Deseret News | Air mattress, snowboard among 18 new patents

Air mattress, snowboard among 18 new patents

By Karl R. Cannon

Published: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 12:35 a.m. MDT

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Eighteen patents were awarded to Utah inventors on May 22, including:

• Multicompartmented air mattress. David B. Beck, West Jordan; Ronald Lopez, Draper. Assigned to R&D Products LLC, Midvale. Filed April 22, 2005. Patent No. 7,219,380.

• Multi-purpose tool. Shane A. Johnson, Lehi. Filed July 19, 2004, claiming priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/488,886, filed July 21, 2003. Patent No. 7,219,382.

• Target. Addison Sovine, Kyle Burdette and Spencer Lambert, all of Provo. Assigned to Action Target Inc., Provo. Filed Jan. 23, 2006, claiming priority to multiple prior patent applications. Patent No. 7,219,897.

• Snowboard. Mark A. Olson, Price. Filed Oct. 7, 2004. Patent No. 7,219,916.

• Cartridge radius surface. Ben Walker, Orem; Mark Santurbane, Salt Lake City; David Narajowski, Heber City; David Mellon and Thomas Laakso, both of Park City. Assigned to Black Diamond Equipment Ltd., Salt Lake City. Filed June 30, 2004. Patent No. 7,219,917.

• Tie-down assembly. C. Martin Rasmussen, Fruit Heights. Assigned to Lippert Components, Goshen, Ind. Filed April 4, 2005. Patent No. 7,219,951.

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• Dot radial ringed placido. Donald Charles Grove, Layton; Lloyd G. Allred, Bountiful. Assigned to Bausch and Lomb Inc., Rochester, N.Y. Filed Dec. 16, 2004. Patent No. 7,219,998.

• Methods for anastomosis of a graft vessel to a side of a receiving vessel. Duane D. Blatter, Salt Lake City. Assigned to Integrated Vascular Interventional Technologies LC (IVIT LC), Salt Lake City. Filed Nov. 12, 2003, claiming priority to multiple prior patent applications. Patent No. 7,220,268.

• Thermal synthesis production of steel. Oren V. Peterson, Pleasant Grove. Filed March 21, 2005, a divisional of Application No. 11/070,527, filed March 1, 2005. Patent No. 7,220,293.

• Lubricious coating for medical devices. Cameron Rouns, South Jordan; James Perrault, Vista, Calif. Assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Inc., Neenah, Wis. Filed Dec. 19, 2002. Patent No. 7,220,491.

• Real-time detection of antigens. Bart C. Weimer, Logan; Marie K. Walsh, North Logan. Assigned to Utah State University, Logan. Filed Dec. 11, 2002, claiming priority to multiple prior patent applications. Patent No. 7,220,596.

• Guarded tub enclosure. John Dunklee, Tigard, Ore.; Greg Norgden, Logan; C. Eugene Cowan, Beaverton, Ore. Assigned to Cascade Microtech Inc., Beaverton, Ore. Filed Jan. 14, 2005, a continuation of Patent No. 6,861,586, filed Dec. 13, 2002. Patent No. 7,221,146.