Utah Patent Update – Patents Issued on 02-03-09
The following patents issued this week which were granted to Utah inventors or assigned to Utah companies.
| Patent No. | Title | Inventors | Assignee |
| Chemistry/ Materials | |||
| 7485176 | Compact thermal conductivity detector | Bentley; James (Salt Lake City, UT), Blankevoort; John (Salt Lake City, UT) | Alliant Techsystems Inc. (Minneapolis, MN) |
| 7485725 | Substituted pyridines | Cefalo; Dustin R. (Hyrum, UT), Henderson; Jason I. (River Heights, UT), Mokri; Homayoun H. (North Logan, UT) | Frontier Scientific, Inc. (Logan, UT) |
| Computer Hardware/Electronics | |||
| 7486176 | Method, system, and computer program product for determining and reporting tailgating incidents | Bhogal; Kulvir S. (Fort Worth, TX), Boss; Gregory J. (American Fork, UT), Hamilton, II; Rick A. (Charlottesville, VA), Polozoff; Alexandre (Bloomington, IL) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
| Computer Software/ Methods | |||
| 7486747 | Digital timing recovery operable at very low or less than zero dB E.sub.b/N.sub.o | Bagley; Zachary C. (Salt Lake City, UT), Schlegel; Christian (Park City, UT) | L-3 Communications Corporation (New York, NY) |
| 7486929 | Processor-controlled variable gain cellular network amplifiers with oscillation detection circuit | Van Buren; V. Alan (Cedar City, UT), Skrypnyk; Volodymyr (Hurricane, UT), Cook; Patrick L. (St. George, UT), Wilson; James W. (St. George, UT) | Wilson Electronics, Inc. (St. George, UT) |
| 7487510 | Method and apparatus to isolate changes in remoting system clients | Carr; Harold (Salt Lake City, UT) | Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA) |
| 7487535 | Authentication on demand in a distributed network environment | Isaacson; Scott A. (Woodland Hills, UT), Fritch; Daniel G. (Orem, UT), Henderson; Larry Hal (Orem, UT), Crabb; Lynn W. (Lindon, UT), Nyland, Jr.; James D. (Pleasant Grove, UT) | Novell, Inc. (Provo, UT) |
| Mechanical Device | |||
| 7484608 | Wheel hub with clutch | Lew; Paul (Las Vegas, NV), Schiers; Jason (Layton, UT) | MacLean-Fogg Company (Mundelein, IL) |
| 7485950 | Impact ionization amplification apparatus method and system | Hawkins; Aaron R. (Provo, UT), Lee; Hong-Wei (Meridian, ID) | Brigham Young University (Provo, UT) |
| 7486774 | Removable aperture cooling structure for an X-ray tube | Cain; Bruce A. (South Jordan, UT) | Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (Palo Alto, CA) |
| 7486776 | Shield structure and focal spot control assembly for x-ray device | Andrews; Gregory C. (Draper, UT), Boye; James R. (Salt Lake City, UT) | Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (Palo Alto, CA) |
| Medical Products | |||
| 7485107 | Bolus tip design for a multi-lumen catheter | DiFiore; Attilio E. (Taylorsville, UT), DeCant; Leonard J. (Wexford, PA), Belusko; Vincent J. (Rancho Palos Verdes, CA) | C. R. Bard, Inc. (Murray Hill, NJ) |
| 7485116 | Laser systems, with a fiber storage and dispensing unit, useful in medicine and dentistry | Cao; Densen (Sandy, UT) | |
| Miscellaneous | |||
| 7484576 | Jack element in communication with an electric motor and or generator | Hall; David R. (Provo, UT), Wilde; Tyson J. (Provo, UT), Miskin; Ben (Provo, UT) | |
| 7484690 | In orbit space transportation and recovery system | D’Ausilio; Robert F. (Bountiful, UT), Stuart; James R. (Louisville, CO), Lenard; Roger X. (Edgewood, NM), Williams, Jr.; Franklin H. (Salt Lake City, UT) | Iostar Corporation (North Salt Lake, UT) |
| 7485216 | Process for recovery of copper from copper-bearing material using pressure leaching, direct electrowinning and solvent/solution extraction | Marsden; John O. (Phoenix, AZ), Brewer, legal representative; Susan R. (Park City, UT), Robertson; Joanna M. (Thatcher, AZ), Baughman; David R. (Golden, CO), Thompson; Philip (West Valley City, UT), Hazen; Wayne W. (Lakewood, CO), Bemelmans; Christel M. A. (Indian Hills, CO), Brewer; Robert E. (Park City, UT) | Phelps Dodge Corporation (Phoenix, AZ) |
| 7485237 | Method and apparatus for stone engraving | Guynn; Aubrey (Bountiful, UT), Shuman; Catherine (West Jordan, UT) | Decoro Art Stone (West Jordan, UT) |
| 7485532 | Method of forming trench gate FETs with reduced gate to drain charge | Marchant; Bruce D. (Murray, UT), Challa; Ashok (Sandy, UT) | Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation (South Portland, ME) |
| 7485572 | Method for improved formation of cobalt silicide contacts in semiconductor devices | Madan; Anita (Danbury, CT), Purtell; Robert J. (West Jordan, UT), Wong; Keith Kwong Hon (Wappingers Falls, NY) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |