Archive for December, 2010

Utah Patent Update – Patents Issued on 12-24-10

Friday, December 24th, 2010

The following patent applications, with Utah inventors or assigned to Utah companies, were published on July 22, 2010 at the U.S. Patent and Trademark office. A party wishing to submit prior art for consideration in examination of the application may file the prior art within two months of the publication date pursuant to 37 C.F.R. 1.99.

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Application No. Title Inventors Assignee
D629,845 Bookmark Robbins; Lynn G. (Centerville, UT) Bookamajics, LLC (Centerville, UT)
D629,844 Bookmark Robbins; Lynn G. (Centerville, UT) Bookamajics, LLC (Centerville, UT)
D629,746 Portable battery pack Workman; Robert Emmett (Morgan, UT), Krantz; Norm (Logan, UT), Dietrich-Croy; Arthur Lee (Salt Lake City, UT), Omdahl, II; John R. (Lindon, UT), Horito; Michael S. (Provo, UT) Goal Zero LLC (Bluffdale, UT)
7861298 System and method for protecting against denial of service attacks Giallorenzi; Thomas R. (Herriman, UT), Harris; Johnny M. (Centerville, UT), Kingston; Sam (Salt Lake City, UT), Wright; Robert A. (Salt Lake City, UT), Thomson; Larry (Bountiful, UT) L-3 Communications, Corp. (New York, NY)
7860915 Digital signal processing circuit having a pattern circuit for determining termination conditions Vadi; Vasisht Mantra (San Jose, CA), Wong; Jennifer (Fremont, CA), New; Bernard J. (Carmel Valley, CA), Ching; Alvin Y. (Sunnyvale, CA), Thendean; John M. (Berkeley, CA), Wong; Anna Wing Wah (Santa Clara, CA), Simkins; James M. (Park City, UT) Xilinx, Inc. (San Jose, CA)
7860750 System and method for order fulfillment decisions Hunter; Jason A. (Orem, UT), Andrus; Brian K. (Spanish Fork, UT), Duncan; David A. (Orem, UT), Scalora; Michael A. (Orem, UT), DeMoss; Jeffrey (Redwood City, CA), Holladay; Walter M. (Lindon, UT) Intuit Inc. (Mountain View, CA)
7860575 High-side current regulator and methods for implementing a multiple channel iontophoretic device Hause; Robert F. (Bountiful, UT) Encore Medical Asset Corporation (Henderson, NV)
7860333 Systems and methods for deblurring data corrupted by shift variant blurring Zeng; Gengsheng Lawrence (Salt Lake City, UT) University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, UT)
7860277 Food product checking system and method for identifying and grading food products Mulder; Steven C. (Mechanicsville, VA), Gray; Calvin G. (Richmond, VA), Scardino; Paul G. (Layton, UT) Bizerba GmbH & Co. KG (Balingen, DE)
7860219 Cathode assembly with integral tabs Clark; Scott M. (Midvale, UT), Andrews; Gregory C. (Draper, UT) Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (Palo Alto, CA)
