Utah Patent Update – Patents Issued on 02-10-09
The following patents issued this week which were granted to Utah inventors or assigned to Utah companies.
| Patent No. | Title | Inventors | Assignee |
| Biotech/ Pharmaceutical | |||
| 7488757 | Invisible antimicrobial glove and hand antiseptic | Hoang; Minh Quang (Sandy, UT), Hunt; Donald Edward (Provo, UT) | Becton, Dickinson and Company (Franklin Lakes, NJ) |
| Computer Hardware/Electronics | |||
| 7488194 | Downhole data and/or power transmission system | Hall; David R. (Provo, UT), Dahlgren; Scott (Provo, UT), Fox; Joe (Provo, UT), Wilde; Tyson J. (Provo, UT), Schramm; Paul M. (Provo, UT), Marshall; Jonathan (Provo, UT) | |
| 7490220 | Multi-cluster processor operating only select number of clusters during each phase based on program statistic monitored at predetermined intervals | Balasubramonian; Rajeev (Sandy, UT), Dwarkadas; Sandhya (Rochester, NY), Albonesi; David (Ithaca, NY) | |
| Computer Software/ Methods | |||
| 7488107 | Method and apparatus to detect and correct alignment errors in x-ray systems used to generate 3D volumetric images | Tubbs; David Austin (Sandy, UT) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, NY) |
| 7489819 | Systems and methods for handwritten digital pen lexical inference | Sheets; Rodney L. (Salt Lake City, UT) | Velosum, Inc. (Sandy, UT) |
| 7490124 | Domain name acquisition and management system and method | King; Raymond (Portland, OR), Wiener; Ron (Portland, OR), Bayles; Len Albert (Salt Lake City, UT) | SnapNames.com, Inc. (Portland, OR) |
| 7490325 | System and method for providing intelligent pre-staging of data in a compute environment | Jackson; David Brian (Spanish Fork, UT) | Cluster Resources, Inc. (Provo, UT) |
| Mechanical Device | |||
| d586201 | Truck bed tool tie down anchor | Day; Jonathan W. (Orem, UT) | |
| Medical Products | |||
| 7488347 | Transosseous graft retention system and method | Goble; E. Marlowe (Logan, UT), Fallin; T. Wade (Hyde Park, UT), Justin; Daniel F. (Logan, UT) | Medicine Lodge, Inc. (Logan, UT) |
| Miscellaneous | |||
| 7487688 | Sampling ports and related container systems | Goodwin; Michael E. (Logan, UT) | Hyclone Laboratories, Inc. (Logan, UT) |
| 7487888 | Fluid dispensing apparatus | Pierre, Jr.; Lloyd A. (Layton, UT) | |
| 7487911 | Exception notification system and method | Webb; Greg (South Jordan, UT), Sauvageau; Jennifer D. (Sandy, UT), Breinholt; Carol (West Valley City, UT), Sweat; Sabina (Kearns, UT) | American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. (New York, NY) |
| 7488168 | Apparatus for fabricating a wire reinforced concrete cylinder | Hohl, III; Herbert L. (Ogden, UT), Reed; Allen J. (Levittown, PA) | Oldcastle Precast, Inc. (Rehoboth, MA) |
| 7488525 | Impact-attenuating, firm, stable, and slip-resistant surface system | Bird; Elouise R. (Sandy, UT), Bird; John C. (Sandy, UT) | Sof’ Solutions, Inc. (Bluffdale, UT) |
| d586228 | Jar Configuration | McWillis; Blake (West Jordan, UT) | Salt City Candle Company, Inc. (West Jordan, UT) |
| Architectural Products | |||
| 7487948 | Support for survey rod | Gardner; Ken (Ogden, UT) | |
| d586477 | Corrugated window well with a face having the appearance of granite | Kemp; Jeff R. (Ogden, UT) | |