Twelve patents were awarded to Utah inventors on Feb. 4, including:
Cutting elements with interface having multiple abutting depressions. Ronald K. Eyre and Christopher A. Tucker, both of Orem. Assigned to Smith International Inc., Houston. Filed Feb. 9, 2001. Patent No. 6,513,608.
Precipitation hardenable stainless steel endodontic instruments and methods for manufacturing and using the instruments. Richard Kim Bleiweiss, Bountiful; Arno Scholer, Busswil, Switzerland. Assigned to Ultradent Products Inc., South Jordan. Filed May 3, 2001. Patent No. 6,514,076.
Spine distraction implant and method. James F. Zucherman and Ken Y. Hsu, both of San Francisco; T. Wade Fallin, Hyde Park, Cache County; Henry A. Klyce, Piedmont, Calif. Assigned to St. Francis Medical Technologies Inc., Concord, Calif. Filed March 15, 2001, a continuation of Patent No. 6,419,676, filed Dec. 12, 2000, which is a continuation of Patent No. 6,379,355, filed July 27,1999, which is a continuation of Patent No. 6,090,112, filed July 28, 1998, which is a continuation of Patent No. 5,836,948, filed Jan. 2, 1997. Patent No. 6,514,256.
Diamond articulation surface for use in a prosthetic joint. Bill J. Pope, Dean C. Blackburn and Kenneth M. Jensen, all of Springville; Jeffrey K. Taylor, Loomis, Calif.; Richard H. Dixon and Louis M. Pope, both of Provo; Clayton F. Gardinier, Orem; Michael A. Vail, Salt Lake City. Assigned to Diamicron Inc., Orem. Filed Jan. 30, 2000. Patent No. 6,514,289.
Hydrogel biosensor. In Suk Han, Sandy; Jules John Magda and Seok Lew Lew, both of Salt Lake City; Young San Jean, Seoul, Korea. Assigned to M-Biotech Inc., Salt Lake City. Filed April 20, 2001, a continuation-in-part of Application No. 09/644,323, filed Aug. 23, 2000, which is a continuation-in-part of Patent No. 6,268,161, filed May 11, 1999; this application also claims priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/199,057, filed April 22, 2000. Patent No. 6,514,689.
Conantokins. Fe C. Abogadie, London; Lourdes J. Cruz, David R. Hillyard, Baldomero M. Olivera, Craig Walker, Richard T. Layer, Li-Ming Zhou, Gregory S. Shen and R. Tyler McCabe, all of Salt Lake City; Clark Colledge, Alpine; Elsie Jimenez, Qyezan, Philippines; Jean E. Rivier, La Jolla, Calif. Assigned to University of Utah Research Foundation, Salt Lake City, and to Cognetix Inc., Salt Lake City, and to Salk Institute, LaJolla, Calif. Filed May 11, 2000, claiming priority to international (PCT) patent Application No. PCT/US/97/12618, filed Jan. 29, 1998. Patent No. 6,515,103.
Method and system for power line impedance detection and automatic impedance matching. Scott R. Bullock, South Jordan; Ryan Hoobler, West Valley City. Assigned to Phonex Broadband Corp., Midvale. Filed April 19, 2000. Patent No. 6,515,485.
Track follow at quarter track with narrow heads using non-conventional ordering of quadrature fields. Brent Jay Harmer, West Point. Assigned to Iomega Corp., San Diego. Filed March 11, 1999. Patent No. 6,515,818.
Hearing device with integrated battery compartment and switch. Owen D. Brimhall, South Jordan; Gregory N. Koskowich, Salt Lake City. Assigned to Sonic Innovations Inc., Salt Lake City. Filed Oct. 19, 2000. Patent No. 6,516,074.
Virtual partition vector for a computer directory system. Perin Blanchard, Orem; Daniel Wallace Rapp, Alpine. Assigned to Novell Inc., Provo. Filed June 7, 2000, claiming priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/165,697, filed Nov. 16, 1999. Patent No. 6,516,325.
The ornamental design for a griddle station. Troy A. Holbrook, Salt Lake City. Filed March 8, 2002. Design Patent No. D469,652.
The ornamental design for a two-well diagnostic test kit with specimen-handling tool. Kristy Peterson, Salt Lake City; Donald J. McMichael, South Jordan. Assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Inc., Neenah, Wis. Filed Dec. 17, 2001. Design Patent No. D469,881.
An additional 19 patents were awarded to Utah inventors on Feb. 11, including:
Display stand for tied flies. John Leo Rigler, West Jordan. Filed Oct. 2, 2001. Patent No. 6,516,556.
Thin brick panel system. Garrick W. Hunsaker, West Jordan. Filed Feb. 12, 2001. Patent No. 6,516,578.
Foam core vane for door and window covering. Bryan K. Ruggles, Salt Lake City. Filed Aug. 15, 2001, a continuation of Patent No. 6,296,037, filed Aug. 10, 1999. Patent No. 6,516,859.
