Fifteen patents were awarded to Utah inventors on July 31. U.S. patents are granted each Tuesday.
This column last week reported that 17 patents were issued July 17. Those patents actually were issued July 24. We regret the error.
The new patents awarded July 31 include:
Power drive unit for automobile windows. Charles Wayne Hartle, Salt Lake City. Filed Dec. 6, 2004. Patent No. 7,249,441.
Landfill conduit servicing systems and methods for servicing landfill conduits. David L. Hansen, Ivins; Dennis W. Super, Vestal, N.Y. Assigned to Landfill Service Corp., Apalachin, N.Y. Filed Apr. 23, 2004. Patent No. 7,249,607.
Airbag tether release. David W. Parkinson, North Ogden; Earl H. Nelson, Bradley W. Smith, both of Ogden. Assigned to Autoliv ASP Inc., Ogden. Filed March 23, 2005. Patent No. 7,249,783.
Combined guardrail and cable safety systems. Peter Bergendahl, Angelholm, Sweden; Don J. Gripne, Olympia, Wash.; Chuck Norton, Farmington; Elzard Sikkema, Murray. Assigned to Trinity Industries Inc., Dallas, Texas. Filed Oct. 28, 2004. Patent No. 7,249,908.
Apparatus for forming composite stiffeners and reinforcing structures. Vernon M. Benson, Morgan; Jason Slack, Clearfield; Todd A. Rosevear, Taylorsville. Assigned to Alliant Techsystems Inc., Edina, Minn. Filed Aug. 1, 2003. Patent No. 7,249,943.
Exercise device with centrally mounted resistance rod. William T. Dalebout, North Logan; Michael Olson, Logan. Filed June 14, 2002. Patent No. 7,250,022.
Large deletions in human BRCA1 gene and use thereof. Thomas Scholl, Brant C. Hendrickson, Benjamin Ward, Dmitry Pruss, all of Salt Lake City. Assigned to Myriad Genetics Inc., Salt Lake City. Filed June 9, 2003, claiming priority to multiple prior patent applications. Patent No. 7,250,497.
Method for simultaneously toasting bread and steaming. David Ely, West Jordan; Brian K. Beesley, Draper; Alan Parkinson, Sandy; Claude Brandt, Salt Lake City. Assigned to Back to Basics Products LLC, Vernon Hills, Ill. Filed June 15, 2005, claiming priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/654,699, filed Feb. 17, 2005. Patent No. 7,250,587.
Combination bread toaster and steamer device. David Ely, West Jordan; Brian K. Beesley, Draper; Alan Parkinson, Sandy; Claude Brandt, Salt Lake City. Assigned to Back to Basics Products LLC, Vernon Hills, Ill. Filed June 15, 2005, claiming priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/654,699, filed Feb. 17, 2005. Patent No. 7,250,588.
Method and apparatus for characterizing a signal path carrying an operational signal. Cynthia Furse, Salt Lake City; Paul Smith, West Valley City. Assigned to University of Utah Research Foundation, Salt Lake City. Filed Aug. 4, 2005, a continuation of multiple prior patent applications. Patent No. 7,250,772.
Techniques for antenna tracking. Vaughn Lee Mower, Ryan Clark Beard, both of Bountiful; Roy Fletcher Lunsford, Syracuse; Jeffrey Craig Wright, Woods Cross. Assigned to L-3 Communications Corp., New York, N.Y. Filed July 11, 2005. Patent No. 7,251,455.
Computerized product improvement apparatus and method. Phillip M. Adams, Salt Lake City. Filed Oct. 1, 2001. Patent No. 7,251,752.
Food processor. LuJie Ting, Shenzhen, China; Brian K. Beesley, Draper. Assigned to Back to Basics Products Inc., Bluffdale. Filed June 1, 2006. Design Patent No. D547,601.
Behavior observation counter. Pauline Hood, Sandy. Filed April 7, 2006. Design Patent No. D547,873.
Portion of a shed. Kent Ashby, Logan; Barry D. Mower, Layton. Assigned to Lifetime Products Inc., Clearfield. Filed Feb. 27, 2006. Design Patent No. D547,880.
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.