Vehicle hood latch-release system for improved pedestrian protection, patent No. 7,195,090, invented by Brent T. Parks of Englewood, Colo., and Michael R. Schramm of Perry, assigned to Autoliv ASP Inc. of Ogden.
Flexible housing for an air bag module, patent No. 7,195,273, invented by Robert E. Lewis of West Haven, Trudy C. Lewis of West Haven, Gregory J. Lang of South Ogden, and Larry D. Rose of South Weber, assigned to Autoliv ASP Inc. of Ogden.
Gas flow-deflection apparatus and method for air bag systems, patent No. 7,195,279, invented by Larry D. Rose of South Weber, and Marc P. Russell of Plain City, assigned to Autoliv ASP Inc. of Ogden.
High internal pressure fabric air bag with exposed inflator, patent No. 7,195,280, invented by Terry A. Wheelwright of Morgan, and James L. Nelson of Logan, assigned to Autoliv ASP Inc. of Ogden.
Expansion-controlled joints in air bags for out-of-position occupants and cushion positioning, patent No. 7,195,281, invented by Jeffrey Daniel Williams of Roy, Patrick D. Jamison of North Ogden, James Clyde Coleman of North Ogden, and James D. Erickson of West Haven, assigned to Autoliv ASP Inc. of Ogden.
Dental curing device having a heat sink for dissipating heat, patent No. 7,195,482, invented by Robert R. Scott of Riverton, assigned to Ultradent Products Inc. of South Jordan.
Kits for placement of a dental post, patent No. 7,195,485, invented by Dan E. Fischer of Sandy, assigned to Ultradent Products Inc. of South Jordan.
Collapsible basketball rim assembly, patent No. 7,195,571, invented by S. Curtis Nye of Clinton, assigned to Lifetime Products Inc. of Clearfield.
Aromatic container heater, patent No. 7,195,739, invented by Marilyn F. Penman of Pleasant View, and Richard E. Penman of Pleasant View.
Drug response marker in beta-1 adrenergic receptor gene, patent No. 7,195,873, invented by Fabiana Filigheddu of Sassari, Italy, Julia Reid of Salt Lake City, and Susanne Wagner of Salt Lake City, assigned to Myriad Genetics Inc. of Salt Lake City.
Method of transposon-mediated mutagenesis in the nematode caenorhabditis elegans, patent No. 7,196,244, invented by Jean-Louis Bessereau of Paris, France, and Erik M. Jorgensen of Salt Lake City, assigned to University of Utah of Salt Lake City.
Automated laminate inspection method, patent No. 7,197,177, invented by Elvin P. Lowe of Dutch John.
Tension-controlled fiber optic tuning and isolating device, patent No. 7,197,200, invented by David Marceau of Salt Lake City, Dennis F. Elkins of Draper, Forrest L. Williams of Sandy, and Allen H. Tanner of Sandy, assigned to Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp. of Salt Lake City.
Compensating for surface movement of liquid product within one or more liquid product tanks during capture of height and volume data, patent No. 7,197,409, invented by John D. Hillam of Perry, Jon M. Scoleri of New Haven, and Gary L. Shellabarger of Brigham City, assigned to Flying J Inc. of Ogden.
Method and mechanism for the creation, maintenance and comparison of semantic abstracts, patent No. 7,197,451, invented by Stephen R. Carter of Provo, Delos C. Jensen of Orem, and Ronald P. Millett of Orem, assigned to Novell Inc. of Provo.
Collection management database of arbitrary schema, patent No. 7,197,493, invented by Gary H. Ashby of Orem, and Marlo E. Schuldt of Orem, assigned to Lifestory Productions Inc. of Orem.
Multidimensional recursive wavefront behavioral synthesis, patent No. 7,197,505, invented by Kent L. Gilson of Draper, assigned to Star Bridge Systems Inc. of Midvale.
Food processor, patent No. D539,080, invented by Liao Zhiwen of Foshan, China, and Brian K. Beesley of Draper, assigned to Back to Basics Products Inc. of Bluffdale.
Telephone conferencing device, patent No. D539,274, invented by Christopher Bourne of West Valley City, and James Wright of Salt Lake City, assigned to ClearOne Communications Inc. of Salt Lake City.
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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.


