Device for protecting an object from encroaching elements, patent No. 7,409,798, invented by James L. Freeby of Sigurd, and Alex Boyter of Sigurd.

Structural thermal framing and panel system for assembling finished or unfinished walls with multiple-panel combinations for poured and nonpoured wall, patent No. 7,409,800, invented by Paul W. Budge of St. George, assigned to JenTec Industries, Inc. of St. George.

System and method for testing fuel tank integrity, patent No. 7,409,852, invented by Gordon Ernest Smith of Sandy and Michael Herzog, Charles Michael Sulik, Arun Raj Pandey, Valeriy Maksimovich Shishkin, Rex Graham Weedon and Mark A. Davis, all of Tucson, Ariz., assigned to Environmental Systems Products Holdings Inc. of East Granby, Conn.

Modular torsion bar, patent No. 7,410,113, invented by Gerald Keller of Shelby Township, Mich., and Lloyd Snyder of Oxford, Mich., assigned to Autoliv ASP Inc. of Ogden.

Retainer sleeve in a degradation assembly, patent No. 7,410,221, invented by David R. Hall, Ronald Crockett, Jeff Jepson, and Tyson J. Wilde, all of Provo.

Method and apparatus for marking eyeglass lens for placement of reading segment, patent No. 7,410,256, invented by Jackie Meyers of Magna, assigned to OpticTools LLC of South Jordan.

Portable bag with lighting system, patent No. 7,410,270, invented by Jon Darin Long of Ogden and David M. Grand Pre of Ogden, assigned to RSGA Inc. of Ogden.

Weatherproof cover assembly, patent No. 7,410,372, invented by Steven J. Johnson of Galien, Mich., and David Meyers of Kaysville, assigned to Hubbell Inc. of Orange, Conn.

Tri-weight correlated set of iron-type golf clubs, patent No. 7,410,424, invented by Ming Chen of Salt Lake City.

Underdrain apparatus and method of manufacturing same, patent No. 7,410,578, invented by David M. Hambley of Calgary, Calif., Philip Hambley of Calgary, Calif., Cole Carothers of North Salt Lake City, and Govert Bassett II of Sandy, assigned to Newtech Filter Systems Inc. of Calgary, Alberta.

Method of insulating a case of a solid propellant rocket motor, patent No. 7,410,607, invented by David G. Guillot of Tremonton, assigned to Alliant Techsystems Inc. of Minneapolis, Minn.

Reagent and method for detecting a Cryptosporidium parvum sporozoite antigen, patent No. 7,410,771, invented by Victor C. W. Tsang of Decatur, Ga., Jeffrey L. Call of Logan, Yeuk-mui Lee of Lilburn, Ga., and Kathy Hancock of Atlanta, Ga., assigned to The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Washington, District of Columbia.

Depression gene, patent No. 7,410,944, invented by Donna Shattuck of Salt Lake City, Deanna Russell of Loveland, Ohio, Victor Abkevich of Salt Lake City and Chris Neff of Salt Lake City, assigned to Myriad Genetics Inc. of Salt Lake City.

Stringed instrument with offset structure, patent No. 7,411,120, invented by Chung-Ji Dai of Salt Lake City and Chung-Chu Dai of Salt Lake City.

Phonon laser, patent No. 7,411,445, invented by Yan Kucherov of Salt Lake City and Peter Hagelstein of Carlisle, Mass.

Enhanced image-processing method for the presentation of digitally combined medical images, patent No. 7,412,111, invented by Vianney Pierre Battle of Salt Lake City, Renuka Uppaluri of Pewaukee, Wis., and Richard Warp of Waukesha, Wis., assigned to General Electric Co. of Schenectady, N.Y.

Method to dynamically determine a user's language for a network, patent No. 7,412,374, invented by Christopher Jean Seiler of Pleasant Grove, Matthew Gerrit Brooks of Orem, Olin Sayre Atkinson of Orem, James Mark Norman of Pleasant Grove, Boyd "H" Timothy of Provo, and Timothy Paul Schmanski of Lindon, assigned to Novell Inc. of Provo.

Performance motivation systems and methods for contact centers, patent No. 7,412,402, invented by Kim A. Cooper of Lindon.

Network reverse auction and spending analysis methods, patent No. 7,412,412, invented by Brad Buxton of Salt Lake City, John Stapleton of Orem, Frank Hosea of Salt Lake City, Matt Egen of San Francisco, Calif., Dave Nash of Salt Lake City, Dan Alger of Roy, John Garvin of San Francisco, Calif., Claire Butkus of Summit Park, Trajan King of Salt Lake City, Maria Dobson of Salt Lake City and Gilbert Willoughby of Salt Lake City, assigned to Avotus Inc. of Mississauga, Ontario.

Method and apparatus for resource locator identifier rewrite, patent No. 7,412,539, invented by John E. Gmuender of San Jose, Calif., Huy Minh Nguyen of Fountain Valley, Calif., Joseph H. Levy of Salt Lake City, Michael B. Massing of San Jose, Calif., Zhong Chen of Fremont, Calif., and David M. Telehowski of Sunnyvale, Calif., assigned to SonicWALL Inc. of Sunnyvale, Calif.

Implantable port device, patent No. D574,950, invented by John A. Zawacki of Shorewood, Minn., and Annemarie Boswell of Salt Lake City, assigned to C.R. Bard Inc. of Murray Hill, N.J.

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* EVERETT ROBINSON, who is registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, compiles this list weekly for The Salt Lake Tribune. He can be reached at 801-649-5858.