Utah Patent Update – Patents Issued on 12-24-10
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.
| 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) |


