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Systems and methods for providing modular camouflage, patent No. 7,987,522, invented by Clyde S. Morgan of Mapleton and Collin Morgan of Saratoga Springs.
Methods and systems for shipping, packaging and/or displaying kayaks and other sporting goods, patent No. 7,987,654, invented by Thomas Eckert of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., assigned to Lifetime Products, Inc. of Clearfield.
Immunoreactive peptides from Epstein-Barr virus, patent No. 7,988,972, invented by Richard S. Smith of Salt Lake City, Gary R. Pearson of Sedona, Ariz., D. Elliot Parks of Del Mar, Calif., and Susan Pothen Varghese of Melrose, Mass., assigned to Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. of Raritan, N.J.
6''-amino-6''-deoxygalactosylceramides, patent No. 7,989,423, invented by Paul B. Savage of Mapleton, Albert Bendelac of Chicago, Ill., and Luc Teyton of Delmar, Calif., assigned to The Scripps Research Institute of La Jolla, Calif.
4-arylamin-or-4-heteroarylamino-quinazolines and analogs as activators of caspases and inducers of apoptosis and the use thereof, patent No. 7,989,462, invented by Sui Xiong Cai of San Diego; Mark B. Anderson of Salt Lake City; Adam Willardsen of Sandy; Nilantha Sudath Sirisoma of San Diego; Hong Zhang of San Diego; and Kazuyuki Suzuki of Murray, assigned to Myrexis, Inc. of Salt Lake City.
Compositions and methods for inhibiting NF-.K.-B mediated tumorigenicity and adhesion dependent survival of cancer cells, patent No. 7,989,495, invented by Scott K. Kuwada of Park City, assigned to University of Utah Research Foundation of Salt Lake City.
Ultrasonic air and fluid detector, patent No. 7,987,722, invented by Chris Hills of Layton, assigned to ZEVEX, Inc. of Salt Lake City.
Wash fluid containment system for use on an uneven surface, patent No. 7,987,862, invented by James P. McCormick of Sandy, and Richard Lopez of West Jordan, assigned to Hydro Engineering Equipment & Supply Company of Salt Lake City.
Injection system and method comprising an impactor motive device, patent No. 7,987,928, invented by Adrian Vuyk, Jr. of Houston; Greg Galloway of Conroe, Texas; Jim Terry of Houston; Gordon Tibbitts of Murray; Kenneth Colvin of Spring, Texas; and Thomas Alan Carlson of Baytown, Texas, assigned to PDTI Holdings, LLC of Houston.
Cutting element apparatuses, drill bits including same, methods of cutting, and methods of rotating a cutting element, patent No. 7,987,931, invented by Craig H. Cooley of Saratoga Springs, and Timothy N. Sexton of Santaquin, assigned to US Synthetic Corporation of Orem.
System for biometric security using a fob, patent No. 7,988,038, invented by Blayn W. Beenau of Peoria, Ariz.; David S. Bonalle of New Rochelle, N.Y.; Seth W. Fields of Taylorsville; William J. Gray of Salt Lake City; Carl Larkin of West Sussex, United Kingdom; Joshua L. Montgomery of Orem; and Peter D. Saunders of Salt Lake City, assigned to Xatra Fund MX, LLC of Wilmington, Del.
Device for pretensioning a seat belt, patent No. 7,988,084, invented by Jorge Lombarte of Hamburg, Germany, and Jon Burrow of Ortonville, Mich., assigned to Autoliv ASP, Inc. of Ogden.
Combined guardrail and cable safety systems, patent No. 7,988,133, invented by Don J. Gripne of Olympia, Wash.; Charles R. Norton of Farmington; Elzard A. Sikkema of Murray; and Brian E. Smith of Dallas, assigned to Trinity Industries, Inc. of Dallas.
Fifth-wheel hitch assembly adaptable for use with multiple vehicle hitch coupling systems, patent No. 7,988,176, invented by Gregory J. Colibert of Salt Lake City, and Jackie Colibert-Clarke of Salt Lake City, assigned to Camco Manufacturing, Inc. of Greensboro, N.C.
Displaceable fifth-wheel hitch assembly adaptable for use with multiple vehicle hitch coupling systems, patent No. 7,988,177, invented by Gregory J. Colibert of Salt Lake City, and Jacque Colibert-Clarke of Salt Lake City, assigned to Camco Manufacturing, Inc. of Greensboro, N.C.
Air bag system, patent No. 7,988,183, invented by Yutaka Okamoto of Wako, Japan; Eric Drake of Plain City; and Earl Nelson of West Haven, assigned to Honda Motor Co., Ltd. of Tokyo, Japan.
