Eighteen new patents were awarded to Utah inventors on April 8. They are:
• Vacuum sweeper. Robert Wertz, Salt Lake City. Filed Feb. 3, 2004. Patent No. 7,353,564.
• Clasps, interchangeable jewelry pieces, and methods for connecting the same. Dana Richardson, Salt Lake City. Assigned to Spectrum Gems Inc., Salt Lake City. Filed July 27, 2005, claiming priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/591,764, filed July
27, 2004. Patent No. 7,353,665.
• Apparatus and techniques for reducing the effects of general anesthetics. Joseph A. Orr, Park City; Derek Jo Sakata, Dwayne R. Westenskow, both of Salt Lake City. Assigned to Axon Medical Inc., Salt Lake City. Filed Oct. 7, 2003, claiming priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/466,934, filed May 1, 2003. Patent No. 7,353,825.
• Variable rate pressure regulator. Ronald E. Childers, South Jordan. Assigned to Dresser Inc., Addison, Texas. Filed Oct. 31, 2005, claiming priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/711,313, filed Aug. 25, 2005. Patent No. 7,353,834.
• Tool with a large volume of a superhard material. David R. Hall, Ronald Crockett, Jeff Jepson, all of Provo. Filed Jan. 29, 2007, a continuation-in-part of Application No. 11/553,338, filed Oct. 26, 2006. Patent No. 7,353,893.
• Graphical code reader configured for data collection and decoding. Paul Hepworth, Jeremy Williams, both of Riverton. Assigned to The Code Corp., Draper. Filed Jan. 14, 2005, claiming priority to Application No. 60/537,224, filed Jan. 16, 2004. Patent No. 7,353,999.
• Recumbent vehicle. C. Martin Rasmussen, Fruit Heights. Filed Aug. 28, 2006, claiming priority to multiple prior patent applications. Patent No. 7,354,055.
• Strain matched threads for a high pressure high temperature press apparatus. David R. Hall, Scott Dahlgren, Timothy C. Duke, Joe Fox, all of Provo. Filed Jan. 29, 2007, a continuation-in-part of Patent No. 7,186,104, filed July 6, 2005. Patent No. 7,354,262.
• Practice switch apparatus. Ladd Anderson, Salt Lake City. Filed Sept. 1, 2006, claiming priority to multiple prior patent applications. Patent No. 7,355,134.
• System and method for supplying power to X-ray imaging systems. Armin R. Schwarz, Sandy. Assigned to General Electric Co., Schenectady, N.Y. Filed Nov. 8, 2005. Patent No. 7,356,121.
• System for constructing a network spanning tree using communication metrics discovered by multicast alias domains. David A. Eatough, Herriman. Assigned to LANDesk Software Limited, Dublin, Ireland. Filed May 28, 2003. Patent No. 7,356,578.
• System and method for controlling delivery of streaming media. Joseph F. Khouri, San Jose, Calif.; Shmuel Shaffer, Palo Alto, Calif.; Robert T. Bell, Bountiful. Assigned to Cisco Technology Inc., San Jose, Calif. Filed Dec. 29, 2000. Patent No. 7,356,605.
• System and method for enabling automated run-time input to network bootstrapping processes. Drake Backman, Orem. Assigned to Novell Inc., Provo. Filed July 1, 2005. Patent No. 7,356,685.
• Method and apparatus for creating a backup of data of from multiple sources. Glenn Ricart, Salt Lake City; Marc Epstein, Los Gatos, Calif.; Sheldon Laube, Los Altos Hills, Calif. Assigned to CenterBeam Inc., San Jose, Calif. Filed Dec. 28, 2004, claiming priority to multiple prior patent applications. Patent No. 7,356,734.
• System and method of graphically managing and monitoring a compute environment. David Brian Jackson, Spanish Fork. Assigned to Cluster Resources Inc., Provo. Filed Nov. 8, 2005, claiming priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/625,894, filed Nov. 8, 2004. Patent No. 7,356,770.
• Task distribution. Glenn Ricart, Salt Lake City; Del Jensen, Ore; Stephen R. Carter, Spanish Fork. Assigned to Novell Inc., Provo. Filed Aug. 7, 2003, a continuation of patent no. 6,647,408, filed July 16, 1999. Patent No. 7,356,819.
• Security incident identification and prioritization. Bryan E. Kingsford, Orem. Assigned to Symantec Corp., Cupertino, Calif. Filed Oct. 1, 2003. Patent No. 7,356,843.
• Pick bolster. David R. Hall, Ronald Crockett, Scott Dahlgren, Jeff Jepson, all of Provo. Filed Aug. 24, 2007. Design Patent No. D566,137.
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.