Twenty-eight Utah inventors received patents for 20 inventions, including seven medical inventions, from the United States 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.
Matthew Waki, Salt Lake City. Open blade rear sight for pistol, rifle or shotgun. Filed Jan. 21, 1997. Patent 5,822,872.Kyle E. Bateman, Provo. Interconnect system for modularly fabricated bullet stops. Filed Jan. 20, 1995, a continuation-in-part of Application Jan. 25, 1993. Patent 5,822,936.
Fred T. Smith and Fred P. Smith, both Alpine; Brooks Strong, Houston, Texas, and William R. Johnson, American Fork. Articulating trailing tag axle. Assigned to Brooks Strong, Houston. Filed Dec. 29, 1994. Patent 5,823,629.
I. Morris Brooks, St. George. Inconspicuous modular decorative lighting apparatus. Filed Jan. 16, 1996. Patent 5,823,655.
Frank N. Stempfer, Murray. Portable personal driving range and all-purpose sporting net. Filed Nov. 25, 1996. Patent 5,823,885.
Michael Truppe, Salt Lake City. System for displaying a structural data image in real-time correlation with moveable body. Filed June 15, 1994. Patent 5,823,958.
Gregory R. McArthur, Sandy. Flush valve with cable attachment. Assigned to Merit Medical Systems Inc., South Jordan. Filed Nov. 4, 1996. Patent 5,823,967.
David L. Thorne, Kaysville. Medical needle safety apparatus and methods. Assigned to Specialized Health Products Inc., Bountiful. Filed Sep. 10, 1997.
Timothy J. Erskine, Sandy. Radially vented flashback chamber and plug assembly. Assigned to Becton Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, N.J. Filed June 10, 1996. Patent 5,824,001.
Ramond A. Daynes, Park City, and Barbara A. Araneo, Salt Lake City. Vaccine compositions and method for induction of mucosal immune response via systemic vaccination. Assigned to University of Utah Research Foundation, Salt Lake City. Filed June 7, 1995.
Theodore H. Stanley, Salt Lake City, and Brian I. Hague, West Valley City. A cigarette substitute for administering a dose of nicotine through the intra-oral mucosal surfaces as an alternative to smoking. Assigned to University of Utah Research Foundation, Salt Lake City. Filed Apr. 19, 1996, a continuation of Application May 11, 1995, which is a continuation-in-part of Application Nov. 2, 1994, which is a continuation of Application Nov. 12, 1993, which is a division of Patent 5,288,497.
Barnard Stewart Silver, Salt Lake City, and Robert V. Zimmerman, Denver. Method and apparatus for cleaning roots, tubers, and bulbs. Filed Aug. 7, 1996. Patent 5,824,356.
Azhar J. Khan, West Valley City, and Muhammad A. Khan, Sandy. Medical device lubricant containing lecithin. Assigned to Becton Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, N.J. Filed June 30, 1997. Patent 5,824,359.
Wayne A. Border, Salt Lake City. Anti-transforming growth factor-.beta.gene therapy. Assigned to the University of Utah, Salt Lake City. Filed Feb. 15, 1995. Patent 5,824,655.
Boyd L. Butler, Sandy. An acoustic muffler comprising spiral acoustic traps. Filed May 13, 1997. Patent 5,824,972.
Jerry R. Montgomery, West Valley City and Thomas A. Phillips, Salt Lake City. An electromagnetic method to map, track, and monitor subsurface water or solutions and related geologic structure. Filed Nov. 27, 1996. Patent 5,825,188.
Yiping Ma and David E. Jones, both Layton. Flexible disk mode observer by reflection of a reference pattern. Assigned to Iomega Corp., Roy. Filed Nov. 24, 1997, a continuation of Application Nov. 8, 1995. Patent 5,825,409.
Joe L. Walker, Salt Lake City. Placement tool for retro-reflective calibration points. Assigned to Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp., Salt Lake City. Filed Feb. 18, 1997, a division of Patent 5,638,208. Patent 5,825,538.
Samuel C. Kingston, and Thomas R. Giallorenzi, both Salt Lake City; Robert William Steagall, North Salt Lake, and David Matolak, Herndon, Va. Multi-user acquisition procedure for multipoint-to point synchronous CDMA systems. Assigned to L-3 Communications Corporation, New York, N.Y. Filed Feb. 23, 1996. Patent 5,825,835.
David L. Grissom, Salt Lake City. The ornamental design of a reusable food storage bag. Filed June 25, 1997. Design Patent 399,708.