which is a continuation-in-part of patent 4,787,899, which is a continuation of application Dec. 9, 1993. Patent 5,669,936.
- M. Duane Horton, Provo; Marcus R. Skeem, Northbridge, Mass., and Paul K. Huber, Salt Lake City. Cutting tools having textured cutting surface. Assigned to Norton Co., Worcester, Mass. Filed Nov. 14, 1996, a continuation of application June 7, 1995. Patent 5,669,943.
- Kay L. Ruggles, Salt Lake City. Method for fabricating honeycomb insulating material. Assigned to Newell Operating Co., Freeport, Ill. Filed July 15, 1994, a continuation of patent 5,441,592, which is a continuation-in-part of patent 5,308,435. Patent 5,670,008.
- Christine P. Stokes, Hooper, Weber County, Apparatus for successively slip casting hollow ceramic objects. Filed Oct. 20, 1995. Patent 5,670,181.
- Morris F. Mower, Riverton. Mastic applicator. Assigned to Axia Inc. Oak Brook, Ill. Filed Feb. 15, 1995. Patent 5,670,182.
- David A. Berges, Provo. Water soluble camptothecin analogs. Assigned to SmithKline Beecham Corp., Philadelphia, Pa. Filed May 31, 1995. Patent 5,670,500.
- Ki-Joon Shon; Doju Yoshikami; Maren Marsh; Lourdes J. Cruz; David R. Hillyard, and Baldomero M. Olivera, all of Salt Lake City. An organic compound conotoxin peptide. Assigned to University of Utah Research Foundation, Salt Lake City. Filed Feb. 15, 1996. Patent 5,670,622.
- Marcus T. Clark, Kaysville; David D. Schroeder; David W. Parkinson, both of Ogden; Kelly B. Johnson, Layton, and Brent R. Marchant, Ogden. Wire-wrap low pressure sensor for pressurized gas inflators. Assigned to Morton International Inc., Chicago. Filed Jan. 11, 1996. Patent 5,670,720.
- J. Kirk Storey, Farmington, and Brent K. Olson, Clearfield. Hybrid inflator with pop-out diffuser. Assigned to Morton International, Inc., Chicago. Filed Aug. 8, 1996. Patent 5,670,738.
- Michael W. Barnes, Brigham City; Robert D. Taylor, Hyrum; Christopher Hock, Uintah; Michael P. Jordan, South Weber; Matthew A. Cox, Bountiful, and Alan J. Ward, North Ogden. Heterogeneous gas generant charges. Assigned to Morton International Inc., Chicago. Filed Oct. 6, 1995. Patent 5,670,740.
- Donald M. Stromquist, Salt Lake City, and Boyd J. Wathen, Lehi. A method of preparing a cast solid explosive product. Assigned to Dyno Nobel Inc., Salt Lake City. Filed Feb. 22, 1994, a division of application Nov. 12, 1991. Patent 5,670,741.
- Alan R. Applonie, Centerville. Self-monitoring hand-sanitizing station. Filed Sep. 19, 1996, a continuation-in-part of application July 6, 1995. Patent 5,670,945.
- Wayne A. Sumner, Ogden; Allen T. Bracken, Layton; David W. Griffith, Layton; David E. Jones, Layton, and Edward L. Rich, Ogden. A cartridge for a drive in which read/write heads process data on a recording medium. Assigned to Iomega Corp., Roy. Filed Oct. 31, 1995, a continuation-in-part of patent 5,570,252. Patent 5,671,109.
- Dennis Reeder, South Jordan. A mirror mount assembly. Assigned to Spectra-Physics Lasers Inc., Mountain View, Calif. Filed July 31, 1996, a continuation of patent 5,590,149. Patent 5,671,244.
- Roger William Call, Salt Lake City, and Dennis Carl Pulsipher, Farmington. A method of electronically processing an input image which is comprised of a row-column array of pixels. Assigned to Unisys Corp., Blue Bell, Pa. Filed Dec. 12, 1996, a continuation of application Nov. 1, 1995, which is a continuation of application Feb. 15, 1994. Patent 5,671,296.
- David Kim Blair, Bennion; Scott Karl Curtis and Philip Harrison Lucht, both of Salt Lake City. A system for storing large amounts of data and for providing simultaneous plural access to the data. Assigned to Philips Electronics North America Corp., New York. Filed Feb. 16, 1995, a continuation of patent 5,539,660. Patent 5,671,386.
- Jim Nicolet, Elk Ridge. Method and apparatus for providing simple secure management of remote computer servers. Filed Feb. 27, 1996, a continuation of application Dec. 13, 1994. Patent 5,671,414.
- Edward Van Lee Kalbach, Nibley, Cache County. Watchband with cover. Filed Jan. 17, 1996. Design patent 383,993.
- Dan Thomas, Spanish Fork. All-terrain tire. Filed May 13, 1996. Design patent 384,013.
- Gary D. Plaget; Trace O. Gordon, both of Park City; Mark R. Nestande, Chaska, Minn.; Paul M. Theisen, Shakopee, Minn.; John E. Titus, Prior Lake, Minn., and James B. Easley, Minneapolis, Minn. Strength training apparatus. Assigned to Fitness Master Inc., Waconia, Minn. Filed Nov. 15, 1995. Design patent 384,117.