Utah applicants garnered twenty-six patents on June 6, 2000. U.S. patents are granted each Tuesday.
Portable urine holding system. Larry Garlock, Bountiful. Assigned to Med-Assist Technology Inc., Bountiful. Filed Dec. 24, 1997, a continuation-in-part of application ser. no. 651,760, filed May 22, 1996, now abandoned, which is a continuation of application ser. no. 334,535, filed Nov. 4, 1994, now abandoned. Patent No. 6,070,275.
Waste receptacle bag. Cynthia S. Thomas, Salt Lake City. Filed Jan. 21, 1999. Patent No. 6,070,277.
Roof bracket. Terry Elmer Anderson, Highland. Filed Feb. 17, 1998. Patent No. 6,070,368.
Frame for a wall opening and methods of assembly and use. Justin J. Anderson, Bruce Anderson and Thayne Anderson, all of Mendon; Audrey E. Anderson, Salt Lake City. Filed July 23, 1998, a continuation-in-part of patent no. 5,996,293, filed May 15, 1999. Patent No. 6,070,375.
Application specific integrated circuit package and initiator employing same. David D. Hansen, Layton; David B. Monk, North Salt Lake; Mark B. Woodbury, Bountiful; Gerold W. Pratt, Kaysville. Assigned to Autoliv ASP Inc., Ogden. Filed July 22, 1997. Patent No. 6,070,531.
Rotation shaft with vibration dampening device. Jerry W. Hunt, Murray; Dennis M. Greenlee, Salt Lake City; Lyn Maurice Greenhill, Roseville, Calif. Assigned to Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, Texas. Filed Aug. 29, 1997. Patent No. 6,070,734.
Disposable storage, transport and resuspension system. Anand Ekambaram, Brookhaven, Pa.; Wendy L. Radcliff, Souderton, Pa.; Mark S. Rienstra, Lansdale, Pa.; Brett L. Allred, Hyde Park; Doyle W. Stewart, Hyrum. Assigned to Merck & Co. Inc., Rahway, N.J. Filed June 11, 1997. Patent No. 6,071,005.
Surface mounted contact block. Thomas A. Johnson, Draper. Assigned to 3COM Corp., Santa Clara, Calif. Filed Nov. 30, 1998. Patent No. 6,071,130.
Device for teaching correct putting. Rick Curtis, West Valley City. Filed Dec. 3, 1998. Patent No. 6,071,197.
Cardiopulmonary catheter system. Clyde Baker, South Jordan; Gary L. Crocker, Salt Lake City; Carl A. Swindle, Dana Point, Calif. Assigned to Baxter Research Medical Inc., Midvale. Filed Sept. 5, 1997. Patent No. 6,071,271.
Magnetostrictive composites and process for manufacture by dynamic compaction. Sivarman Guruswamy, Salt Lake City; Michael K. McCarter, Sandy; Michael R. Loveless. Filed Sept. 26, 1997. Patent No. 6,071,357.
Poly N-cyclic aromatic ligands bonded to solid supports for removing and concentrating ions from solutions. Ronald L. Bruening, American Fork; Krzysztof E. Krakowiak, Reed M. Izatt, and Jerald S. Bradshaw, all of Provo. Assigned to IBC Advanced Technologies Inc., American Fork. Filed in U.S. National Stage on Dec. 14, 1998, claims priority to international application no. PCT/US97/11054, filed June 24, 1997. Patent No. 6,071,416.
Adhesive antimicrobial and/or reparative dentin stimulating dental compositions and methods for forming and using such compositions. Steven D. Jensen, Riverton. Assigned to Ultradent Products Inc., South Jordan. Filed Feb. 19, 1997. Patent No. 6,071,528.
Metallic oligopeptide complexes. Sheldon S. Hendler, La Jolla, Calif. Dusan Miljkovic, San Diego, Calif. Robert Sanchez, Riverton. Assigned to Vyrex Corp., La Jolla, Calif. Filed Feb. 3, 1999. Patent No. 6,071,545.
