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Track assembly with apparatus for forming deck edging for swimming pools, patent No. 7,861,471, invented by Lanny R. Smith of Alpine, assigned to Coverstar LLC of Lindon.
Mine blender hose, patent No. 7,861,745, invented by Victor J. Miller of Salt Lake City, Wallace Adamson of Sebastian, Fla., Kelley J. Boone of Vero Beach, Fla., and Kevin J. Wojciechowski of Olmsted Township, Ohio, assigned to Parker-Hannifin Corp. of Cleveland.
Conformal bearing for rock drill bit, patent No. 7,861,805, invented by Timothy Nathan Sexton of Santaquin; Scott Shiqiang Shu and Chih Lin, both of Spring, Texas;Terry J. Kolterman of The Woodlands, Texas; Anton F. Zahradnik of Sugar Land, Texas; Dan E. Scott of Montgomery, Texas; Aaron J. Dick, Don Q. Nguyen, and Eric Sullivan, all of Houston; and Craig Hodges Cooley of Saratoga Springs, Texas, assigned to Baker Hughes Inc. of Houston.
Articulated chair having universal reclining armrest system, patent No. 7,862,123, invented by Jeff Baker of Cottonwood Heights, and Mike Bradfield and Brad Baker, of Riverton, assigned to Medical Technologies Industries of Salt Lake City.
Method of providing a degradation drum, patent No. 7,862,126, invented by David R. Hall, Tyson J. Wilde and Jad A. Mills, all of Provo.
Separation fastener with segmented washer, patent No. 7,862,282, invented by Bradley W. Smith of Plain City and Michael P. Jordan of South Weber, assigned to Autoliv ASP Inc. of Ogden.
Exercise device with proximity sensor, patent No. 7,862,475, invented by Scott Watterson of Logan and Darren C. Ashby of Richmond.
System and methods for controlling the operation of one or more exercise devices and providing motivational programming, patent No. 7,862,478, invented by Scott R. Watterson of Logan, William T. Dalebout of North Logan and Darren C. Ashby of Richmond, assigned to ICON IP Inc. of Logan.
Inclining treadmill with magnetic braking system, patent No. 7,862,483, invented by Rick W. Hendrickson of River Heights, Greg W. Law of Smithfield, Rodney L. Hammer of Lewiston, Paul C. Ricks of Petersboro and Darren C. Ashby of Richmond, assigned to ICON IP Inc. of Logan.
Safety shield for medical needles, patent No. 7,862,547, invented by F. Mark Ferguson of Salt Lake City and Kendall P. Thorne of Layton, assigned to Tyco Healthcare Group LP of Mansfield, Mass.
Polycrystalline composites reinforced with elongated nanostructures, patent No. 7,862,634, invented by J. Daniel Belnap of Pleasant Grove; Guodong Zhan of Spring, Texas; Xiayang Sheng of Sugar Land, Texas; Youhe Zhang of Tomball, Texas; Madapusi K. Keshavan of The Woodlands, Texas; Harry Pratt of Humble, Texas; and Yuelin Shen of Houston, assigned to Smith International Inc. of Houston.
Methods of recovering hydrocarbons from hydrocarbonaceous material using a constructed infrastructure and associated systems, patent No. 7,862,705, invented by Todd Dana of Midvale and James W. Patten of Sandy, assigned to Red Leaf Resources Inc. of Sandy.
Methods of recovering hydrocarbons from water-containing hydrocarbonaceous material using a constructed infrastructure and associated systems, patent No. 7,862,706, invented by Todd Dana of Park City and James W. Patten of Sandy, assigned to Red Leaf Resources Inc. of Sandy.
Portable filtration system, patent No. 7,862,720, invented by Dennis Brown of Logan, assigned to Aquamira Technologies Inc. of Logan.
Adhesive dental bleaching compositions comprising polyvinylpyrrolidone, patent No. 7,862,801, invented by Tianming Chen of Qinhuangdao, China, assigned to Ultradent Products Inc. of South Jordan.
Bridged ring structures as pharmaceutical agents, patent No. 7,863,298, invented by Brett Murphy of Sandy, Brenton T. Flatt of Poway, Calif., Richard Martin of San Diego, and Raju Mohan of Encinitas, Calif., assigned to Exelixis Inc. of South San Francisco, Calif.
