Fifteen patents were awarded to Utah inventors on May 6, including:
Strap device for use with a video game. John D. Huettlinger, Salt Lake City. Filed Jan. 1, 2002, a continuation-in-part of Patent No. 6,338,485, filed April 9, 2000. Patent No. 6,557,853.
Impedance controlled electrical connector assembly. Paul J. Mantey, Fort Collins, Colo.; Wallace K. Johnson, American Fork. Assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Co. L.P., Houston. Filed June 22, 2000. Patent No. 6,558,188.
Inflatable wedge for diving onto a water slide. Donald W. Gordon, Draper. Assigned to Aviva L.L.C., Osage Beach, Mo. Filed Nov. 3, 2001, claiming priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/246,147, filed Nov. 3, 2000. Patent No. 6,558,264.
Spinal needle. Walter A. Zohmann, Park City. Filed Jan. 25, 2001. Patent No. 6,558,353.
Adapter for connecting an introducer needle assembly to a catheter introducer. Glade H. Howell, Sandy. Assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co., Franklin Lakes, N.J. Filed Aug. 4, 2000. Patent No. 6,558,354.
Endosteal tibial ligament fixation with adjustable tensioning. Ron Clark, Valparaiso, Ind.; Raymond E. Olsen, Smithfield, Cache County. Filed April 30, 2001, a continuation of Application No. 09/734,315, filed Nov. 30, 2000, now abandoned, which claims priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/168,066, filed Nov. 30, 1999. Patent No. 6,558,389.
Methods for treating periodontal disease. Scot N. Andersen and Jimmy B. Wilson, both of Draper. Filed Sept. 19, 2001. Patent No. 6,558,653.
System and method for providing foreign language support for a remote control device. Hubert E. Kolde, Mercer Island, Wash.; Kory D. Christensen, Kaysville; David J. McKenzie, West Valley City. Assigned to Digeo Inc., Kirkland, Wash. Filed May 23, 2001. Patent No. 6,559,866.
System and method for precise DTMF signal detection. Todor Cooklev and Mark Gray, both of Salt Lake City. Assigned to 3Com Corp., Santa Clara, Calif. Filed Sept. 28, 1999. Patent No. 6,560,331.
System, method and apparatus for managing multiple data providers. James L. Memmott, Pleasant Grove; Vernon N. Fuller, Highland. Assigned to Intel Corp., Santa Clara, Calif. Filed Sept. 29, 2000. Patent No. 6,560,591.
Operator for correlated predicates in a query. Daniel S. Sanders, Orem; Scott W. Pathakis, Sandy; James R. Davis III, Pleasant Grove. Assigned to Novell Inc., Provo. Filed Nov. 15, 1999. Patent No. 6,560,595.
Method and apparatus for implementing a highly efficient, robust modified files list (MFL) for a storage system volume. Edward R. Zayas, Salem; Sai Rama Krishna Susarla, Salt Lake City. Assigned to Novell Inc., Provo. Filed Dec. 17, 1999. Patent No. 6,560,615.
Operation of a standby server to preserve data stored by a network server. John M. Winger, Alpine; David Green, Pleasant Grove; Richard S. Ohran, Provo; Michael R. Ohran, Orem. Assigned to Legato Systems Inc., Mountain View, Calif. Filed March 18, 1999, a continuation of Patent No. 5,978,565, filed April 28, 1997, which is a continuation of Application No. 08/441,157, filed May 15, 1995, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of Application No. 08/094,755, filed July 20, 1993, now abandoned. Patent No. 6,560,617.
The ornamental design for a smoothie maker. Thomas E. Daniels Jr., Draper. Filed Nov. 5, 2002. Design Patent No. D474,065.
The ornamental design for a base and spout for smoothie maker. Thomas E. Daniels Jr., Draper. Filed Nov. 5, 2002. Design Patent No. D474,067.
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