Compounds active at a novel site on receptor-operated calcium channels useful for treatment of neurological disorders and diseases. Alan L. Mueller, Salt Lake City; Manuel F. Balandrin, Sandy; Bradford C. VanWagenen, Eric G. DelMar, Scott T. Moe, Linda D. Artman, and Robert M. Barmore, all of Salt Lake City. Assigned to NPS Pharmaceuticals Inc., Salt Lake City. Filed June 7, 1995, a continuation-in-part of international application ser. no. PCTUS9,412,219,941,026, filed Oct. 26, 1994, which is a continuation-in-part of application ser. no. 288,668, filed Aug. 9, 1994, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of application ser. no. 194,210, filed Feb. 8, 1994, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of application ser. no. 14,813, filed Feb. 8, 1993, now abandoned. Patent No. 6,071,970.
Adhesion promoters and methods of their synthesis and use. Russell A. Crook, South Ogden; Robert B. Wardle, Logan. Assigned to Cordant Technologies Inc., Salt Lake City. Filed May 29, 1998, a continuation of application ser. no. 634,344, filed April 18, 1996, which is a continuation-in-part of patent no. 5,520,768, filed Oct. 21, 1994, and patent no. 5,660,884, filed Oct. 31, 1995. Patent No. 6,072,055.
Sidebox display channel loop controller. Donovan E. Kearns, West Jordan. Filed June 10, 1997. Patent No. 6,072,535.
Head retraction system for retracting the heads of a disk drive. Ralph L. Sonderegger, Farmington; Thomas J. Angellotti, Odgen; Craig Rupp, Odgen; Mick Estes, Layton; Mark S. Thayne, West Point; Klinton D. Washburn, Roy. Assigned to Iomega Corp., Roy. Filed May 30, 1997. Patent No. 6,072,666.
Hearing aid device incorporating signal processing techniques. Thomas G. Stockham, Jr., Salt Lake City; Douglas M. Chabries, Orem; Carver A. Mead, Pasadena, Calif. Assigned to Sonic Innovations Inc., Salt Lake City. Filed Aug. 22, 1996, a continuation-in-part of patent no. 5,848,171, filed Jan. 16, 1996, which is a continuation of patent no. 5,500,902, filed July 8, 1994. Patent No. 6,072,885.
Automated post office based rule analysis of e-mail messages and other data objects for controlled distribution in network environments. Fred J. Geiger, Park City; William K. Wood, West Weber; Sonjava T. Tandon, Park City. Assigned to Park City Group, Park City. Filed June 23, 1997. Patent No. 6,073,142.
Distribution limiter for network messaging. Craig K. Poulton, Salt Lake City; Luke A. Call, Tooele. Assigned to Paratran Corp., Salt Lake City. Filed March 18, 1998. 6,073,167.
Multiple interface input/output port allows communication between the interface bus of the peripheral device and any one of the plurality of different types of interface buses. David Lee Jolley, Kaysville; William Paul Baker, Salt Lake City; Rick L. Johnson, Ogden; Jon Newman, Centerville. Assigned to Iomega Corp., Roy. Filed Sept. 3, 1998, a continuation of patent no. 5,832,244, filed Feb. 20, 1996. Patent No. 6,073,201.
Using a virtual device to access data as it previously existed in a mass data storage system. Richard Ohran, Provo. Assigned to Vinca Corp., Orem. Filed March 16, 1999, a continuation of application ser. no. 165,180, filed Oct. 1, 1998, and patent no. 5,835,953, filed Nov. 8, 1996, and a continuation-in-part of patent no. 5,649,152, filed Oct. 13, 1994. Patent No. 6,073,222.
The ornamental design of a lanyard connector. Bryan K. Hicks and Brandon Robert Mackay, both of Salt Lake City; Anthony Todd Hagen, West Valley City. Assigned to Snugz USA, Salt Lake City. Filed June 4, 1999. Design Patent No. Des. 426,063.
The ornamental design of a Christmas stocking. Scott Sheen, Orem. Filed Oct. 15, 1998. Design Patent No. Des. 426,171.
The ornamental design of a removable computer disk cartridge. Brian Schick, San Diego, Calif.; Douglas Mayne, Ramona, Calif.; Shane Nowell, Riverdale; Jonathan Guerra, San Francisco, Calif. Assigned to Iomega Corp., Roy. Filed Feb. 11, 1998. Design Patent No. Des. 426,241.
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