16 patents awarded to Utahns

• Pool cover box apparatus and methods. Lanny R. Smith, Alpine. Filed Nov. 4, 2003. Patent No. 7,010,817.

• Displaceable ball hitch assembly. Gregory J. Colibert, Kearns; Janet M. Colibert, West Jordan. Assigned to Colibert Enterprises, Salt Lake City. Filed Feb. 18, 2004, claiming priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/448,962, filed Feb. 19, 2003. Patent No. 7,011,327.

• Bleaching compositions and devices having a solid adhesive layer and bleaching gel adjacent thereto. Peter M. Allred, Riverton; Neil T. Jessop, Sandy. Assigned to Ultradent Products Inc., South Jordan. Filed Oct. 22, 2003. Patent No. 7,011,523.

• Tri-blade broadhead with manually sharpenable trocar tip. Stephen Scott Davis, Payson. Filed Sept. 11, 2003. Patent No. 7,011,589.

• Method for sanitizing shells of eggs using electrolyzed oxidizing water. Gene Harkins, Salt Lake City; Brian Warren, Sharpsburg, Ga. Filed March 21, 2002, a continuation of provisional patent Application No. 60/277,849, filed March 22, 2001. Patent No. 7,011,739.

• Remediation with ozone of sediments containing organic contaminants. Donald F. Hayes, Sandy; Puikwan A. Hong, Salt Lake City. Assigned to University of Utah Research Foundation, Salt Lake City. Filed Aug. 20, 2004, a continuation of international patent Application No. PCT/US03/05296, filed Feb. 21, 2003, which claims priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/358,920, filed Feb. 22, 2002. Patent No. 7,011,749.

• Lid support and forming system for pool cover box. Lanny R. Smith, Alpine. Filed Aug. 8, 2003. Patent No. 7,011,782.

• Separation of platelets from whole blood for use as a healant. Sivaprasad Sukavaneshvar and S. Fazal Mohammad, both of Salt Lake City. Assigned to Hemogenesis LLC, Salt Lake City. Filed May 6, 2002, claiming priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/289,224, filed May 7, 2001. Patent No. 7,011,852.

• Method for making a sandwich. Clayton T. Holbrook, Bluffdale. Filed June 27, 2003, a divisional of Patent No. 6,599,545, filed July 26, 2000. Patent No. 7,011,859.

• Method of joining ITM materials using a partially or fully-transient liquid phase. Darryl Paul Butt, Gainesville, Fla.; Raymond Ashton Cutler, Bountiful; Steven Walton Rynders, Riverton; Michael Francis Carolan, Allentown, Pa. Assigned to Air Products and Chemicals Inc., Allentown, Pa. Filed March 21, 2003. Patent No. 7,011,898.