Sixteen patents were awarded to Utah inventors on Jan. 9, including:
Air freshener and method. Alan J. Wheatley and Christopher D. Anderson, both of Draper. Assigned to American Covers Inc., Draper. Filed Nov. 29, 2005, claiming priority to multiple prior patent applications. Patent No. 7,159,792.
Tent assembly for use with utility trailers and vehicles. William A. Badger, Robert J.T. Badger and John T. Badger, all of Salt Lake City. Assigned to Jumping Jack Inc., Salt Lake City. Filed Dec. 13, 2002, claiming priority to multiple prior patent applications. Patent No. 7,159,893.
Structure for effectively increasing usable garage space. Larry Lane Blackmore, La Verkin, Washington County. Filed Oct. 16, 2002. Patent No. 7,160,075.
High-strength, lightweight blow-molded plastic basketball backboard. Barry D. Mower, Layton. Assigned to Lifetime Products Inc., Clearfield. Filed July 11, 2005, claiming priority to multiple prior patent applications. Patent No. 7,160,215.
Capsule and method for treating or diagnosing the intestinal tract. Mir A. Imran, Los Altos Hills, Calif.; Oliver K. Colliou, Los Gatos, Calif.; Ted W. Layman, Park City; Sharon L. Lake, Menlo Park, Calif.; Harm TenHoff, Mountain View, Calif.; Timothy J. Hughs, Palo Alto, Calif. Assigned to Entrack Inc., Menlo Park, Calif. Filed June 26, 2001. Patent No. 7,160,258.
Graft ligament strand tensioner. Joseph H. Sklar, Longmeadow, Mass.; Greta Jo Hays and Daniel F. Justin, both of Logan; T. Wade Fallin, Hyde Park, Cache County. Filed April 15, 2003, a continuation of Patent No. 6,547,778, filed July 21, 2000. Patent No. 7,160,285.
Locking compression plate anastomosis apparatus. Duane D. Blatter, Kenneth C. Good-rich and Bruce M. Burnett, all of Salt Lake City; Mike C. Barrus, Bountiful. Assigned to Integrated Vascular Interventional Technologies LC (IVIT LC), Salt Lake City. Filed Dec. 14, 2000, claiming priority to multiple prior patent applications. Patent No. 7,160,311.
Monitoring amplification with fret probes. Carl T. Wittwer and Randy P. Rasmussen, both of Salt Lake City; Marla Lay, Sunnyvale, Calif. Assigned to University of Utah Research Foundation, Salt Lake City. Filed March 26, 2003, claiming priority to multiple prior patent applications. Patent No. 7,160,998.
P-type group II-VI semiconductor compounds. Robert H. Burgener II, Murray; Roger L. Felix, Pleasant Grove; Gary M. Renlund, Salt Lake City. Filed May 19, 2004, claiming priority to multiple prior patent applications. Patent No. 7,161,173.
High rate, time division multipexed, multi-MPSK MODEM with imbedded high signal-to-noise ratio tracking channel. Harold L. Simon-sen, South Jordan; Kent R. Bruening, Sandy; Randal R. Sylvester, West Valley. Assigned to L-3 Communications Corp., New York. Filed Nov. 12, 2002. Patent No. 7,161,920.
Method and apparatus for Viterbi synchronization. Raied N. Mazahreh, Salt Lake City; Edwin J. Hemphill, Kaysville; James M. Simkins, Park City. Assigned to Xilinix Inc., San Jose, Calif. Filed March 15, 2002. Patent No. 7,161,995.
Bi-directional single fiber optic link for data and radio frequency transmissions. James E. Frey, Salt Lake City; Myren Iverson, Layton. Assigned to L-3 Communication Corp., New York. Filed Aug. 13, 2001. Patent No. 7,162,156.
Sliding window packet management systems. Stephen Huntington, Roy; John Major, Pleasant Grove; Stanley P. Covington, Orem; Bevan S. Rowley, Lehi. Assigned to McAfee Inc., Santa Clara, Calif. Filed July 17, 2002, claiming priority to multiple prior patent applications. Patent No. 7,162,698.
Layered computing systems and methods. Jared Ricks Blaser, Orem; Randall Richards Cook, Springville. Assigned to FSL LLC, Lindon. Filed June 11, 2003, claiming priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/387,969, filed June 12, 2002. Patent No. 7,162,724.
Information communications systems. Lovell Brent Ivie and R. Brent Howard, both of Sandy; Daniel Gilstrap and Dave Johnson, both of Salt Lake City; Grant Bowden, Syracuse. Assigned to Honeywell International Inc. Morristown, N.J. Filed Jan. 7, 1998. Patent No. 7,162,730.
Playground equipment. Stephen F. Nye and Jeff Tomlinson, both of Syracuse; Kyle Smith, Layton; Jeremy Evans and Jacob Kearl, both of Plain City, Weber County; William Smith, Clearfield. Assigned to Performance Design Inc., Clearfield. Filed Oct. 24, 2005. Design Patent No. D534,984.
Karl R. Cannon is a Registered Patent Attorney and a founding shareholder in the Salt Lake area 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 of charge from several Internet sites, including www.uspto.gov or www.delphion.com.