Patents: Tracking Possessions System Patented

Material Application Method Patented The following is a list of patents issued Tuesday by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to Utah inventors and companies:

Method for applying hard-facing material to a steel-bodied bit and bit formed by such method, patent No. 6,568,491, invented by Oliver Matthews of Spring, Texas; and David P. Miess of Highland; assigned to Halliburton Energy Service, Inc. of Houston.
Flexible lawn and garden spray wand, patent No. 6,568,610, invented by K. C. Ericksen of Centerville.
Concrete form system, patent No. 6,568,651, invented by John A. Reid of South Jordan, assigned to John Reid Investments of South Jordan.
Interference fit attachment for a rounded member, patent No. 6,568,703, invented by William O. Hesse of Aurora, Colo.; Raymond John Klein of Englewood, Colo.; Michael Abdella of Littleton, Colo.; and Mark Woodward of Littleton, Colo.; assigned to Autoliv ASP Inc. of Ogden.
Breakaway web stop for seat belts, patent No. 6,568,709, invented by David W. Schneider of Waterford, Mich.; and Pontus Soderstrom of Rochester Hills, Mich.; assigned to Autoliv ASP Inc. of Ogden.

Ski exercising apparatus, patent No. 6,569,064, invented by R. Joel Loane of Park City.
Syringe apparatus for delivering light activated materials, patent No. 6,569,122, invented by Dan E. Fischer of Sandy, Richard N. Rachal of Sandy and Bruce S. McLean of Sandy, assigned to Ultradent Products of South Jordan.
Compression plate anastomosis apparatus, patent No. 6,569,173, invented by Duane D. Blatter of Salt Lake City, Kenneth C. Goodrich of Salt Lake City, Mike C. Barrus of Bountiful and Bruce M. Burnett of Salt Lake City, assigned to Integrated Vascular Interventional Technologies L.C. of Salt Lake City.
Solid carriers for improved delivery of hydrophobic active ingredients in pharmaceutical compositions, patent No. 6,569,463, invented by Mahesh V. Patel of Salt Lake City and Feng-Jing Chen of Salt Lake City, assigned to Lipocine Inc. of Salt Lake City.
Processes for making novel inulin products, patent No. 6,569,488, invented by Barnard Stewart Silver of Salt Lake City.
Monitoring hybridization during PCR using SYBR.TM. Green I, patent No. 6,569,627, invented by Carl T. Wittwer of Salt Lake City; Kirk M. Ririe of Idaho Falls, Idaho; and Randy P. Rasmussen of Salt Lake City; assigned to University of Utah Research Foundation of Salt Lake City.
Antihypertensive compound from Caesalpinia brasiliensis, patent No. 6,569,891, invented by Noel L. Owen of Provo and Steven Glen Wood of Orem, assigned to Brigham Young University of Provo.

System for tracking possessions, patent No. 6,570,504, invented by Michael C. Rabanne of West Valley City and Steven D. Ivie of West Valley City.
System and method for using a graphical interface for the presentation of genealogical information, patent No. 6,570,567, invented by Alan Eaton of Springville.
Plumbing plunger support and storage device, patent No. D474,931, invented by Dennis Baldwin of Perry and Debra Baldwin of Perry.
Disposable scalpel, patent No. D475,135, invented by Glade Harold Howell of Sandy; Simon Cohn of North Arlington, N.J.; Charles Hwang of Ridgewood, N.J.; John R. Montgomery of Stanford, Ky.; and Paul DiCesare of Easton, Conn.; assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. of Franklin Lakes, N.J.
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This list is compiled weekly by Parsons Behle & Latimer attorney Daniel McCarthy and agent Everett Robinson, who are registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

[ This article courtesy of the Salt Lake Tribune, June 6, 2003 ]

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