7859392 System and method for monitoring and updating speed-by-street data McClellan; Scott (Heber City, UT), Follmer; Todd (Coto de Caza, CA), Catten; Jonathan C. (Salt Lake City, UT), Capps; Eric (Salt Lake City, UT), Ord; Dave (Salt Lake City, UT), Eyre; Richard (Salt Lake City, UT), Russon; Verlin (Lehi, UT), Maynard; Ed (Salt Lake City, UT) IWI, Inc. (West Valley, UT)
7859256 Defect discriminator for in-line inspection tool Hoyt; Philip M. (Murray, UT), Fox; Arthur K. (Murray, UT) Electromechanical Technologies, Inc. (Murray, UT)
7859047 Shielded gate trench FET with the shield and gate electrodes connected together in non-active region Kraft; Nathan (Pottsville, PA), Kocon; Christopher Boguslaw (Mountaintop, PA), Thorup; Paul (West Jordan, UT) Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation (South Portland, ME)
7858876 Graphite-based photovoltaic cells Lagally; Max (Madison, WI), Liu; Feng (Salt Lake City, UT) Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, WI),University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, UT)
7857965 Process for enhancing the value of hydrocarbonaceous natural resources Bunger; James W. (Salt Lake City, UT), Cogswell; Donald E. (Salt Lake City, UT) James W. Bunger and Associates Inc. (Salt Lake City, UT)
7857858 Modular bone implant, tool, and method Justin; Daniel F. (Logan, UT), Goble; E. Marlowe (Alta, WY), Fallin; Thomas Wade (Hyde Park, UT), Hammond; Nathan A. (Logan, UT), Triplett; Daniel J. (West Jordan, UT), Hodorek; Robert A. (Warsaw, IN), Gerbec; Daniel (Logan, UT), Baker; Gordon (Nibley, UT) Zimmer Technology, Inc. (Warsaw, IN)
7857325 Adjustable-height suspension system Copsey; Charles R. (American Fork, UT), McNeil; Curtis J. (Herriman, UT) SRATS, Inc. (Springville, UT)
7856914 Noise suppressor Shults; Jonathon (Sandy, UT), Pappas; Steven Michael (Kamas, UT) Silencerco, LLC (West Valley City, UT)
7856778 FRP composite wall panels and methods of manufacture Pantelides; Chris P. (Salt Lake City, UT), Reaveley; Lawrence D. (Salt Lake City, UT) University of Utah Foundation (Salt Lake City, UT)
7856673 Goggles with interchangeable lens Reed; Russell (Park City, UT) Cross Optical Group, Inc. (Daytona Beach, FL)
D629,654 Reusable plate holder Moon; Jeonghwa (Sangju City, Kyungbuk 742-010, KR) Moon; Jeonghwa (Orem, UT)
7858316 Eubacterial tmRNA sequences and uses thereof Felden; Brice (Le Lou du Lac, FR) University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, UT)
7857731 Mobile systems and methods for health, exercise and competition Hickman; Paul L. (Los Altos Hills, CA), Gough; Michael L. (Ben Lomond, CA) Icon IP, Inc. (Logan, UT)
7857618 Orthodontic bracket including mechanism for reducing slot width for early torque control Abels; Norbert (Homburg, DE), Backes; Claus H. (Saarbrucken, DE) Ultradent Products, Inc. (South Jordan, UT)

