U.S. patents issued Tuesday to Utah inventors and companies include: Roller cam buckle, patent No. 6,877,189, invented by Eric Simonson of Salt Lake City and Roger Simonson of Salt Lake City. Boot and liner with tightening mechanism, patent No. 6,877,256, invented by John Dietrich Martin of Vashon, Wash., and Bobby Meeks of Salt Lake City assigned to K-2 Corp. of Vashon, Wash.. Insulative window covering, patent No. 6,877,286, invented by Terry L. Johnson of Ogden assigned to Clearview Windows Mfg. of Bluffdale. Bundler and storage container for newspaper, patent No. 6,877,298, invented by Ray W. Lamoreaux of American Fork. Pivotable ink pad system, patent No. 6,877,425, invented by Jeanette R. Lynton of Pleasant Grove, assigned to Cabin Creek Ltd. of Pleasant Grove. Ergonomic golf bag top and club separator, patent No. 6,877,604, invented by Michael James Pratt of Draper, Joseph W. Christensen of Cedar Hills, Scott Kendrick Warner of Provo, and Jeffrey Alan Sheets of Sandy, assigned to Ogio International of Bluffdale. Bicycle storage apparatus and method, patent No. 6,877,613, invented by Craig S. Bleazard of Grantsville. Load path control for inflatable air bag, patent No. 6,877,765, invented by Larry D. Rose of South Weber and Marc P. Russell of Plain City, assigned to Autoliv of Ogden. Dual flow gas guide apparatus and method, patent No. 6,877,771, invented by Robert B. Weber of Windsor, Calif., assigned to Autoliv of Ogden. Glider bench, patent No. 6,877,810, invented by Thayne B. Haney of Syracuse and Kent Ashby of Logan assigned to Lifetime Products of Clearfield. Under stair storage shelf system, patent No. 6,877,828, invented by Kline Strong of Salt Lake City. Contoured knee brace frame, patent No. 6,878,126, invented by Kim Alex Nelson of Salt Lake City and Lonnie E. Paulos of Salt Lake City assigned to dj Orthopedics of Vista, Calif. Methods, systems, and devices for providing embolic protection and removing embolic material, patent No. 6,878,153, invented by Richard J. Linder of Sandy, Daryl R. Edmiston of Sandy and Steven W. Johnson of West Jordan assigned to Rubicon Medical of Salt Lake City. Method and implant for securing ligament replacement into the knee, patent No. 6,878,166, invented by Ron Clark of Valparaiso, Ind., and Raymond E. Olsen of Smithfield. Method for forming a distinct pattern in an article of apparel, patent No. 6,878,171, invented by Scott Ball of South Jordan. Method and apparatus for removing VOCs from water, patent No. 6,878,188, invented by Ye Yi of Salt Lake City. Retinal cell lines with extended life-span and their applications, patent No. 6,878,544, invented by John Greenwood of London,UK, Peter Adamson of Bampton, UK, Raymond Lund of Salt Lake City, and Weng Tao of Lincoln, R.I., assigned to Neurotech of Evry, France. Alternative moisture cure catalysts and cold curing polyisocyanate adhesives prepared therefrom, patent No. 6,878,795, invented by Joseph J. Marcinko of Mullica Hill, N. J., Anthony A. Parker of Newton, Pa., and Herbert R. Gillis of West Deptford, N.J., assigned to Huntsman International of Salt Lake City. Human antithrombin IIIs and methods related thereto, patent No. 6,878,813, invented by Susan C. Bock of Salt Lake City, Veronique Picard of Bourg la Reine, France and Pedram Zendehrouh of Hamden, Conn., assigned to Temple University - of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education of Philadelphia, Pa. Method and system for positioning a movable body in a magnetic bearing system, patent No. 6,879,126, invented by Brad E. Paden of Goleta, Calif., Jed C. Ludlow of North Salt Lake, and Gill B. Bearnson of Salt Lake City, assigned to MedQuest Products of Salt Lake City. Electronically controlled locker system, patent No. 6,879,243, invented by Kevin E. Booth of Mapleton, Harry N. Popolow of Cherry Hill, N.J., Richard R. Ford of Asheville, N. C., Edward E. Johnson of Asheville, N. C., Jon S. Loftin of Arden, N. C., Lance C. Osborne of Asheville, N. C., and David W. Johnson of West Valley, assigned to Penco Products of Oaks, Pa. N-securing device for use with a heat transfer device, patent No. 6,879,487, invented by Glenn C. Simon of Auburn, Calif., Vella Srinivas of Bangalore, Ind., Angela Minichiello of Millville, Brad Clements of Fort Collins, Colo., and Christopher Paul Lucas of Sacramento, Calif., assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Company of Houston. Method and apparatus for optical data storage, patent No. 6,879,556, invented by Fred C. Thomas, III of Ogden assigned to Iomega of San Diego, Calif.. Method of digital image enhancement and sharpening, patent No. 6,879,735, invented by Oleg N. Portniaguine of Salt Lake City and Michael S. Zhdanov of Salt Lake City assigned to University of Utah Reasearch Foundation of Salt Lake City. DC offset, re-radiation, and I/Q solutions using universal frequency translation technology, patent No. 6,879,817, invented by David F. Sorrells of Jacksonville, Fla., Michael J. Bultman of Jacksonville, Fla., Robert W. Cook of Switzerland, Fla., Jonathan S. Jensen of Salt Lake City, Martin R. Johnson of Salt Lake City, Richard C. Looke of Jacksonville, Fla., Charley D. Moses, Jr. of Jacksonville, Fla., Gregory S. Rawlins of Lake Mary, Fla., Michael W. Rawlins of Lake Mary, Fla., Robert T. Short of Salt Lake City and Jamison L Young of Roy, assigned to ParkerVision, Inc. of Jacksonville, Fla. Golf club head shaped transparency viewer, patent No. D503,947, invented by Brian Shirley of Salt Lake City. Towable diving aid, patent No. D503,957, invented by Marvin J. Gallenson of Salt Lake City, Jason Bohn of Salt Lake City and Thomas L. Malcolm of Davis, Calif., assigned to Veldora of Salt Lake City. In-line occluder, patent No. D503,978, invented by Kent Beck of Layton, assigned to Zevex of Salt Lake City. Newel, patent No. D503,985, invented by Kim Lewis Sayer of Bluffdale and Ray G. Tibbitts of Midvale. Polymerizable isolation barriers with reduced polymerization strength and methods for forming and using such barriers, patent No. RE38,721, invented by Steven D. Jensen of South Jordan and Dan E. Fischer of Sandy, assigned to Ultradent Products of South Jordan. Polymerizable isolation barriers containing reflective materials and methods for forming and using such barriers, patent No. RE38,722, invented by Steven D. Jensen of South Jordan and Dan E. Fischer of Sandy assigned to Ultradent Products of South Jordan.

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