Twenty patents were awarded to Utah inventors on April 29, including:
Method and apparatus for alignment and orientation of a monitor in a patient support system. David E. Barker and Jeffrey W. Pattee, both of Salt Lake City; John Matthew Simmons, West Jordan. Assigned to GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company LLC, Waukesha, Wis. Filed Oct. 25, 2001. Patent No. 6,553,587.
Method for measuring chemical emissions. Michael Webb, Pine Valley, Washington County; Robert Lott, Palatine, Ill. Assigned to Gas Research Institute, Des Plaines, Ill. Filed Nov. 13, 2001, a divisional of Patent No. 6,314,749, filed Sept. 28, 1999. Patent No. 6,553,810.
Micromachining system. Stephen C. Jacobsen and Clark Davis, both of Salt Lake City. Assigned to Sarcos LC, Salt Lake City. Filed July 17, 2001, a continuation-in-part of Patent No. 6,260,45, filed Aug. 3, 1999, which is a divisional of Patent No. 6,014,919, filed Sept. 16 1996, and is also a continuation-in-part of Application No. 09/470,606, filed Dec. 22, 1999. Patent No. 6,553,880.
Soft foldable toy. Anita H. Lish, American Fork. Filed Feb. 8, 2001. Patent No. 6,554,685.
Lightweight, clear-path, equilibrated treadmill. Neal Alexander Iund, Centerville; Kary Dell Richardson, Riverton; Ray Alan Seamons, Millville, Cache County. Assigned to Pate Pierce & Baird P.C., Salt Lake City. Filed Feb. 7, 2001, claiming priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/181, 315, filed Feb. 9, 2000. Patent No. 6,554,749.
Rapid infusion system. Richard G. Cartledge and Hugh F. Smisson III, both of Macon, Ga.; Jeffery O. Brown, North Logan. Assigned to Smisson-Cartledge Biomedical LLC, Macon, Ga. Filed Feb. 22, 2000, claiming priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/156,674, filed Sept. 29,1999. Patent No. 6,554,791.
Graft ligament anchor and method for attaching a graft ligament to a bone. Jo Hays, Logan; David Overaker, Annandale, N.J.; Joseph Contiliano, Stewartsville, N.J.; Joseph H. Sklar, Longmeadow, Mass. Assigned to Ethicon Inc., Somerville, N.J. Filed Sept. 28, 2001, a continuation-in-part of Application No. 09/789,398, filed Feb. 20, 2001, now abandoned, which is a continuation of Application No. 09/304,885, filed May 4, 1999, now abandoned, which is a continuation of Patent No. 5,899,938, filed Nov. 27, 1996. Patent No. 6,554,862.
Method of constructing insulated metal dome structure for a rocket motor. Gary S. Metcalf, Salt Lake City; William E. White, Sandy. Assigned to Alliant Techsystems Inc., Edina, Minn. Filed Sept. 8, 1999. Patent No. 6,554,936.
Method of making a carriage assembly for a disk drive. Thomas J. Angellotti, Ogden. Assigned to Iomega Corp., San Diego. Filed July 31, 2001, a continuation of Application No. 09/684,503, filed Oct. 6, 2000, now abandoned, which is a divisional of Patent No. 6,147,842, filed May 30, 1997. Patent No. 6,555,043.
Weight promoting composition, method and product. David L. Berliner, Atherton, Calif.; Louis Monti and Clive L. Jennings-White, both of Salt Lake City. Assigned to Pherin Pharmaceuticals Inc., Mountain View, Calif. Filed Dec. 30, 1999. Patent No. 6,555,531.
Simple, environmentally benign, method for purifying protein A. Anthony R. Torres, Centerville; Walter H. Runkis, Fairfield County, Conn. Filed Feb. 25, 2000, claiming priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/056,786, filed Aug. 25, 1997. Patent No. 6,555,661.
Backplane assembly with ejection mechanism. Brandon A. Rubenstein, Loveland, Colo.; Wallace K. Johnson, American Fork; Bradley E. Clements, Ft. Collins, Colo. Assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Co. L.P., Houston. Filed Aug. 1, 2001, a continuation-in-part of Application No. 09/918,975, filed July 31, 2001. Patent No. 6,556,449.
High voltage cable and clamp system for an X-ray tube. Wayne R. Hansen, Centerville; John Richardson, Salt Lake City. Assigned to Varian Medical Systems Inc., Palo Alto, Calif. Filed Nov. 9, 2001. Patent No. 6,556,654.
Companding noise reduction system with simultaneous encode and decode. Robin M. Urry, Draper; Roger T. Johnsen, Salt Lake City. Assigned to Harman Music Group, Sandy. Filed Nov. 6, 1998. Patent No. 6,556,685.
System and method for identification of traffic lane positions. Jonathan L. Waite and Thomas William Karlinsey, both of Orem; David V. Arnold, Provo. Assigned to Wavetronix LLC, Provo. Filed Sept. 27, 2001. Patent No. 6,556,916.
Probabilistic system for natural language processing. Peter J. Haug and Lee M. Christensen, both of Salt Lake City; Spencer B. Koehler, Orem; Michael L. Gundersen, West Jordan; Rudy E. Van Bree, Kaysville. Assigned to IHC Health Services, Salt Lake City. Filed July 23, 2001, a continuation of Patent No. 6,292,771, filed Sept. 30, 1998, claiming priority to provisional patent Application No. 60,060,567, filed Sept. 30, 1997. Patent No. 6,556,964.
System and method in a modem for providing a shortened reset pulse upon receipt of an external reset pulse. David Moore, Riverton; Harrison Killian, Kaysville; David Arnesen, West Jordan. Assigned to 3Com Corp., Santa Clara, Calif. Filed May 28, 1999. Patent No. 6,557,108.
Synchronization recovery technique for storage media. Don Wilford Wallentine, Mantua, Box Elder County; Mark Dale Thornley, Layton; George Paul Jackson, Hooper, Weber County. Assigned to Iomega Corp., San Diego. Filed Oct. 26, 1999. Patent No. 6,557,113.
System and method for generating a defect map for a data-storage medium without the use of a hard index. Daniel D. Rochat, Ogden; Kenneth D. Austin, Perry, Box Elder County; Eric R. Peters, Roy; Robert L. Short, Lafeyette, Ohio. Assigned to Iomega Corp., San Diego. Filed Dec. 10, 1999, claiming priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/111,824, filed Dec. 11, 1998. Patent No. 6,557,125.
The ornamental design for a flexible connecting device. David M. Cise, Herriman; Edward B. Madsen, Riverton; L. John Teuscher, Springville. Assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Inc., Neenah, Wis. Filed Aug. 27, 2001. Design Patent No. D473,941.
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