Fifteen patents were awarded to Utah inventors on Sept. 16, including:
Template tracing cutter. Travis R. Nichols, Tremonton, Box Elder County; W. Blake Gustafson, Salt Lake City. Assigned to Mimix, Lovell, Wyo. Filed July 16, 2001, a divisional of Application No. 09/318,203, filed May 25, 1999. Patent No. 6,619,172.
Pneumatically controlled volumetric pocket filler. Richard Price, Lehi; Byron Larson, South Jordan. Assigned to Multi-Fill Inc., West Jordan. Filed Jan. 3, 2002, claiming priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/281,464, filed April 4, 2001. Patent No. 6,619,339.
Image-based graphical code reader device with multifunctional optical element and converging laser targeting. Blake Crowther, Vail, Ariz.; Ryan Hyde, Draper; Collin Lewis, Riverton; George Powell, Sandy. Assigned to The Code Corp., Draper. Filed April 30, 2002, claiming priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/287,658, filed April 30, 2001. Patent No. 6,619,547.
Automated tunnel-type laser scanning system employing corner-projected orthogonal laser scanning patterns for enhanced reading of ladder and picket fence oriented bar codes on packages moving therethrough. Timothy A. Good, Blackwood, N.J.; LeRoy Dickson, Leeds, Washington County; Francis Lodge and Ian A. Scott, both of Haddonfield, N.J.; Xiaoxun Zhu, Marlton, N.J.; David M. Wilz, Sewell, N.J.; George B. Rockstein, Audubon, N.J.; Stephen J. Colavito, Brookhaven, Pa.; Robert E. Blake, Woodbury Heights, N.J.; Ka Man Au, Philadelphia; Sankar Ghosh, Glenolden, Pa.; George Kolis, Pennsauken, N.J.; Thomas Amundsen, Turnersville, N.J.; Gennady Germaine, Cherry Hill, N.J.; Andrew D. Dehennis, Cheltenham, Pa.; Carl Harry Knowles, Morestown, N.J. Assigned to Metrologic Instruments Inc., Blackwood, N.J. Filed May 5, 1999, a continuation-in-part of Patent No. 6,457,642, filed March 24, 1999, which is a continuation-in-part of Patent No. 6,382,515, filed March 22, 1999, which claims priority to Patent No. 6,354,505, filed Feb. 2, 1999, which claims priority to Patent No. 6,422,467, filed Feb. 2, 1999, which claims priority to Application No. 09/157,778, filed Sept. 21, 1998, which claims priority to Patent No. 6,360,947, filed March 24, 1998, which claims priority to Patent No. 6,158,659, filed Oct. 14, 1997, which claims priority to Patent No. 6,085,978, filed May 12, 1997, which claims priority to Patent No. 5,984,185, filed April 22, 1997, which claims priority to Patent No. 6,073,846, filed Oct. 7, 1996, which claims priority to Application No. 08/573,949, filed Dec. 18, 1995, now abandoned. Patent No. 6,619,550.
Telescoping watering wand. Kent C. Ericksen, North Salt Lake; Phillip A. Hudman, Bountiful; Robert L. Parker, West Valley City; Jeffrey P. Maughan, West Bountiful. Assigned to Orbit Irrigation Products Inc., Bountiful. Filed June 14, 2001, claiming priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/211,547, filed June 14, 2000. Patent No. 6,619,570.
Micronizing milling machine. Gregg Macy, Salt Lake City; Stan Payton, late of Tacna, Ariz. Assigned to Ecobasics Inc., Salt Lake City. Filed April 13, 2001, claiming priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/196,840, filed April 13, 2000. Patent No. 6,619,572.
Protective liner retainer for cargo bed panels. Shane Gardiner, Payson. Assigned to Michael Glenn McHargue, Cedar City, and Shane Gardiner, Payson. Filed Nov. 16, 2001. Patent No. 6,619,717.
X-ray tube and method of manufacture. Christopher F. Artig, Summit Park, Summit County; Deborah L. Salmon, Holladay. Assigned to Varian Medical Systems Inc., Palo Alto, Calif. Filed Jan. 26, 2000, a continuation-in-part of Patent No. 6,134,299, filed Aug. 21, 1998, which is a continuation-in-part of Patent No. 5,802,140, filed Aug. 29, 1997. Patent No. 6,619,842.
Remotely controlled steering transom. Wayne P. Butz, West Valley City. Filed Aug. 2, 2002. Patent No. 6,620,005.
Vibrational device for stimulating tissue and organs. Stephen C. Johnson, Colorado Springs, Colo.; Richard M. Greenwald, Lebanon, N.H.; Thomas D. Rosenberg, Park City. Assigned to Connextech LLC, Salt Lake City. Filed Jan. 20, 2000. Patent No. 6,620,117.
Apparatus and method for attaching a graft ligament to a bone. E. Marlowe Goble, Alta, Wyo.; T. Wade Fallin, Hyde Park, Cache County; Kenneth J. Gardner, Smithfield, Cache County. Assigned to MedicineLodge Inc., Logan. Filed April 18, 2001. Patent No. 6,620,195.
Method for in vitro amplification of circular DNA. Zhidong Chen and Duane E. Ruffner, both of Salt Lake City. Assigned to University of Utah Research Foundation, Salt Lake City. Filed July 6, 2000, claiming priority to international Application No. PCT/US99/00455, filed Jan. 9, 1999, which claims priority to U.S. provisional patent Application No. 60/071,101, filed Jan. 9, 1998. Patent No. 6,620,597.
Antigen detection device and method. Gary R. Bodily, Logan. Assigned to Mission Research Corp., Santa Barbara, Calif. Filed Aug. 9, 2000. Patent No. 6,620,626.
Portable device control console with wireless connection. Rich Erekson, Ogden. Assigned to 3Com Corp., Santa Clara, Calif. Filed April 24, 2000. Patent No. 6,622,018.
Antenna flip-up on removal of stylus for handheld device. Jay B. McCleary, West Valley; Curtis D. Thompson, Taylorsville; Kenneth A. Croft, Salt Lake City. Assigned to 3Com Corp., Santa Clara, Calif. Filed Oct. 4, 2000. Patent No. 6,622,031.
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