Thirteen patents were awarded to Utah inventors on April 20, including:
Adapter for coupling a legacy operating system to a driver of an I/O channel which has an incompatible native operating system interface. Darrell Rex Pett, Elko, Nev.; Lewis Rossland and Dennis Charles Gassman, both of Salt Lake City. Assigned to Unisys Corp., Blue Bell, Pa. Filed April 22, 1999. Patent No. 6,725,189.
Sensor for transcutaneous measurement of vascular access blood flow. Robert R. Steuer, Pleasant View, Weber County; David A. Bell, Farmington; David R. Miller, Morgan. Assigned to Hema Metrics Inc., Kaysville. Filed Dec. 29, 2000, a continuation-in-part of Patent No. 6,266,546, filed May 28, 1998, which is a continuation of Patent No. 5,803,908, filed June 7, 1995, which is a continuation of Patent No. 6,599,627, filed Oct. 4, 1994, which is a divisional of Patent No. 5,372,136, filed Feb. 1, 1993, which is a continuation of Application No. 07/598,169, filed Oct. 16, 1990, now abandoned, and which is a continuation-in-part of Patent No. 6,181,958, filed Feb. 5, 1999, which claims the benefit of provisional patent Application No. 60/073,784, filed Feb. 5, 1998. Patent No. 6,725,072.
Method and system for line status indicators using line side power. Rick D. Giles, Sandy; Tim Urry Price, Salt Lake City. Assigned to 3Com Corp., Santa Clara, Calif. Filed Nov. 1, 1999. Patent No. 6,724,889.
Method and apparatus for customizing a device based on a frequency response for a hearing-impaired user. Shmuel Shaffer, Palo Alto, Calif.; Robert T. Bell, Bountiful. Assigned to Cisco Technology Inc., San Jose, Calif. Filed Jan. 15, 2002. Patent No. 6,724,862.
PN code selection for synchronous CDMA. Leon Nieczyporowicz, West Jordan; Thomas Giallorenzi, Herriman; Steven B. Perkins, Sandy. Assigned to L-3 Communications Corp., New York. Filed June 9, 1999, claiming priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/091,070, filed Jan. 29, 1998. Patent No. 6,724,741.
Read/write protect scheme for a disk cartridge and drive. David G. Braithwaite and Gregory M. Allen, both of Layton; Clark C. Bruderer, Farmington; David A. Thompson, Ogden. Assigned to Iomega Corp., San Diego. Filed June 7, 2000, a divisional of Patent No. 6,104,561, filed Feb. 10. 1999, which is a continuation of Patent No. 5,949,601, filed June 27, 1997, which is continuation of Patent No. 5,644,444, filed March 10, 1995. Patent No. 6,724,554.
Splashplate antenna system with improved waveguide and splashplate (sub-reflector) designs. Joseph Mark Baird, Sandy; Sterling Hardison Redd, Salt Lake City; Douglass Harry Ulmer, Midway. Assigned to L-3 Communications Corp., New York. Filed Nov. 12, 2002. Patent No. 6,724,349.
Pin and cup devices for measuring film thickness. Bharat Bhushan, Powell, Ohio; Christopher D. Hahm, Roy. Assigned to The Ohio University, Columbus, Ohio. Filed June 7, 2002, a divisional of Patent No. 6,504,386, filed Oct. 21, 1999, which claims priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/156,409, filed Sept. 28, 1999. Patent No. 6,724,199.
Emollient alcohol skin disinfecting formulation. Minh Quang Hoang, Taylorsville; Donald Edward Hunt, Provo. Assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co., Franklin Lakes, N.J. Filed Jan. 8, 2003. Patent No. 6,723,689.
Trailer hitch and associated methods. Kevin L. McAllister, American Fork. Filed April 9, 2002, claiming priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/282,583, filed April 9, 2001. Patent No. 6,722,684.
Filter device for flush valves. Ronald L. Gates, Coalville. Filed June 7, 2002, claiming priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/296,966, filed June 8, 2001. Patent No. 6,722,384.
Method for loading a continuous explosive charge assembly in an elongated cavity. Paul S. Keeling, Edmond, Okla.; Brian F. Loader, Salem. Assigned to UteC Corp. L.L.C., Riverton, Kan. Filed Oct. 31, 2002, a divisional of Patent No. 6,564,686, filed Aug. 11, 2000, which claims priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/192,771, filed March 28, 2000. Patent No. 6,722,251.
Audio speaker enclosure. David Wiener, Park City. Assigned to Soundtube Entertainment Inc., Park City. Filed Jan. 9, 2002. Design Patent No. D488,800.
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