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Utah Patent Update – Patents Issued on 12-18-10

Saturday, December 18th, 2010

The following patent applications, with Utah inventors or assigned to Utah companies, were published on July 22, 2010 at the U.S. Patent and Trademark office. A party wishing to submit prior art for consideration in examination of the application may file the prior art within two months of the publication date pursuant to 37 C.F.R. 1.99.

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Application No. Title Inventors Assignee
D629,471 Spider novelty O’Keefe; Rebecca J. (South Jordan, UT)
D629,331 Portion of a lanyard connector Kalbach; Edward Van Lee (Nibley, UT) EK Ekcessories, Inc. (Nibley, UT)
7856399 Linking a merchant account with a financial card Wilkes; W. Bradley (Alpine, UT) Propay USA. Inc. (Orem, UT)
7856374 Training retail staff members based on storylines Kirwin; Paul (Park City, UT) 3Point5 (Salt Lake City, UT)
7855974 Method and apparatus for network packet capture distributed storage system Merkey; Jeffery V. (Lindon, UT), Sparks; Bryan W. (Lindon, UT) Solera Networks, Inc. (South Jordan, UT)
7855415 Power semiconductor devices having termination structures and methods of manufacture Challa; Ashok (Sandy, UT), Lee; Jaegil (Puchon-Si, KR), Jung; Jinyoung (Kyunggi-do, KR), Jang; Hocheol (Kyoungki-do, KR) Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation (South Portland, ME)
7855285 Methods for selective N-9 glycosylation of purines Robins; Morris J. (Provo, UT), Zhong; Minghong (Middletown, MD) Brigham Young University (Provo, UT)
7855187 Alkylated semi-synthetic glycosaminoglycosan ethers, and methods of making and using thereof Prestwich; Glenn D. (Eastsound, WA), Zhang; Jianxing (Salt Lake City, UT), Kennedy; Thomas P. (Charlotte, NC), Rao; Narayanam V. (Salt Lake City, UT), Xu; Xiaoyu (Redwood City, CA) University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, UT)
7855115 Method for forming laterally extending dielectric layer in a trench-gate FET Andrews; John Tracey (Eagle Mountain, UT) Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation (South Portland, ME)
7854731 Valved catheter Rome; Guy T. (West Valley, UT), Barron; William R. (Riverton, UT), Hamatake; Bret (Grantsville, UT) C. R. Bard, Inc. (Murray Hill, NJ)
7854713 Cranial remolding orthosis Allen; Scott E. (Salt Lake City, UT) Allen; Scott E. (Salt Lake City, UT)
7854566 Nozzles incorporated into a milling machine Hall; David R. (Provo, UT), Wahlquist; David (Provo, UT), Cannon; Neil (Provo, UT), Morris; Thomas (Provo, UT)
7854394 Timed aerosol fragrance dispenser for forced-air duct installation Powell; Michael Mac (Lehi, UT), Best; Aaron M. (Salt Lake City, UT), Havell; David J. (Salt Lake City, UT)
7854248 Vision panel for movable partition, movable partitions and related methods Coleman; W. Michael (Salt Lake City, UT), George; Michael D. (Kaysville, UT), Goodman; E. Carl (Bountiful, UT) Won-Door Corporation (Salt Lake City, UT)
7854212 Paint shield for roof structure Queiroz; Felipe S. (Logan, UT)
7854078 Chain assembly Hall; David R. (Provo, UT), Crockett; Ronald (Provo, UT), Tobias; Sigmar (Provo, UT), Wilde; Tyson J. (Provo, UT)
7856654 System and method for network permissions evaluation Pouliot; Sebastien (Beauport, CA) Novell, Inc. (Provo, UT)
7855313 Low-temperature solidification of radioactive and hazardous wastes Gong; Weiliang (Rockville, MD), Lutze; Werner (Chevy Chase, MD), Pegg; Ian L. (Alexandria, VA)

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Utah Patent Update – Patents Issued on 12-10-10

Friday, December 10th, 2010

The following patent applications, with Utah inventors or assigned to Utah companies, were published on July 22, 2010 at the U.S. Patent and Trademark office. A party wishing to submit prior art for consideration in examination of the application may file the prior art within two months of the publication date pursuant to 37 C.F.R. 1.99.

