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Downhole component with an electrical device in a blind-hole, patent No. 8,378,842, invented by David R. Hall of Provo, Jim Shumway of Lehi, and Brad Barger of Provo, assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corporation of Houston, Texas.

Electrically insulating X-ray-shielding devices in an X-ray tube, patent No. 8,379,799, invented by Todd S. Parker of Kaysville, and James E. Burke of Glenview, Ill., assigned to Varian Medical Systems, Inc. of Palo Alto, Calif.

Methods and systems related to text caption error correction, patent No. 8,379,801, invented by Joseph N. Romriell of Draper, Scot Lorin Brooksby of Highland, Shane Arthur Roylance of Farmington, Brian Chevrier of Highland, and Robert Cochran Puzey of North Ogden, assigned to Sorenson Communications Inc. of Salt Lake City.

Location-based tuning services for wireless LAN devices, patent No. 8,380,190, invented by Gregory Jensen Boss of American Fork, Rick Allen Hamilton, II of Charlottesville, Va., James McGirr of Venice, Fla., and Philip Kendal Mullins of Richmond, Texas, assigned to International Business Machines Corporation of Armonk, N.Y.

Session management enhancements for instant messaging applications, patent No. 8,380,792, invented by Gregory Jensen Boss of American Fork, Rick Allen Hamilton, II of Charlottesville, Va., Aroopratan D. Pandya of Hopewell Junction, N.Y., and James Wesley Seaman of Falls Church, Va., assigned to International Business Machines Corp. of Armonk, N.Y.

Apparatus, system and method for managing solid-state storage media, patent No. 8,380,915, invented by Robert Wood of Nwot, Colo., Jea Hyun of South Jordan, and Hairong Sun of Superior, Colo., assigned to Fusion-IO, Inc. of Salt Lake City.

System and method for second-factor authentication, patent No. 8,380,989, invented by Dilip Sarmah of Fremont, Calif., Kyle Warner Erickson of Orem, and Rajat Mounendrababu Gadagkar of Sangli, Ind., assigned to Sybase Inc. of Dublin, Calif.

System and method for automated unattended recovery for remotely deployed intelligent communication devices, patent No. 8,381,021, invented by Edward Glenn Howard of Crystal Springs, Miss., and Thomas Hunter Cobbs of Sandy, assigned to Itron, Inc. of Liberty Lake, Wash.

Method and system for providing user access to a secure application, patent No. 8,381,271, invented by Timothy Dingwall of Wenniassa, Australia, Matthew Herscovitch of Chapman, Australia, Jason Hart of Fremont, Calif., John F. Clark of Orem, and John Boyer of Ottawa, Calif., assigned to Actividentity of Deakin, Act.

Headset earbuds, patent No. D676,415, invented by Tammy Erdel of Draper, and Andreas Haase of Park City.

Tablet computer case, patent No. D676,449, invented by Brian Hullinger Probst of Orem, and David W. Osborne of Cedar Hills, assigned to CruxCase, LLC of Orem.

Squirt gun, patent No. D676,504, invented by Kyle S. Wilson of Sandy.

Translucent resin panel with faux linear stone pattern, patent No. D676,580, invented by Jill A. Canales of Salt Lake City, and Elizabeth Egan Metcalf of Salt Lake City, assigned to 3form, Inc. of Salt Lake City.

Architectural panel with varied textile strip interlayer, patent No. D676,581, invented by Jill A. Canales of Salt Lake City, and Elizabeth Egan Metcalf of Salt Lake City, assigned to 3form, Inc. of Salt Lake City.

Desk front light box, patent No. D676,587, invented by Kevin L. Fisher of Erda, and Jill A. Canales of Salt Lake City, assigned to 3form, Inc. of Salt Lake City.

Retractable leash, patent No. D676,618, invented by Edward Van Lee Kalbach of Nibley, assigned to EK Ekcessories, Inc. of Logan.

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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 the left-hand side and click Patents.

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