Sixteen patents were awarded to Utah inventors on March 14, including:
Pool cover box apparatus and methods. Lanny R. Smith, Alpine. Filed Nov. 4, 2003. Patent No. 7,010,817.
Displaceable ball hitch assembly. Gregory J. Colibert, Kearns; Janet M. Colibert, West Jordan. Assigned to Colibert Enterprises, Salt Lake City. Filed Feb. 18, 2004, claiming priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/448,962, filed Feb. 19, 2003. Patent No. 7,011,327.
Bleaching compositions and devices having a solid adhesive layer and bleaching gel adjacent thereto. Peter M. Allred, Riverton; Neil T. Jessop, Sandy. Assigned to Ultradent Products Inc., South Jordan. Filed Oct. 22, 2003. Patent No. 7,011,523.
Tri-blade broadhead with manually sharpenable trocar tip. Stephen Scott Davis, Payson. Filed Sept. 11, 2003. Patent No. 7,011,589.
Method for sanitizing shells of eggs using electrolyzed oxidizing water. Gene Harkins, Salt Lake City; Brian Warren, Sharpsburg, Ga. Filed March 21, 2002, a continuation of provisional patent Application No. 60/277,849, filed March 22, 2001. Patent No. 7,011,739.
Remediation with ozone of sediments containing organic contaminants. Donald F. Hayes, Sandy; Puikwan A. Hong, Salt Lake City. Assigned to University of Utah Research Foundation, Salt Lake City. Filed Aug. 20, 2004, a continuation of international patent Application No. PCT/US03/05296, filed Feb. 21, 2003, which claims priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/358,920, filed Feb. 22, 2002. Patent No. 7,011,749.
Lid support and forming system for pool cover box. Lanny R. Smith, Alpine. Filed Aug. 8, 2003. Patent No. 7,011,782.
Separation of platelets from whole blood for use as a healant. Sivaprasad Sukavaneshvar and S. Fazal Mohammad, both of Salt Lake City. Assigned to Hemogenesis LLC, Salt Lake City. Filed May 6, 2002, claiming priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/289,224, filed May 7, 2001. Patent No. 7,011,852.
Method for making a sandwich. Clayton T. Holbrook, Bluffdale. Filed June 27, 2003, a divisional of Patent No. 6,599,545, filed July 26, 2000. Patent No. 7,011,859.
Method of joining ITM materials using a partially or fully-transient liquid phase. Darryl Paul Butt, Gainesville, Fla.; Raymond Ashton Cutler, Bountiful; Steven Walton Rynders, Riverton; Michael Francis Carolan, Allentown, Pa. Assigned to Air Products and Chemicals Inc., Allentown, Pa. Filed March 21, 2003. Patent No. 7,011,898.
Elastomeric rocket motor insulation. Albert R. Harvey and John W. Ellertson, both of Brigham City. Assigned to Alliant Techsystems Inc., Edina, Minn. Filed June 17, 2003, a divisional of Patent No. 6,606,852, filed July 11, 2000, which claims priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/142,960, filed July 12, 1999. Patent No. 7,012,107.
Reflection barrier for panoramic display. Harry Streid and Rob Christensen, both of Salt Lake City; Allen H. Tanner, Sandy. Assigned to Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp., Salt Lake City. Filed March 9, 2004, a continuation-in-part of Patent No. 6,871,958, filed Aug. 18, 2003. Patent No. 7,012,669.
Method, apparatus and system for detecting seismic waves in a borehole. Phillip B. West, Idaho Falls, Idaho; Roger L. Sumstine, St. George. Assigned to Battelle Energy Alliance LLC, Idaho Falls, Idaho. Filed April 23, 2003, a continuation-in-part of Application No. 10/322,259, filed Dec. 17, 2002, now abandoned. Patent No. 7,012,852.
System and method for providing programming content in response to an audio signal. Michael Chase Murdock, Smithfield, Cache County; John Pearson, Lawrenceville, N.J.; Paul Sajda, New York. Assigned to Sarnoff Corp., Princeton, N.J. Filed Nov. 16, 2000, claiming priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/166,010, filed Nov. 17, 1999. Patent No. 7,013,283.
Locating, filtering, matching macro-context from indexed database for searching context where micro-context relevant to textual input by user. David C. Taylor, Mapleton. Filed Aug. 2, 2000, claiming priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/146,878, filed Aug. 3, 1999. Patent No. 7,013,300.
Handle portion of luggage. Christopher Bourne, West Valley City. Assigned to Zero Manufacturing Inc., North Salt Lake. Filed March 28, 2003. Design Patent No. D516,817.
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 800-972-6382; facsimile 703-305-8759; or e-mail ptcs@uspto.gov. Patents can also be viewed and printed free from several Internet sites, including www.uspto.gov or www.delphion.com.