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Data and/or PowerSwivel, patent No. 7,934,570, invented by David R. Hall and Jonathan Marshall of Provo and Scott Dahlgren of Alpine, assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. of Houston.

Remote tracking system with a dedicated monitoring center, patent No. 7,936,262, invented by David Derrick and Bruce Derrick of Sandy, assigned to SecureAlert Inc. of Sandy.

Apparatus for raising a spring arm on a trailer hitch, patent No. 7,934,742, invented by Jed Anderson of Lindon and Fred P. Smith of Alpine, assigned to Progress Mfg. Inc. of Provo.

Systems and methods for dextrose containing peritoneal dialysis (PD) solutions with neutral pH and reduced glucose degradation product, patent No. 7,935,070, invented by Lynn E. Jensen of Syracuse; Olli Tuominen of Marlboro, Mass.; and Jay M. Lan of Farmington, assigned to Fresenius Medical Care North America of Waltham, Mass.

Catheter and introducer needle assembly with needle shield, patent No. 7,935,080, invented by Glade H. Howell of Sandy, Weston F. Harding of Lehi, Christopher N. Cindrich of Draper, Ralph Sonderegger of Farmington and Joseph Frodsham of Kaysville.

Posterior femur rough cut guide for minimally invasive knee arthroplasty, patent No. 7,935,120, invented by Adam M. Griner of Columbia City, Ind.; Kim Bertin of Salt Lake City; Richard Berger of Chicago; and Ron Donkers of Warsaw, Ind., assigned to Zimmer Technology Inc. of Warsaw, Ind.

Delivery device with anchoring features and associated method, patent No. 7,935,140, invented by Mark Alan Griffin of Louisville, Ky., assigned to Merit Medical Systems Inc. of South Jordan.

Corner joinery system and method for PVC windows and polymeric substrates used in building products, patent No. 7,935,211, invented by Frank LaSusa of Layton.

Electrically conductive composite material, patent No. 7,935,415, invented by George Clayton Hansen and Lauren Hansen of Midway, and William C. Jenkin of Akron, Ohio, assigned to Conductive Composites Co. of Midway.

Method of forming shielded gate FET with self-aligned features, patent No. 7,935,561, invented by Chanho Park of Sandy, assigned to Fairchild Semiconductor Corp. of South Portland, Maine.

Dynamic p-n junction growth, patent No. 7,935,616, invented by Robert H. Burgener II of Murray, Roger L. Felix of Pleasant Grove and Gary M. Renlund of Salt Lake City.

Aqueous disinfectants and sterilants, including colloidal transition metals, patent No. 7,935,667, invented by Daryl J. Tichy and Brian G. Larson of Orem, assigned to Solutions BioMed of Orem.

LDMOS with self aligned vertical LDD backside drain, patent No. 7,936,007, invented by Bruce D. Marchant of Murray and Daniel M. Kinzer of El Segundo, Calif., assigned to Fairchild Semiconductor Corp..

Shielded gate trench FET with an inter-electrode dielectric having a low-k dielectric therein, patent No. 7,936,009, invented by James Pan of West Jordan and James J. Murphy of South Jordan, assigned to Fairchild Semiconductor Corp..

Mobile displays and related methods, patent No. 7,936,564, invented by Clifford B. Brown of Smithfield, Brent W. Brown of Farmington and James B. Gover of Las Vegas, assigned to Young Electric Sign Co. of Salt Lake City.

Systems and methods of utilizing electrical readings in the determination of treatment, patent No. 7,937,139, invented by Douglas S. Horne of Murray, Phillip Dietz of Saint George, Harold E. Swift of Lehi, Valentine C. Krzyzaniak of Federal Way, Wash.; Jacob L. Carter of Playa Vista, Calif.; and Bruce R. Shelton of Phoenix, assigned to BioMeridian International Inc. of Salt Lake City.

Method and apparatus for gradient electromagnetic induction well logging, patent No. 7,937,221, invented by Michael Zhdanov of Salt Lake City, assigned to Technoimaging LLC of Salt Lake City.

Digital rights management, patent No. 7,937,328, invented by Rick A. Hamilton, II of Charlottesville, Va.; Peter G. Finn of Brampton, Calif.; Gregory J. Boss of American Fork; and Timothy M. Waters of Hiram, Ga., assigned to International Business Machines Corp. of Armonk, N.Y.

Method of aggregating multiple certificate authority services, patent No. 7,937,583, invented by Russell S. Thornton and Benjamin Hodson of Cedar Hills and Jayson Seegmiller of Orem, assigned to Venafi Inc. of Sandy.

Handbag with interchangeable handbag cover, patent No. D636,988, invented by Michelle Romero of West Valley City, Annette B. Cavaness of Provo and Christian J. Seegmiller of Riverton, assigned to Miche Bag LLC of South Jordan.

Homogeneous multiplex hybridization analysis by color and Tm, patent No. RE42,325, invented by Carl T. Wittwer of Salt Lake City and Mark G. Herrman of Bountiful, assigned to University of Utah Research Foundation of Salt Lake City.

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.