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Application No. Title Inventors Assignee
D628,798 Card holder with a transparent cover Kalbach; Edward Van Lee (Nibley, UT) EK Ekcessories, Inc. (Nibley, UT)
D628,797 Card holder Kalbach; Edward Van Lee (Nibley, UT) EK Ekcessories, Inc. (Nibley, UT)
D628,792 Outrigger Ozuna; Mario (American Fork, UT), Ozuna; Adam (American Fork, UT) Ozuna; Mario (American Fork, UT)
D628,791 Walking aid base Ozuna; Mario (American Fork, UT), Ozuna; Adam (American Fork, UT) Ozuna; Mario (American Fork, UT)
7853636 Digital signal processing circuit having a pattern detector circuit for convergent rounding New; Bernard J. (Carmel Valley, CA), Wong; Jennifer (Fremont, CA), Simkins; James M. (Park City, UT), Ching; Alvin Y. (Sunnyvale, CA), Thendean; John M. (Berkeley, CA), Wong; Anna Wing Wah (Santa Clara, CA), Vadi; Vasisht Mantra (San Jose, CA) Xilinx, Inc. (San Jose, CA)
7853634 Digital signal processing circuit having a SIMD circuit Simkins; James M. (Park City, UT), Wong; Jennifer (Fremont, CA), New; Bernard J. (Carmel Valley, CA), Ching; Alvin Y. (Sunnyvale, CA), Thendean; John M. (Berkeley, CA), Wong; Anna Wing Wah (Santa Clara, CA), Vadi; Vasisht Mantra (San Jose, CA) Xilinx, Inc. (San Jose, CA)
7853632 Architectural floorplan for a digital signal processing circuit Ching; Alvin Y. (Sunnyvale, CA), Wong; Jennifer (Fremont, CA), New; Bernard J. (Carmel Valley, CA), Simkins; James M. (Park City, UT), Thendean; John M. (Berkeley, CA), Wong; Anna Wing Wah (Santa Clara, CA), Vadi; Vasisht Mantra (San Jose, CA) Xilinx, Inc. (San Jose, CA)
7852581 Method and system for measuring spacing in a perpendicular magnetic recording Saito; Kazuhiro (Ogden, UT) EMC Corporation (Hopkinton, MA)
7852232 Downhole tool adapted for telemetry Hall; David R. (Provo, UT), Fox; Joe (Provo, UT) IntelliServ, Inc. (Provo, UT)
7850897 Method and device for manufacturing a unitary caul sheet Ashton; Larry J. (Mapleton, UT), McCarvill; William T. (Cottonwood Heights, UT) Spectrum Aeronautical, LLC (Carlsbad, CA)
7850832 Porous non-asbestos separator and method of making same Tomba; Nick J. (Painesville, OH), Moats; Michael S. (W. Valley City, UT), Romine; Richard L. (Concord, OH), Florkiewicz; Thomas F. (Chagrin Falls, OH), Waskovich; Douglas J. (Painesville, OH), Kazimir; Edward S. (Mantua, OH) Industrie de Nora S.p.A. (Milan, IT)
7850759 Metal extraction from various chalcogenide minerals through interaction with separate electric fields and magnetic fields supplied by electromagnetic energy Roy; Rustum (State College, PA), Moeller; William (Alpine, UT) American Biotech Labs, LLC (Alpine, UT)
7850213 Coupling with crossable means for couplings to connect endportions of pipes and valves Gill; Ajit Singh (Salt Lake City, UT)
7850138 Battery security device Fox, Jr.; Charles W. (Salt Lake City, UT)
7850090 Spikeless tie plate fasteners, pre-plated railroad ties and related assemblies and methods Ollendick; David (Ogden, UT)
7849642 Tile with wide coupling configuration and method for the same Forster; Cheryl (Salt Lake City, UT), Jenkins; Mark (West Valley City, UT), Laitinen; Tyler (Sydney, AU) Connor Sport Court International, Inc. (Salt Lake City, UT)
7849581 Nanopore electrode, nanopore membrane, methods of preparation and surface modification, and use thereof White; Henry S. (Salt Lake City, UT), Zhang; Bo (State College, PA), White; Ryan J. (Salt Lake City, UT), Ervin; Eric N. (Salt Lake City, UT), Wang; Gangli (Salt Lake City, UT) University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, UT)
7849564 Pivoting support handle Miller; F. Troy (Logan, UT) Stander Inc. (Logan, UT)
7849929 Drill rod spinner device Littlely; Keith William (Balcatta, AU) Longyear TM, Inc. (South Jordan, UT)

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Utah Patent Update – Patents Issued on 12-03-10

Friday, December 3rd, 2010

The following patent applications, with Utah inventors or assigned to Utah companies, were published on July 22, 2010 at the U.S. Patent and Trademark office. A party wishing to submit prior art for consideration in examination of the application may file the prior art within two months of the publication date pursuant to 37 C.F.R. 1.99.

