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Vehicle fluid replacement tracking, patent No. 8,126,607, invented by Gregory J. Boss of American Fork, Peter G. Finn of Brampton, Calif., Rick A. Hamilton, II of Charlottesville, Va., Brian M. O’Connell of Cary, N.C., James W. Seaman of Falls Church, Va., and Keith R. Walker of Austin, Texas, assigned to International Business Machines Corporation of Armonk, N.Y.

Methods of monitoring electronic displays within a display network, patent No. 8,126,678, invented by Graham N. Beland of Wellsville, and Eli Taylor of Logan, assigned to Young Electric Sign Company of Salt Lake City.

System and method for improving tuning using caller provided satisfaction scores, patent No. 8,126,723, invented by Dhananjay Bansal of Reston, Va., Scott D. Spera of Cincinnati, Ohio, Nancy Gardner of Rockport, Maine, James H. Lythgoe, Jr. of Mason, Ohio, and John C. Georgesen of Maineville, Ohio, assigned to Convergys CMG Utah, Inc. of Salt Lake City.

Method and system for processing financial instrument deposits physically remote from a financial institution, patent No. 8,126,809, invented by Danne L. Buchanan of Sandy, and William Ronald Titus of Fruit Heights, assigned to PPS Data, LLC of Salt Lake City.

Method and apparatus for dynamically switching display drivers in mobile device operating system, patent No. 8,127,310, invented by Colin N. B. Cook of Riverton, Donald T. Saxby of Salt Lake City, and Douglas Boling of Saratoga, Calif., assigned to Celio Corporation of Salt Lake City.

Printable piece for a pull-top can, patent No. D654,791, invented by Lawrence Duffy Benson, III of West Jordan.

Blood flow chamber, patent No. D654,999, invented by Louis L. Barrett of West Point, and Perry N. Law of Centerville, assigned to Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc. of Waltham, Mass.

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. For more patents, see the Money page at sltrib.com, go to Sections on left-hand side and click Patents.

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