Utah patents: A better toilet bowl scrubber?

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Authorizing payment subsequent to RF transactions, Patent No. 7,889,052, invented by Michael J. Berardi, of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; Michal Bliman, of Matawan, N.J.; David S. Bonalle, of New Rochelle, N.Y.; Jennifer Anne Elwood, of New York; Matthew C. Hood, of Wayne, Pa.; Susan E. Isenberg, of New York; Anexandra Mayers, of Brooklyn, N.Y.; Trevor J. Perry, of West Jordan; Peter D. Saunders, of Salt Lake City; Kathryn D. Scheding, of New York; Sejal Ajit Shah, of New York; Kristin L. VonWald, of South Jordan; and John R. Williamson, of Jersey City, N.J.; assigned to Xatra Fund MX LLC, of Wilmington, Del.

Immersion detection, Patent No. 7,889,087, 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 Corp. of Armonk, N.Y.

Detecting targets in roadway intersections, Patent No. 7,889,097, invented by David V. Arnold, of Provo; Bryan R. Jarrett, of Orem; Dale M. Jarvis, of Orem; Thomas W. Karlinsey, of Orem; Ryan L. Smith, of Salem; and Jonathan L. Waite, of Orem; assigned to Wavetronix LLC of Lindon.

Detecting targets in roadway intersections, Patent No. 7,889,098, invented by David V. Arnold of Provo; Bryan R. Jarrett, of Orem; Dale M. Jarvis, of Orem; Thomas W. Karlinsey, of Orem; Ryan L. Smith, of Salem; and Jonathan L. Waite, of Orem; assigned to Wavetronix LLC of Lindon.

Method of, and system for, transferring overhead data over a serial interface, Patent No. 7,889,658, invented by James R. Bauder, of Chatsworth, Calif.; Khoi D. Vu, of South Jordan; Kevin S. Fatherree, of Northridge, Calif.; Siddharth Khattar, of Thousand Oaks, Calif.; Erik R. Swenson, of San Jose, Calif.; and Kathleen E. Cimino, of Westlake Village, Calif.; assigned to Extreme Networks Inc., of Santa Clara, Calif.

Systems and methods for long-term care insurance with immediate and ongoing health care maintenance benefits, Patent No. 7,890,354, invented by Louis M. Trani, of Salt Lake City, and Earl Roderick Ross, of Salt Lake City; assigned to Equitable Life and Casualty Insurance of Salt Lake City.

Viewing and ordering customized resin panels through Web-based interfaces, Patent No. 7,890,384, invented by R. Talley Goodson, of Salt Lake City; Jonathan M. Greene, of Salt Lake City; Jonathan C. Shurtliff, of Centerville; Benjamin S. Newbold, of Murray; and Mac G. Newbold, of Salt Lake City; assigned to 3form Inc. of Salt Lake City.

System and method for conducting network analytics, Patent No. 7,890,511, invented by Mikko Valimaki, of Orem; Joshua Dinerstein, of West Valley; Mark Jensen, of Bluffdale; J. Michael Fonnesbeck, of Lehi; James Pettit Whitechurch, of Draper; and John Lyman Ahlander, of Orem; assigned to Blue Coat Systems Inc., of Sunnyvale, Calif.

System and method of providing reservation masks within a computer environment, Patent No. 7,890,629, invented by David Brian Jackson, of Spanish Fork; assigned to Adaptive Computing Enterprises Inc., of Provo.

Method and apparatus for controlling access to portal content from outside, Patent No. 7,890,639, invented by Shawn Matthew Holmstead, of Lehi; Olin Sayre Atkinson, of Orem; Dale Allen Lowry, of Springville; and Christopher Jean Seiler, of Pleasant Grove; assigned to Novell Inc., of Provo.

System and method for providing security in a telecommunication network, Patent No. 7,890,749, invented by James R. Tighe, of Frisco, Texas; Ronald D. Higgins, of The Colony, Texas; Richard B. Platt, of Allen, Texas; and Robert T. Bell, of Bountiful; assigned to Cisco Technology Inc. of San Jose, Calif.

Receiver nonrepudiation, Patent No. 7,890,757, invented by Gosukonda Naga Venkata Satva Sudhakar, of Bangalore, India; assigned to Novell Inc., of Provo.

Heterogeneous normalization of data characteristics, Patent No. 7,890,938, invented by Nathan Blaine Jensen, of Spanish Fork; Stephen R. Carter, of Spanish Fork; William Street, of Orem; Michel Shane Simpson, of American Fork; William D. Peterson, of Provo; and Scott Alan Isaacson, of Woodland Hills; assigned to Novell Inc., of Provo.

Toilet bowl cleaner with handle, Patent No. D632,490, invented by Aaron D. Cobabe, of Syracuse; W. Kenneth Thiess, of Parker, Colo.; David J. Lowe, of Parker, Colo.; and David O. Meyers, of Kaysville; assigned to SonicScrubbers Inc. of Layton.

Toilet bowl cleaner with rotatable scrubber, Patent No. D632,491, invented by David J. Lowe, of Parker, Colo.; and David O. Meyers, of Kaysville; assigned to SonicScrubbers Inc., of Layton.

Architectural panel with woven textile interlayer, Patent No. D632,811, 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.

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.