Nail gun hanger , patent No. 7,611,037, invented by Michael A. Bazzano of Kaysville, assigned to BLMS Enterprises LLC of Lebanon, Tenn.

Systems, methods and devices for selling transaction instruments , patent No. 7,611,051, invented by Randy Beck of Alpine, Gennye Feldman of New York, N.Y., Rachel Riley Heitz of West Jordan, John Steven Imada of Dewey, Ariz., Paula S. Martinez of North Salt Lake, Sven Miller of Salt Lake City, Clyde Page of South Jordan, and Steven J. Keiser of South Jordan, assigned to American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. of New York, N.Y.

In orbit space transportation and recovery system , patent No. 7,611,096, invented by Robert F. D'Ausilio of Bountiful, James R. Stuart of Louisville, Colo., Thomas N. Giaccherini of Carmel Valley, Calif., and Franklin H. Williams, Jr. of Salt Lake City, assigned to IOSTAR Corp. of North Salt Lake.

In orbit space transportation and recovery system , patent No. 7,611,097, invented by Robert F. D'Ausilio of Bountiful, James R. Stuart of Louisville, Colo., Thomas N. Giaccherini of Carmel Valley, Calif., and Franklin H. Williams, Jr. of Salt Lake City, assigned to IOSTAR Corp. of North Salt Lake.

Lifestyle bracket system having interchangeable ligation covers , patent No. 7,611,352, invented by Norbert Abels of Homburg, Germany, and Claus H. Backes of Saarbrucken, Germany, assigned to Ultradent Products, Inc. of South Jordan.

Magnetic component connector, circuit boards for use therewith, and kits for building and designing circuits , patent No. 7,611,357, invented by In Suk Han of Sandy, Dong-Kyun Lim of Kyeonggi-Do, Republic of Korea, and Ilsun Park of Kyeonggi-Do, Republic of Korea, assigned to Mr Board, Inc. of Sandy.

Wide safety strap for electrical fixtures, patent No. 7,611,364, invented by Brent L. Kidman of Spanish Fork.

Safety shield for medical needles , patent No. 7,611,485, invented by F. Mark Ferguson of Salt Lake City, assigned to C. R. Bard, Inc. of Murray Hill, N.J.

Multilayer ceramic NOx gas sensor device , patent No. 7,611,612, invented by Balakrishnan G. Nair of Sandy, and Jesse Nachlas of Salt Lake City, assigned to Ceramatec, Inc. of Salt Lake City.

Flavored hemostatic and acid etching compositions , patent No. 7,611,695, invented by Peter M. Allred of Riverton, assigned to Ultradent Products, Inc. of South Jordan.

Eubacterial tmRNA sequences and uses thereof , patent No. 7,611,843, invented by Brice Felden of Le Lou du Lac, France, assigned to University of Utah Research Foundation of Salt Lake City.

Sequence independent nonoverlapping digital signal generator with programmable delay , patent No. 7,612,595, invented by Jungwook Yang of Newton, Mass., Lane Brooks of Highland, and Pavan Mudunuru of Malden, Mass., assigned to Melexis Tessenderlo NV of Tessenderlo, Belgium.

System and method for communicating low data rate information with a radar , patent No. 7,612,711, invented by William K. McIntire of Sandy, Larry S. Thomson of Bountiful, David H. Robbins of Bountiful, and James J. Boesch of Salt Lake City, assigned to L-3 Communications Corp. of New York, NY.

Apparatus and methods for imaging using an anatomical positioning system , patent No. 7,613,494, invented by J. Rock Hadley of Centerville, Dennis Parker of Centerville, and Aaron J. Burnett of Bountiful, assigned to University of Utah Research Foundation of Salt Lake City.

Method for noninvasive determination of a distribution of electrical current and apparatus for the same , patent No. 7,613,578, invented by Mark J. Hagmann of Salt Lake City.

Method and system for virtual prototyping , patent No. 7,613,599, invented by Stephen L. Bade of Lindon, Shay Ben-Chorin of Cupertino, Calif., Paul Caamano of San Mateo, Calif., Marcelo E. Montoreano of Santa Cruz, Calif., Ani Taggu of Campbell, Calif., Filip C. Theon of San Jose, Calif., and Dean C. Wills of Corvallis, Ore., assigned to Synopsys, Inc. of Mountain View, Calif.

System and method for parallel PN generation , patent No. 7,613,757, invented by Ayyoob Abbaszadeh of Salt Lake City, and Rahman Altaf of Salt Lake City, assigned to L-3 Communications, Corp. of New York, N.Y.

Long-term digital data storage , patent No. 7,613,869, invented by Barry M. Lunt of Provo, and Matthew R. Linford of Orem, assigned to Brigham Young University of Provo.

Single-use password authentication , patent No. 7,613,919, invented by Brian B. Bagley of St. George.

Systems and methods for providing secure access to embedded devices using a trust manager and a security broker , patent No. 7,614,080, invented by Thomas Milligan of South Jordan, and Bryant Eastham of Draper, assigned to Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd of Osaka, Japan.

Cap with extendable interior flap , patent No. D603,144, invented by Brian Daniel South of Payson.

Wire baskets for granite or stone or cultured marble or solid surface vanity tops , patent No. D603,188, invented by Shao Wang of Salt Lake City.

Eyeglass display , patent No. D603,189, invented by Bruce Raile of Park City, assigned to Sun Optics, Inc. of Salt Lake City.

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