Lap loop three-point seat belt system, patent No. 7,988,196, invented by Bin Wang of Ontario, Calif., assigned to Autoliv ASP, Inc. of Ogden.
Two-piece bearing housing for a centrifugal pump, patent No. 7,988,408, invented by James Northrup of Draper, and Kenneth Sessum, Sr. of South Jordan, assigned to Envirotech Pumpsystems, Inc. of Salt Lake City.
Handheld, hand-operated power syringe and methods, patent No. 7,988,677, invented by Shawn P. Fojtik of Park City, assigned to Covidien AG of Neuhausen AM Rheinfall, Switzerland.
Graft-fixation device and method, patent No. 7,988,697, invented by M. Todd Miller of Saratoga, Calif.; Ryan E. Yearsley of Palo Alto, Calif.; and Lonnie E. Paulos of Salt Lake City, assigned to Stryker Endoscopy of San Jose, Calif.
Feedwell dilution system for thickeners in oil sands, patent No. 7,988,865, invented by Timothy J. Laros of Park City, and Frank Andrew Baczek of Holladay, assigned to FLSmidth A/S of Valby, Denmark.
Compounds and methods of use thereof for assaying lysophospholipase D activity, patent No. 7,989,663, invented by Colin Ferguson of Salt Lake City, and Glenn Prestwich of Eastsound, Wash., assigned to Echelon Biosciences Incorporated of Salt Lake City.
Structure for making a top-side contact to a substrate, patent No. 7,989,884, invented by Chun-Tai Wu of West Jordan, and Ihsiu Ho of Salt Lake City, assigned to Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation of San Jose, Calif.
Heavy-duty battery system tester and method, patent No. 7,990,155, invented by Dale B. Henningson of Manti, assigned to Auto Meter Products, Inc. of Sycamore, Ill.
Method of designing a probe card apparatus with desired compliance characteristics, patent No. 7,990,164, invented by Benjamin N. Eldridge of Danville, assigned to FormFactor, Inc. of Livermore, Calif.
Antenna assemblies with antenna elements and reflectors, patent No. 7,990,335, invented by Richard E. Schneider of Wildwood, Mo.; John Edwin Ross, III of Moab; Corey Feit of St. Louis, Mo.; and Dale Picolet of House Springs, Mo., assigned to Antennas Direct, Inc. of Ellisville, Mo.
Frequency-tuned anode bearing assembly, patent No. 7,991,121, invented by Ricky Smith of Sandy, assigned to Varian Medical Systems, Inc. of Palo Alto, Calif.
Monitoring signalized traffic flow, patent No. 7,991,542, invented by Bradley C. Giles of American Fork, and Michael J. Miller of Pleasant Grove, assigned to Wavetronix LLC of Lindon.
Providing nonlinear temperature compensation for sensing means by use of pade approximant function emulators, patent No. 7,991,571, invented by Jose Marcos Laraia of Pocatello, Idaho, and David John Willis of Murray, assigned to Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC of Phoenix.
Incrementally adding segmentation criteria to a data set, patent No. 7,991,732, invented by Brett Michael Error of Orem, assigned to Adobe Systems Incorporated of San Jose, Calif.
Systems and methods for updating a site, patent No. 7,991,866, invented by Casey Anderson of Taylorsville, assigned to Control4 Corporation of Salt Lake City.
Certification of server-side partner plug-ins for analytics and privacy protection, patent No. 7,992,135, invented by Catherine Wong of Provo, and Brett Michael Error of Pleasant Grove, assigned to Adobe Systems Incorporated of San Jose, Calif.
Hexagonal firearm suppressor, patent No. D642,648, invented by Russell Oliver of Sandy, assigned to OS Inc. of Cheyenne, Wyo.
Heptagonal firearm suppressor, patent No. D642,649, invented by Russell Oliver of Sandy, assigned to OS Inc. of Cheyenne, Wyo.
Decagonal firearm suppressor, patent No. D642,650, invented by Russell Oliver of Sandy, assigned to OS Inc. of Cheyenne, Wyo.
Orthopedic boot, patent No. D642,695, invented by Gregory S. Anderson of Sandy, Kade T. Huntsman of Holladay, Dale C. Gledhill of Sandy, Douglas R. Burrell of Springville, and David Xiao of Hangzhou, China.
Everett Robinson, who is an attorney registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, compiles this list weekly for the Salt Lake Tribune. Robinson can be reached at 801-649-5858.
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