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Dental bleaching systems listed among 14 new patents

By Karl R. Cannon

Published: Wednesday, July 7, 2004 7:24 a.m. MDT

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• Supporting control gate connection on a package using additional bumps. R. Evan Benal, Centerville. Assigned to Fairchild Semiconductor Corp., South Portland, Maine. Filed May 8, 2003, a divisional of Patent No. 6,617,696, filed March 14, 2002. Patent No. 6,746,949.

• Modular power line network adapter. Alan K. Walbeck, Sandy; Dan B. Haab, Springville; Kevin L. Hurst, Pleasant Grove; Vaughn R. Staheli, Payson. Assigned to Easyplug Inc., Salt Lake City. Filed July 10, 2001, claims priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/217,364, filed July 11, 2000. Patent No. 6,747,859.

• Switch responsive to an audio cue. Richard W. Harris, Provo; Keith L. Davis, Salt Lake City. Assigned to Sonic Innovations Inc., Salt Lake City; Richard W. Harris, Provo. Filed Oct. 17, 2000. Patent No. 6,748,089.

• Method and apparatus for default factory image restoration of a system. Aaron A. McBride and Matthew A. Schnoor, both of Salt Lake City. Assigned to Intel Corp., Santa Clara, Calif. Filed Dec. 27, 2000. Patent No. 6,748,553.

• Game table. David C. Winter, Layton; L. Curtis Strong, Clearfield; S. Curtis Nye, Clinton. Assigned to Lifetime Products Inc., Clearfield. Filed Feb. 10, 2003. Design Patent No. D491,233.

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• Glass diffuser. Earl Vaughn Sevy, Enoch, Iron County. Filed April 10, 2003. Design Patent No. D491,258.

• Integrated catheter. Christopher Noel Cindrich, South Jordan; Glad Harold Howell, Sandy. Assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co., Franklin Lakes, N.J. Filed March 10, 2003. Design Patent No. D491,266.

Karl R. Cannon is a partner in the law firm of Clayton, Howarth & Cannon, P.C., specialists in patent, trademark and copyright law. He may be contacted at 1-801-255-5335 or by e-mail at kcannon@chcpat.com. Copies of patents are available by mail for $3 each from U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Box 9 (Copy Sales), Washington, DC 20231; by credit card via telephone 1-703-308-9726 or toll free 1-800-972-6382; facsimile 1-703-305-8759; or e-mail ptcs@uspto.gov. Patents can also be viewed and printed free of charge from several Internet sites, including www.uspto.gov or www.delphion.com