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Application No. Title Inventors Assignee
D628,751 Mitt Gledhill; Dale (Draper, UT)
D628,574 Suspended monitor system Woodward; Robert (Salem, UT), Larsen; Creed (Pleasant Grove, UT)
7849213 Secure communication architecture, protocols, and methods Borghetti; William Franklin (Salt Lake City, UT) Sendside Networks, Inc. (Salt Lake City, UT)
7849119 Digital signal processing circuit having a pattern detector circuit Vadi; Vasisht Mantra (San Jose, CA), Wong; Jennifer (Fremont, CA), New; Bernard J. (Carmel Valley, CA), Ching; Alvin Y. (Sunnyvale, CA), Thendean; John M. (Berkeley, CA), Wong; Anna Wing Wah (Santa Clara, CA), Simkins; James M. (Park City, UT) Xilinx, Inc. (San Jose, CA)
7849114 Method, system, and program product for generating a virtual database Boss; Gregory J. (American Fork, UT), Hamilton, II; Rick A. (Charlottesville, VA), McConnell; Kevin C. (Austin, TX), Miller; John W. (Suwanee, GA), Waters; Timothy M. (Hiram, GA) International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
7849023 Selecting accommodations on a travel conveyance Mehl; Thomas Walter Heinrich (Brooklyn, NY), Montero; Richard Joseph Lamprea (Makati, PH), Mudron; Michal (Liptovsky Mikulas, SK), Stirlen; William Christopher (Sandy, UT) Accenture Global Services Limited (Dublin, IE)
7849010 System and method for real time account and account number generation using origination APIS Deyoe; David (Oakland, CA), Coltrell; Tim (Danville, CA), Montes; Matt (Danville, CA), Pacheco; Greg (Walnut Creek, CA), Kjellen; Daniel (Walnut Creek, CA), Ropolo; Shelly (Fruits Heights, UT) Accountnow, Inc. (San Ramon, CA)
7848557 Rapid multi-tracer PET imaging systems and methods Kadrmas; Dan J. (North Salt Lake, UT), DiBella; Edward V. R. (Salt Lake City, UT), Black; Noel F. (Salt Lake City, UT), Rust; Thomas C. (Salt Lake City, UT) University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, UT)
7848510 Method and system for recording automatic call distributor calls Shaffer; Shmuel (Palo Alto, CA), Patel; Labhesh (San Francisco, CA), Bell; Robert T. (Bountiful, UT), Sarkar; Shantanu (San Jose, CA) Cisco Technology, Inc. (San Jose, CA)
7848440 Multi-channel communication method and apparatus using plural Markov Chain Monte Carlo simulations Farhang Boroujeny; Behrouz (Salt Lake City, UT), Amini; Peiman (Salt Lake City, UT) University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, UT)
7848364 Exploitation of null packets in packetized digital television systems Stranger; Leon J. (Farmington, UT), Basse; Hanno (Santa Monica, CA), Michener; James A. (Grass Valley, CA), Plummer; Robert H. (Seattle, WA), Newman; Richard K. (North Hollywood, CA) The DIRECTV Group, Inc. (El Segundo, CA)
7847802 Apparatus, method, and system for coalesced Z data and color data for raster operations Bittel; Donald A. (San Jose, CA), Hsia; Dorcas T. (Sunnyvale, CA), McAllister; David Kirk (Holladay, UT), Alben; Jonah M. (San Jose, CA) NVIDIA Corporation (Santa Clara, CA)
7847061 Treatment of short bowel syndrome patients with colon-in-continuity Sanguinetti; Elizabeth Lemaire (Salt Lake City, UT), Marriott; Thomas B. (Sandy, UT), Lopansri; Jennifer (Salt Lake City, UT), Blosch; Consuelo Maria (Mercer Island, WA) NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Bedminster, NJ)
7846813 Method and apparatus for bonded substrates Sokolov; Yuri V. (Sandy, UT), Roy; Donald (West Jordan, UT), Hook; Tyler (Salt Lake City, UT) Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation (South Portland, ME)
7846261 Methods of using halogen-containing organic compounds to remove deposits from internal surfaces of turbine engine components Chesnes; Richard Patrick (Cincinnati, OH), Fairbourn; David C (Sandy, UT) Aeromet Technologies, Inc. (Sandy, UT)