Compositions, kits and methods for initiating or accelerating curing of endodontic filler or sealer compositions placed on a root canal, patent No. 7,863,349, invented by Richard D. Tuttle of Layton, Jeff A. Wagner of Salt Lake City and Neil T. Jessop and Jaleena Fischer-Jessop, both of Sandy, assigned to Ultradent Products Inc. of South Jordan.
Nociceptin-based analgesics, patent No. 7,863,416, invented by Amrit K. Judd of North Logan, assigned to Synvax Inc. of North Logan.
Linear polyethylenimine-sterol conjugates for gene delivery, patent No. 7,863,470, invented by Darin Y. Furgeson and Sung Wan Kim, both of Salt Lake City, assigned to University of Utah Research Foundation of Salt Lake City.
System and method for bridging proxy traffic in an electronic network, patent No. 7,864,788, invented by Trevor J. Paskett of Layton, Brent E. Nixon of Park City and James D. Hegge of Vancouver, Wash., assigned to Cymphonix Corp. of Sandy.
Nondestructive method of measuring a region within an ultra-hard polycrystalline construction, patent No. 7,864,919, invented by Ronald K. Eyre of Orem, Loel Gene Corbett of Saratoga Springs and Terry Lee Woodruff of Ponca City, Okla., assigned to Smith International Inc. of Houston.
Common control of an electronic multipod conferencing system, patent No. 7,864,937, invented by Tracy A. Bathurst and David Lambert, both of South Jordan, Wayne Whiteley of Lindon and Carrie L. Owen of Layton, assigned to ClearOne Communications Inc. of Salt Lake City.
Techniques for securing content in an untrusted environment, patent No. 7,864,960, invented by Tammy Anita Green of Provo, Jim Alan Nicolet of Elk Ridge and Haripriya Srinivasaraghavan of Bangalore, India, assigned to Novell Inc. of Provo.
Methods and systems to increase efficiency and reduce fouling in coal-fired power plants, patent No. 7,865,271, invented by Dean Draxton of Park City, Michael Booth of Norcross, Ga., and Roy Payne of Mission Viejo, Calif., assigned to General Electric Co. of Schenectady, N.Y.
Systems and methods for notifying multiple systems and applications of changes to data attributes, patent No. 7,865,464, invented by Douglas Jock Walker of Springville, assigned to PresenceID Inc. of Salt Lake City.
Methods and systems for restoring file systems, patent No. 7,865,472, invented by Niel Orcutt of Pleasant Grove, assigned to Symantec Corp. of Mountain View, Calif.
Systems and methods for providing victim-location information during an emergency situation, patent No. 7,865,512, invented by Raymond K. Evans of Sandy, assigned to Panasonic Electric Works Co. Ltd. of Osaka, Japan.
Systems and methods for managing identities in a database system, patent No. 7,865,518, invented by Douglas Jock Walker of Springville, assigned to PresenceID Inc. of Salt Lake City.
Digital signal processing block having a wide multiplexer, patent No. 7,865,542, invented by James M. Simkins of Park City, Bernard J. New of Carmel Valley, Calif., Vasisht Mantra Vadi of San Jose, Calif., Jennifer Wong of Fremont, Calif., Alvin Y. Ching of Sunnyvale, Calif., John M. Thendean of Berkeley, Calif., and Anna Wing Wah Wong of Santa Clara, Calif., assigned to Xilinx Inc. of San Jose, Calif.
Systems and methods for verifying the compatibility of software with a group of managed nodes, patent No. 7,865,889, invented by Mark Bird of Highland and David Eatough of Herriman, assigned to Crimson Corp. of Dover, Del.
Lens cleaning kit, patent No. D630,010, invented by Robert L. Brown of Coalville, assigned to Opticlean LLC of Coalville.
Photo binder, patent No. D630,242, invented by Jared D. Burton of Payson and James T. Davis II of Springville, assigned to Provo Craft and Novelty Inc. of South Jordan.
Collapsible, portable puppet stage, patent No. D630,266, invented by Carolyn T. Frank and Gregory A. Frank, both of Kaysville.
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.