21 patents awarded to Utahns

• Assist device for getting into and out of sitting or prone positions on beds and similar furniture. Troy Miller, Logan. Assigned to Standers Inc., Logan. Filed Jan. 26, 2004, a continuation-in-part of Application No. 09/150,268 filed Sept. 9, 1998, now abandoned. Patent No. 7,032,265.

• Communication between machines and feed-forward control in event-based product manufacturing. Charles Earl Markham, Douglas Gordon Barron Barber, Jeffrey Dean Lindsay, Jon Ray Matheus, Kurt Sigurd Nygaard and Walter Caswell Reade, all of Appleton, Wis.; Paul D. Fuller, Menasha, Wis.; John Harland Hise, Michael Roy Pokorny and Gregory Duncan Shaffer, all of Neenah, Wis.; Sheryl Annette Ihde, Greenville, Wis.; Flynn Matthew Tiffany, Layton; Roger Dale Yosten, Sumner, Texas. Assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Inc., Neenah, Wis. Filed Nov. 27, 2002, claiming priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/344,747, filed Dec. 28, 2001. Patent No. 7,032,816.

• Electrically controlled air bag inflator apparatus and method. Elaine C. Brewster, Provo; David J. Green, Brigham City; Brian A. Laubacher, Pleasant View; Guy Letendre, Ogden. Assigned to Autoliv ASP Inc., Ogden. Filed June 24, 2003. Patent No. 7,032,924.

• X-ray tube high voltage connector. Wayne Hansen, Centerville. Assigned to Varian Medical Systems Inc., Palo Alto, Calif. Filed Nov. 5, 2004, a divisional of Patent No. 6,816,574, filed Aug. 6, 2002. Patent No. 7,033,192.

• Suture locking device. Herbert E. Schwartz, Fort Wayne, Ind.; Thomas C. May, Winona Kale, Ind.; Robert-Jan Enzerink, Davis, Calif.; John Margetts, Bountiful. Assigned to Ethicon Inc., West Somerville, N.J. Filed July 1, 2002, a divisional of Patent No. 6,432,123, filed June 18, 2001, which is a divisional of Patent No. 6,319,271, filed Dec. 29, 1999, which claims priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/114,170, filed Dec. 30, 1998. Patent No. 7,033,380.

• Additive for composition B and composition B replacements that mitigates slow cook-off violence. Ruth A. Schaefer, North Ogden; Robert L. Hatch, Wellsville, Cache County; Daniel W. Doll, Ogden. Assigned to Alliant Techsystems Inc., Edina, Minn. Filed March 10, 2003. Patent No. 7,033,449.

• Coke drum bottom throttling valve and system. Ruben F. Lah and Gary Larsen, both of West Jordan. Assigned to Curtiss-Wright Flow Control Corp., Roseland, N.J. Filed Nov. 1, 2004, a divisional of Patent No. 6,843,889, filed Oct. 18, 2002, which claims priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/408,537, filed Sept. 5, 2002. Patent No. 7,033,460.