• Human metabatropic glutamate receptor. Karen J. Krapcho, Thomas M. Stormann, Cynthia Levinthal, Lance G. Hammerland, Laura Storjohann, all of Salt Lake City. Assigned to NPS Pharmaceuticals Inc., Salt Lake City. Filed Jan. 17, 2003. Patent No. 7,241,863.

• Telephone interface for communicating with embedded devices through a gateway and allowing access from a remote service provider. Michael L. Howard, Sandy; William R. Harper, Jr., Stephen C. Coffin, Layton. Assigned to Matsushita Electric Works Ltd., Osaka, Japan. Filed July 23, 2001. Patent No. 7,242,688.

• Method of forward error correction. Carl Christensen, South Jordan. Assigned to Thomson Licensing, Boulogne-Billancourt, France. Filed June 17, 2003, claiming priority to multiple prior patent applications. Patent No. 7,243,296.

• Yagi antenna. Alan Van Buren, Cedar City; Don E. Dinsdale, George. Assigned to Wilson Electronics Inc., Saint George. Filed June 13, 2006. Design Patent No. D546,323.

• Injectable power port. Eddie K. Burnside, Morgan. Assigned to C.R. Bard Inc., Murray Hill, N.J. Filed Sept. 27, 2005. Patent No. D546,440.

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Karl R. Cannon is a registered patent attorney and a founding shareholder in the Salt Lake area law firm of Clayton, Howarth & Cannon P.C., specialists in patent, trademark and copyright law. He may be contacted at 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 703-308-9726 or toll free 800-972-6382; facsimile 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