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Bearing assemblies and bearing apparatuses and motor assemblies using same, Patent No. 7,870,913, invented by Timothy N. Sexton of Santaquin and Craig H. Cooley of Saratoga Springs, assigned to US Synthetic Corp. of Orem.
Corrugated hanger for skateboard truck, Patent No. 7,871,087, invented by Michael Denver Knapton of North Ogden.
Displaceable fifth-wheel hitch assembly, Patent No. 7,871,096, invented by Jacque Colibert-Clarke and Gregory J. Colibert of Salt Lake City, assigned to Colibert Enterprises of Salt Lake City.
Locking fixture, Patent No. 7,871,133, invented by David R. Hall of Provo and Scott Dahlgren of Alpine, assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. of Houston.
Extracorporeal fluid circuit, Patent No. 7,871,391, invented by Lynn Jensen of Syracuse, Thomas Irvin Folden of Alamo, Calif., Martin Joseph Crnkovich of Walnut Creek, Calif., Christian Schlaeper of Concord, Calif., and Mohsen Reihanifam, of Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.; assigned to Fresenius Medical Care Holdings Inc. of Waltham, Mass.
Spinous process fixation device, Patent No. 7,871,426, invented by Daniel F. Justin of Logan, Kingsley Richard Chin, of Philadelphia and Daniel R. Baker of Seattle, assigned to Spinefrontier LLS of Philadelphia.
Coke drum skirt, Patent No. 7,871,500, invented by Ruben F. Lah of West Jordan, assigned to Curtiss-Wright Flow Control Corp. of Falls Church, Va.
Shielded gate trench FET with an inter-electrode dielectric having a nitride layer therein, Patent No. 7,872,305, invented by Scott L. Hunt of West Jordan, assigned to Fairchild Semiconductor Corp. of South Portland, Maine.
System and method for modeling a spheroid world database, Patent No. 7,872,647, invented by Michael A. Cosman of South Jordan, Neal L. Mayer, Robert C. Dawson and Heber B. Bennion, all of Salt Lake City; assigned to Rockwell Collins Simulation and Training Solutions LLC of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Method for identifying unique FM transmitter locations with enhanced transmission coverage, Patent No. 7,873,363, invented by Mario K. Hieb of Salt Lake City.
Risk assessment in a gate area of an airport, Patent No. 7,873,586, invented by Robert Lee Angell of Salt Lake City, Robert R. Friedlander of Southbury, Conn., and James R. Kraemer of Santa Fe, N.M., assigned to International Business Machines Corp. of Armonk, N.Y.
Authenticating user identity when resetting passwords, Patent No. 7,874,011, invented by Gregory J. Boss of American Fork, Peter G. Finn of Brampton, Calif., Rick A. Hamilton II of Charlottesville, Va., and Timothy M. Waters of Hiram, Ga., assigned to International Business Machines Corp.
Elastomeric multitip eyeglass retainer connector, Patent No. D631,085, invented by Karl Hellberg of Logan.
Everett Robinson, who is an attorney 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.