Thirteen patents were awarded to Utah inventors on Jan. 18, including:
Severing vehicle battery cable. Brian K. Hamilton, Ogden; Brent A. Parks, Englewood, Colo.; Dario G. Brisighella, Mendon, Cache County. Assigned to Autoliv ASP Inc., Ogden. Filed June 13, 2002. Patent No. 6,843,157.
System and method for enhanced telescoping engagement. Lynn Curtis Strong, Clearfield. Assigned to Lifetime Products Inc., Clearfield. Filed April 15, 2002, claiming priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/283,658, filed April 13, 2001. Patent No. 6,843,183.
Adjustable door bolt jamb for safes. Darren Wall, Payson; Ken Stoddard, Santaquin. Assigned to Liberty Safe and Security Products Inc., Payson. Filed Feb. 21, 2003. Patent No. 6,843,184.
Belay device for climbers. Mark LeBeau, Logan; Seth Murray and Malcolm Daly, both of Boulder, Colo. Assigned to Great Trangs Holdings Inc., Boulder, Colo. Filed April 17, 2003, claiming priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/373,777, filed April 18, 2002. Patent No. 6,843,346.
Multi-functional portable folding rocking chair. Gregory G. Nelson, Murray; Lynn Nelson, Tremonton, Box Elder County. Filed March 1, 2001, a continuation-in-part of Patent No. 6,354,657, filed Jan. 27, 1998. Patent No. 6,843,527.
Spinal vertebral implant and methods of insertion. Donald W. Bryan, Ogden. Filed Dec. 10, 2002, a continuation of Patent No. 6,500,206, filed Sept. 15, 2000. Patent No. 6,843,804.
Porous igniter for automotive airbag applications. Ivan V. Mendenhall, Providence, Cache County; Robert G. Smith, North Ogden. Assigned to Autoliv ASP Inc., Ogden. Filed Dec. 6, 2002. Patent No. 6,843,869.
Coke drum bottom throttling valve and system. Ruben F. Lah and Gary Larsen, both of West Jordan. Assigned to Curtiss-Wright Flow Control Corp., Roseland, N.J. Filed Oct. 18, 2002, claiming priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/408,537, filed Sept. 5, 2002. Patent No. 6,843,889.
Reduction of contaminants in blood and blood products using photosensitizers and peak wavelengths of light. Dennis J. Hlavinka, Arvada, Colo.; Raymond P. Goodrich and Laura Goodrich, both of Lakewood, Colo.; Daniel McGraw, Riverton. Assigned to Gambro Inc., Lakewood, Colo. Filed Feb. 3, 2003, a continuation-in-part Application Nos. 09/962,029, filed Sept. 25, 2001; 09/596,429 filed June 15, 2000; Application No. 09/962,029 claims priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/235,999, filed Sept. 27, 2000; this newly issued patent also claims priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/353,223, filed Feb. 1, 2002. Patent No. 6,843,961.
Chromosome 17P-linked prostate cancer susceptibility gene. Sean V. Tavtigian, David H.-F. Teng, Lisa A. Cannon Albright and Susan L. Neuhausen, all of Salt Lake City; Jacques Simard, St. Augustin de DesMaures, Canada; Johanna M. Rommens, Toronto, Canada. Assigned to Myriad Genetics Inc., University of Utah Research Foundation, both of Salt Lake City; Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada. Filed Nov. 5, 1999, claiming priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/107,468, filed Nov. 6, 1998. Patent No. 6,844,189.
Data transmission system for a downhole component. David R. Hall, H. Tracy Hall Jr., Scott Dahlgren and Cameron Sneddon, all of Provo; David Pixton and Michael Briscoe, both of Lehi; Joe Fox, Spanish Fork. Assigned to Novatek Engineering Inc., Provo. Filed Feb. 2, 2003, claiming priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/444,100, filed Jan. 31, 2003. Patent No. 6,844,498.
Screening methods using the crystal structure of ribosomal protein L11/GTPase activating region rRNA complex. Brian T. Wimberly, Guilford, Conn.; Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Salt Lake City. Assigned to University of Utah Research Foundation, Salt Lake City. Filed Nov. 1, 2001. Patent No. 6,845,328.
Disk cartridge. Wayne A. Sumner, Ogden; Robert E. Dawson, Brookfield, Conn.; Victor Ivenitsky, South Salem, N.Y.; Jeff Raper, Gibsonville, N.C. Assigned to Iomega Corp., San Diego. Filed Nov. 17, 2000. Patent No. D501,011.
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.