Sleeve element having a biasable end region, apparatus including same, and method of use, patent No. 7,370,866, invented by Daniel K. Zitting, of St. George; and Lorin K. Zitting, of Centennial Park, Ariz.; assigned to Macrotech Polyseal Inc., of Salt

Lake City.

Expanding air bag inflator housing, patent No. 7,370,884, invented by Marcus T. Clark, of Kaysville; Steven L. Olsen, of Ogden; Nyle K. Longhurst, of Layton; Mark L. King, of Ogden; and Patricia A. Welsh, of Ogden; assigned to Autoliv ASP Inc., of Ogden.

Endoscopic instrument for engaging a device, patent No. 7,371,215, invented by Olivier Colliou, of Menlo Park, Calif.; Kevin Nason, of Menlo Park, Calif.; Harm TenHoff, of Mountain View, Calif.; Mir A. Imran, of Los Altos Hills, Calif.; and Ted Layman, of Park City; assigned to Intrapace Inc., of Mountian View, Calif.

Dual electrode advanced electrochemical delivery system, patent No. 7,371,229, invented by Felix Theeuwes, of Los Altos, Calif.; Jeremy Corwin Wright, of Los Altos, Calif.; and Stahinja K. Zecevic, of Salt Lake City.

Steerable sphincterotome and methods for cannulation, papillotomy and sphincterotomy, patent No. 7,371,237, invented by John E. Hutchins, of North Attleboro, Mass.; and Mark L. Adams, of Sandy; assigned to Scimed Life Systems, Inc., of Maple Grove, Minn.

Cereal grain kernels fortified with iron and calcium, patent No. 7,371,422, invented by Earl Cleve Christiansen, of South Ogden; H. DeWayne Ashmead, of Fruit Heights; Kris Eugene Spence, of Madeira, Ohio; and Kenneth Thomas Smith, of Cincinnati, Ohio; assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co., of Cincinnati, Ohio.

Nickel-based reagents for detecting DNA and DNA-protein contacts, patent No. 7,371,579, invented by Steven E. Rokita, of Silver Spring, Md.; and Cynthia J. Burrows, of Salt Lake City; assigned to The University of Maryland, of College Park, Md.

Antibacterial compounds, patent No. 7,371,733, invented by Cheng-Wei Tom Chang, of Logan; assigned to Utah State University, of Logan.

Tumor environment-induced ligand-expressing nanocarrier system, patent No. 7,371,781, invented by You Han Bae, of Salt Lake City; Kun Na, of Salt Lake City; and Eun Seong Lee, of Salt Lake City; assigned to University of Utah Research Foundation, of Salt Lake City.

EPDM rocket motor insulation, patent No. 7,371,784, invented by David G. Guillot, of Tremonton; and Albert R. Harvey, of Brigham City; assigned to Alliant Techsystems Inc., of Edina, Minn.

Method and composition for reducing expression of ROCK-II, patent No. 7,371,850, invented by Scott Morham, of Salt Lake City; and Gongping He, of Salt Lake City; assigned to Myriad Genetics Inc., of Salt Lake City.

Multifault protected high-side switch with current sense, patent No. 7,372,685, invented by Riley D. Beck, of Eagle Mountain; and Matthew A. Tyler, of Bountiful; assigned to ON Semiconductor, of Phoenix, Ariz.

Mobile telecommunications device with cigarette lighter, patent No. 7,373,183, invented by Jeff Brudos, of American Fork.

Effects and recording system, patent No. 7,373,210, invented by James D. Pennock, of Salt Lake City; Peter Chaikin, of Santa Monica, Calif.; Josh Kapp, of Orem; and John Hanson, of West Jordan; assigned to Harman International Industries, Inc., of Northridge, Calif.

Multitest analysis of real-time nucleic acid amplification, patent No. 7,373,253, invented by David J. Eyre, of Salt Lake City; assigned to Idaho Technology, of Salt Lake City.

Location messaging method for delivering messages in a global virtual space, patent No. 7,373,383, invented by Gregory J. Boss, of American Fork; and Kevin C. McConnell, of Austin, Texas; assigned to International Business Machines Corp., of Armonk, N.Y.

Kernel-level cryptographic kernel interface, patent No. 7,373,504, invented by Kais Belgaied, of Toronto, Calif.; Mark C. Powers, of Park City; Bhargava K. Yenduri, of Santa Clara, Calif.; Nicolas G. Droux, of San Francisco, Calif.; Paul J. Sangster, of San Jose, Calif.; Darren J. Moffat, of Campbell, Calif.; and Gary W. Winiger, of Mountain View, Calif.; assigned to Sun Microsystems Inc., of Santa Clara, Calif.

Gas generator for medical applications, patent No. D568,996, invented by Christie Woodruff, of Edmonton, Calif.; assigned to GeNOsys Inc., of Provo.

RFID animal ear tag, patent No. D569,051, invented by Nephi T. Harvey, of Kaysville; Malcolm R. Harvey, of Hyde Park; Ian R. Harvey, of Kaysville; and Christopher F. Smith, of North Salt Lake; assigned to Fort Supply IP LLC, of Kaysville.

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