Deseret News | 20 patents awarded to Utah inventors

20 patents awarded to Utah inventors

By By Karl R. Cannon

Published: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 1:47 a.m. MDT

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Twenty patents were awarded to Utah inventors on July 3, including:

Domed building construction system.

•System for preparing cutaneous tissue samples for oncological histology study and diagnosis. Richard Lynn Marsing and Jacquelyn D. Marsing, both of Salt Lake City. Filed July 15, 2005, a continuation of Patent No. 7,059,139, filed May 9, 1998. Patent No. 7,237,392.

•Controlled dispersion multi-phase nozzle and method of making the same. Stephen R. Chipman, Jeffrey C. Robison and Craig C. Smith, all of Provo; Michael R. Luque, Orem; Herman Pieterse, Tucson, Ariz. Assigned to Caldera Engineering LLC, Provo. Filed May 12, 2005, claiming priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/570,925, filed May 13, 2004. Patent No. 7,237,574.

•Actuatable locking fastener. Kent Barker, Eden, Weber County; Mike Ayers, Layton. Assigned to Autoliv ASP Inc., Ogden. Filed Sept. 4, 2003. Patent No. 7,237,796.

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Cushion venting design for out of position occupant protection.

•Customized corneal profiling. Kristian Hohla, Vaterstetten, Germany; Gerhard Youssefi, Landshut, Germany; Charles R. Broadus, Bothell, Wash.; Timothy N. Turner, West Jordan. Assigned to Bausch & Lomb Inc., Rochester, N.Y. Filed Oct. 20, 2000. Patent No. 7,237,898.

•Thermal synthesis production of steel. Oren V. Peterson, Pleasant Grove. Filed March 1, 2005. Patent No. 7,238,222.

•Method for rapid thermal cycling of biological samples. Carl T. Wittwer and David R. Hillyard, both of Salt Lake City. Assigned to University of Utah Research Foundation, Salt Lake City. Filed July 13, 2004, claiming priority to multiple prior patent applications. Patent No. 7,238,321.

•Method for the production of .alph.-alane. Gary K. Lund, Malad, Idaho; Jami M. Hanks, Logan; Harold E. Johnson, Brigham City. Assigned to Alliant Techsystems Inc., Edina, Minn. Filed Jan 9, 2006, claiming priority to multiple prior patent applications. Patent No. 7,238,336.

•Nucleic acid sequences encoding Conus protein disulfide isomerase. Grzegorz Bulaj, Baldomero M. Olivera, Olga Buczek and James E. Garrett, all of Salt Lake City; Ian Goodsell, Sandy. Assigned to University of Utah Research Foundation and Cognetix Inc., both of Salt Lake City. Filed Aug. 31, 2005, claiming priority to multiple prior patent applications. Patent No. 7,238,513.