Machinery seal. Gordon T. Zitting, Sandy; Todd Hagen, West Valley City. Assigned to Macrotech Polyseal Inc., Salt Lake City. Filed Jan. 22, 2002, a continuation of Patent No. 6,340,161, filed Feb. 16, 2000. Patent No. 6,517,081.
Sighting mount device. Steve Seegmiller and Quint Schroeder, both of Eagle Mountain; Scott Brockbank, Orem. Filed Jan. 10, 2001. Patent No. 6,517,133.
Method and apparatus for securing a soft tissue graft to bone during an ACL reconstruction. Lonnie E. Paulos, Salt Lake City; Benjamin J. Ellis, Park City. Filed Sept. 6, 2000. Patent No. 6,517,579.
Prosthetic hip joint having a polycrystalline diamond compact articulation surface and a counter bearing surface. Bill J. Pope and Kenneth M. Jensen, both of Springville; Jeffrey K. Taylor, Loomis, Calif.; Richard H. Dixon, Provo; Michael A. Vail, Salt Lake City. Assigned to Diamicron Inc., Orem. Filed Jan. 30, 2000. Patent No. 6,517,583.
Hybrid polymer materials. David S. Soane, Piedmont, Calif.; Matthew R. Linford, Orem; David A. Offord, Castro Valley, Calif.; Dan B. Millward, Alameda, Calif.; William Ware Jr., Palo Alto, Calif. Assigned to Nano-Tex LLC, Emeryville, Calif. Filed Dec. 6, 2000, claiming priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/176,650, filed Jan. 18, 2000. Patent No. 6,517,933.
Composition and method for preparing amino acid chelates and complexes. Mark Pedersen, Kaysville; H. DeWayne Ashmead, Fruit Heights. Assigned to Albion International Inc., Clearfield. Filed Oct. 11, 2000. Patent No. 6,518,240.
Soybean-based adhesive resins and composite products utilizing such adhesives. Monlin Kuo, Deland J. Myers, Howard Heemstra and Daniel Curry, all of Ames, Iowa; Daniel O. Adams, Salt Lake City; Douglas D. Stokke, Story City, Iowa. Assigned to Iowa State University Research Foundation Inc., Ames, Iowa. Filed Sept. 4, 2001, a continuation of Patent No. 6,306,997, filed July 29, 1999. Patent No. 6,518,387.
Field emission transistor. Gaylen R. Hinton, Idaho Falls; David Summers, Salt Lake City. Assigned to H &K Labs, Provo. Filed Aug. 28, 2000. Patent No. 6,518,590.
Key fob with valet and car locator feature. Susan Johnson, Rochester, Mich.; Tejas Desai, Sterling Heights, Mich.; Deborah Marie Lambert, San Francisco; Jonathan Clark, Provo; Jeralyn Reese, Pasadena, Calif. Assigned to Siemens VDO Automotive Corp., Auburns Hills, Mich. Filed Sept. 25, 2001, a division of Application No. 09/586,450, filed June 2, 2000, which claims priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/139,237, filed June 14, 1999. Patent No. 6,518,882.
Dual fluid cooling system for high power X-ray tubes. John E. Richardson, Salt Lake City; Gregory C. Andrews and Robert S. Miller, both of Sandy; Allen C. Campbell, Annabella, Sevier County. Assigned to Varian Medical Systems Inc., Palo Alto, Calif. Filed April 9, 2001. Patent No. 6,519,317.
Large surface area X-ray tube shield structure. Gregory C. Andrews, Sandy. Assigned to Varian Medical Systems Inc., Palo Alto, Calif. Filed Sept. 7, 2000, a continuation-in-part of Application No. 09/351,579, filed July 12, 1999. Patent No. 6,519,318.
Ceramic design transfer process. Michael Andersen, Holladay; Michael Mooslin, Los Angeles. Assigned to Color Me Mine Enterprises Inc., Van Nuys, Calif. Filed Oct. 25, 2000. Patent No. 6,519,608.
Distributed reference links for a distributed directory server system. Robert Carey Ireland, Sundance; DeeAnne Barker Higley, Provo; Dale Robert Olds, Sandy; Renea Berry Campbell, Orem. Assigned to Novell Inc., Provo. Filed Sept. 1, 2000. Patent No. 6,519,610.
The ornamental design for a table leg. Brandon Smith, Ogden. Assigned to Lifetime Products Inc., Clearfield. Filed Sept. 18, 2002. Design Patent No. D469,994.
The ornamental design for a table top. Kent Ashby, Logan. Assigned to Lifetime Products Inc., Clearfield. Filed Sept. 18, 2002. Design Patent No. D469,996.
The ornamental design for a specimen-handling tool. Donald J. McMichael, South Jordan; Kristy Peterson, Salt Lake City. Assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Inc., Neenah, Wis. Filed Dec. 17, 2001. Design Patent No. D470,241.
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