Twenty-two new patents were awarded to Utah inventors on Sept. 13, including:
Eyeglass retainer with dual use connectors. Brandon R. Mackay and Bryan K. Hicks, both of Salt Lake City. Assigned to Snugz/USA Inc., Salt Lake City. Filed Nov. 30, 2001. Patent No. 6,941,619.
Portable air heating system. Trevor Adrian, Park City. Assigned to Taps LLC, Park City. Filed Aug. 9, 2002, claiming priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/311,647, filed Aug. 10, 2001. Patent No. 6,941,677.
Single increment initiator charge. John Herget, Liberty, Weber County. Assigned to Autoliv ASP Inc., Ogden. Filed June 26, 2003. Patent No. 6,941,868.
Versatile graphical code reader that is configured for efficient decoding. Paul J. Hepworth, Riverton. Assigned to the Code Corp., Draper. Filed Jan. 21, 2004. Patent No. 6,942,152.
Pneumatic cot for use with emergency vehicles. Nathan R. Walkingshaw, Salt Lake City. Assigned to Descent Control Systems Inc., Salt Lake City. Filed Jan. 14, 2003. Patent No. 6,942,226.
Linear actuator with an internal dampening mechanism. Alan R. Larsen, Layton; Bradley W. Smith, Ogden; David W. Lindsey, Farr West, Weber County. Assigned to Autoliv ASP Inc., Ogden. Filed Aug. 14, 2003. Patent No. 6,942,261.
Disposable knee mold. Matthew M. Lowe, Draper; Michael D. Ensign, E. Marc Mariani and Michael H. Bourne, all of Salt Lake City. Assigned to Ortho Development Corp., Draper. Filed March 13, 2003, claiming priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/364,061, filed March 13, 2002. Patent No. 6,942,475.
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 March 6, 2003, a continuation of Patent No. 5,664,791, filed Feb. 22, 2000, which claims priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/156,674, filed Sept. 29, 1999. Patent No. 6,942,637.
Fluid extraction for air bag inflators. Karl K. Rink, Liberty, Weber County; Anthony M. Young and David J. Green, both of Brigham City. Assigned to Autoliv ASP Inc., Ogden. Filed Aug. 17, 2001. Patent No. 6,942,743.
Invert sugar bubbles. Tony M. Pearce, Alpine. Assigned to EdiZONE LC, Alpine. Filed Feb. 11, 2003, claiming priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/356,279, filed Feb. 11, 2002. Patent No. 6,943,198.
Soft contact lenses. Douglas G. Vanderlaan, David C. Turner, Marcie V. Hargiss, Annie C. Maiden, Azaam Alli, John B. Enns and Kevin P. McCabe, all of Jacksonville, Fla.; Robert N. Love, Hyrum, Cache County; James D. Ford and Frank F. Molock, both of Orange Park, Fla.; Robert B. Steffen, Jacksonville Beach, Fla.; Gregory A. Hill, Atlantic Beach, Fla. Assigned to Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Inc., Jacksonville, Fla. Filed Sept. 20, 2001, a continuation-in-part of Application No. 09/652,817, filed Aug. 30, 2000, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of Application No. 09/532,943, filed March 22, 2000, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of Application No. 09/414,365, filed Oct. 7, 1999, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of Patent No. 5,998,498, filed March 2, 1998. Patent No. 6,943,203.
Thiophosphonate inhibitors of phosphatase enzymes and metallophosphatases. Alvan Carl Hengge, Smithfield, Cache County; Krzysztof Jerzy Swierczek, Logan. Assigned to Utah State University, North Logan. Filed Jan. 16, 2003, a continuation-in-part of Application No. 10/229,050, filed Aug. 26, 2002, claiming priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/314,716, filed Aug. 24, 2001. Patent No. 6,943,267.
Structured organic materials and devices using low-energy particle beams. Z. Valy Vardeny, Sergey Li, Matthew C. Delong and Xiaomei Jiang, all of Salt Lake City. Assigned to University of Utah, Salt Lake City. Filed March 13, 2002, claiming priority to international patent Application No. PCT/US02/07453, filed March 13, 2002, which claims priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/275,428, filed March 13, 2001. Patent No. 6,943,359.
Wideband precision fixed-gain amplifier architecture, apparatus and method. Donald T. Comer, West Mapleton; Brent R. Carlton, Hillsboro, Ore. Filed Dec. 19, 2003, claiming priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/435,122, filed Dec. 19, 2002. Patent No. 6,943,626.
Method and system for time difference of arrival (TDOA) location services. W. Kurt Dobson, Sandy. Assigned to S5 Wireless Inc., Draper. Filed Oct. 1, 2003. Patent No. 6,943,729.
Anti-aliased, textured, geocentric and layered fog graphics display method and apparatus. Michael Cosman, South Jordan; W. David Fowler, Sandy; Eric Despain, Salt Lake City. Assigned to Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp., Salt Lake City. Filed Sept. 21, 1998. Patent No. 6,943,803.
Camera positioning system and method for eye-to eye communication. James H. Boyden, Seattle; Kory D. Christensen, Kaysville; David W. Meibos, Sandy; Thomas M. Hardman, Salt Lake City. Assigned to Digeo Inc., Kirkland, Wash. Filed Sept. 27, 2001. Patent No. 6,943,843.
Magnetic recording head with a side shield structure for controlling side reading of thin film read sensor. Thomas Young Chang, Menlo Park, Calif.; Yingjian Chen, Fremont, Calif.; Jing Zhang, San Jose, Calif.; Heng Gong, Layton. Assigned to Western Digital (Fremont) Inc., Lake Forest, Calif. Filed Feb. 11, 2003. Patent No. 6,943,993.
Method and system for deriving dynamic data clocks from PN codes. Vaughn L. Mower, Bountiful; Merle L. Keller, Salt Lake City; Kent R. Bruening, Sandy. Assigned to L-3 Communications Corp., New York City. Filed Feb. 26, 2002. Patent No. 6,944,211.
Method for image coding by rate-distortion adaptive zerotree-based residual vector quantization and system for effecting same. Scott E. Budge, Logan; Qun Gu, San Jose, Calif. Assigned to USU, Logan. Filed Dec. 18, 2000, claiming priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/172,708, filed Dec. 17, 1999. Patent No. 6,944,350.
Eyeglass display. Bruce Raile, Park City. Assigned to Sun Optics, Salt Lake City. Filed June 14, 2004. Design Patent No. D509,382.
Corner for a table top constructed from blow-molded plastic. Thayne B. Haney, Syracuse. Assigned to Lifetime Products Inc., Clearfield. Filed Feb. 4, 2004. Design Patent No. D509,386.
Karl R. Cannon is a registered patent attorney and a founding shareholder in the law firm of Clayton, Howarth & Cannon P.C., specialists in patent, trademark and copyright law. He may be contacted at 1-801-255-5335 or by e-mail at kcannon@chcpat.com. Copies of patents are available by mail for $3 each from U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Box 9 (Copy Sales), Washington, DC 20231; by credit card via telephone 1-703-308-9726 or toll free 1-800-972-6382; facsimile 1-703-305-8759; or e-mail ptcs@uspto.gov. Patents can also be viewed and printed free of charge from several Internet sites, including www.uspto.gov or www.delphion.com.