7846181 Suture locking device Schwartz; Herbert E. (Fort Wayne, IN), May; Thomas C. (Winona Kale, IN), Enzerink; Robert-Jan (Davis, CA), Margetts; John (Bountiful, UT) DePuy Mitek, Inc. (Raynham, MA)
7845880 Systems and methods for harnessing wave energy Rasmussen; Rodney Ashby (Salt Lake City, UT)
7845682 Airbag cushion folding methods Lachat; Michael (Shelby Township, MI), Libby; Anna (Lake Orior, MI), Lusk; Howard (Rochester, MI), Benny; Jesse (Auburn Hills, MI), Bator; Joseph (Bad Axe, MI), Rose; Larry (South Weber, UT), Russell; Marc P. (Plain City, UT), Williams; Jeffrey D (Roy, UT), Tree; Ralph (Farr West, UT) Autoliv ASP, Inc. (Ogden, UT)
7845602 Telescoping support stand apparatus Young; Nathan E. (Roosevelt, UT), Foster; Anthony A. (Brookhaven, MS) Primos, Inc. (Flora, MS)
7845545 Three-body joining using friction stir processing techniques Packer; Scott M. (Alpine, UT), Steel; Russell (Salem, UT), Babb; Jonathan A. (West Jordan, UT), Miles; Michael P. (Springville, UT), Kohkonen; Kent (Orem, UT) Brigham Young University (Provo, UT);Megastir Technologies, LLC (Provo, UT)
7845440 Serpentine robotic crawler Jacobsen; Stephen C. (Salt Lake City, UT) Raytheon Sarcos, LLC (Waltham, MA)
7845438 Polycrystalline diamond compacts, methods of fabricating same, and applications using same Vail; Michael A. (Genola, UT), Bertagnolli; Kenneth E. (Riverton, UT) US Synthetic Corporation (Orem, UT)
7845436 Cutting element apparatuses, drill bits including same, methods of cutting, and methods of rotating a cutting element Cooley; Craig H. (Saratoga Springs, UT), Sexton; Timothy N. (Santaquin, UT), Peterson; S. Barrett (Orem, UT), Lund; Jeffrey (Cottonwood Heights, UT), Johnson; Christopher F. (Bountiful, UT) US Synthetic Corporation (Orem, UT)
7845423 Method and apparatus for suppression of fires Lund; Gary K. (Malad, ID), Rozanski; James D. (Brigham City, UT) Alliant Techsystems Inc. (Minneapolis, MN)
7845386 Movable partitions, components for movable partitions and related methods Coleman; W. Michael (Salt Lake City, UT), Goodman; E. Carl (Bountiful, UT) Won-Door Corporation (Salt Lake City, UT)
7845385 Steerable trollies for movable partitions, partition systems including steerable trolleys, and methods of closing partitions Goodman; E. Carl (Bountiful, UT), Banta; Kevin D. (Highland, UT), Field; D. George (Pleasant Grove, UT), Coleman; William Michael (Salt Lake City, UT) Won-Door Corporation (Salt Lake City, UT)
7845384 Partition systems and methods of operating partition systems Goodman; E. Carl (Bountiful, UT), Smart; Ronald A. (Sandy, UT), Bell; Craig (South Jordan, UT) Won-Door Corporation (Salt Lake City, UT)
7845278 Pyrotechnic cup Brisighella, Jr.; Dario G. (North Logan, UT), Ayers; Mike (Layton, UT) Autoliv ASP, Inc. (Ogden, UT)
7845277 Header assembly Brisighella, Jr.; Dario G. (Logan, UT), Jordan; Michael Perry (South Weber, UT), Ballam; David Oral (Wellsville, UT), Merrell; Glade Alan (Tremonton, UT), Baugh; Jeffery Greg (Perry, UT) Autoliv ASP, Inc. (Ogden, UT)
7845259 Electronic paper cutting apparatus Workman; Robert Emmett (Morgan, UT), Youse; William Craig (Provo, UT), Brinkerhoff; Jason B. (Lindon, UT), Johnson; Jonathan Aaron (Orem, UT), Yan; Ken (Guangdong, CN), Horito; Michael S. (Provo, UT), Ayala; Gerardo D. (Provo, UT), Gunter; James R. (Provo, UT), Stock; Rodney (San Rafael, CA), Beffrey; Phil (Petaluma, CA) Provo Craft and Novelty, Inc. (South Jordan, UT)
7845019 Systems and methods for providing inflatable apparel Bowen; Thomas K. (Provo, UT), Fairchild; Anne (Provo, UT) BRT, LLP (Provo, UT)
7845464 Noise abatement device for a pneumatic tool Roberts; Neil James (Johannesburg, ZA), Murray; William (Malanshof, ZA) Longyear TM, Inc. (South Jordan, UT)

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