Sixteen new patents were awarded to Utah inventors on Oct. 11, including:
Packaged furniture assembly and method thereof for compressible furniture. Shawn Nelson, Salt Lake City. Assigned to LoveSac Corp., Salt Lake City. Filed Sept. 15, 2003, a divisional of Application No. 10/074,597, filed Feb. 11, 2002. Patent No. 6,952,906.
Leaf collector. Melvin W. Yardley, Aurora, Sevier County; Kevin S. Yardley and Michael A. Yardley, both of Mt. Pleasant, Sanpete County. Assigned to Mt. Pleasant. Filed May 8, 2003, claiming priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/378,723, filed May 8, 2002. Patent No. 6,953,213.
Light for use in activating light-activated materials, the light having a detachable light module containing a heat sink and a semiconductor chip. Densen Cao, Sandy. Assigned to Cao Group Inc., Sandy. Filed July 3, 2002, a continuation-in-part of Patent No. 6,755,648, filed Feb. 4, 2002, and several other patent filings. Patent No. 6,953,340.
Method and device for the iontophoretic delivery of a drug. Gregory A. Fischer, Salt Lake City. Assigned to Iomed Inc., Salt Lake City. Filed Sept. 21, 2001. Patent No. 6,953,446.
Cantilever push tab for an intravenous medical device. William G. Moulton, West Jordan; Christopher N. Cindrich, South Jordan. Assigned to Becton, Dickinson and Co., Franklin Lakes, N.J. Filed Sept. 18, 2003, a continuation of Patent No. 6,638,252, filed May 25, 2001. Patent No. 6,953,448.
Interference screws having increased proximal diameter. Hugh S. West, Salt Lake City. Assigned to HS West Investments LLC, Salt Lake City. Filed Oct. 12, 2001. Patent No. 6,953,463.
Method for detecting forensic evidence. Calvin D. Ostler, Riverton; Densen Cao and Hongyan Li, both of Sandy; Zhaohui Lin, Salt Lake City. Assigned to Cao Group Inc., Sandy. Filed Feb. 7, 2003, claiming priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/435,526, filed Dec. 20, 2002. Patent No. 6,954,270.
Wireless callback access control for a LAN network access point. Kenneth S. Morley, Draper; David J. Moore, Riverton; Nick Thomas, Orem; Dean Anthony Gratton, Peterborough, Great Britain; Graeme Hickman, Harpenden, Great Britain. Assigned to 3Com Corp., Marlborough, Mass. Filed Feb. 21, 2001. Patent No. 6,954,438.
Echo cancellation filter. Jacob H. Gunther, North Logan. Assigned to Utah State University, Logan. Filed Jan. 16, 2004, a continuation-in-part of Application No. 10/616,001, filed July 9, 2003. Patent No. 6,954,530.
Cooperative transmission power control method and system for CDMA communication systems. David S. Nelson and Lyman D. Horne, both of Salt Lake City; Delon K. Jones, West Bountiful. Assigned to L-3 Communications Corp., New York. Filed Jan. 29, 2002. Patent No. 6,954,622.
Time-based network connections. Daylan B. Darby, West Jordan. Assigned to Intel Corp., Santa Clara, Calif. Filed Jan. 23, 2001. Patent No. 6,954,791.
Content-based routing of data from a provider to a requestor. Bryant Eastham, Salt Lake City. Assigned to Mat-sushita Electric Works Ltd., Osaka, Japan. Filed Aug. 28, 2002. Patent No. 6,954,798.
Electronic device that uses a pager network for remote reprogramming of the device. Michael L. Howard, Sandy; William R. Harper, Salt Lake City. Assigned to Matsushita Electric Works Ltd., Osaka, Japan. Filed Oct. 30, 2000. Patent No. 6,954,850.
Polymerizable isolation barriers with enhanced tissue adherence and methods for forming and using such barriers. Steven D. Jensen, South Jordan; Dan E. Fischer, Sandy. Assigned to Ultradent Products Inc., South Jordan. Filed Dec. 19, 2001, a divisional of Application No. 08/802,674, filed Feb. 19, 1997. Patent No. RE38,823.
Eyeglass display. Bruce Raile, Park City. Assigned to Sun Optics Inc., Salt Lake City. Filed Feb. 6, 2004. Design Patent No. D510,530.
Annular chain guide for bicycle front derailleur. Christopher A. Wickliffe, Ogden. Filed July 29, 2004. Design Patent No. D510,548.
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 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 703-308-9726 or toll free 1-800-972-6382; facsimile 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.