27 patents awarded to Utahns

• Portable folding table. Curtis L. Strong, Clearfield; Jacob Kearl, Plain City, Weber County; Thayne B. Haney, Syracuse; Ray Adams, Logan; Ed VanNimwegen, North Ogden; David C. Winter, Layton. Assigned to Lifetime Products Inc., Clearfield. Filed April 8, 2003, claiming priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/371,486, filed April 9, 2002. Patent No. 7,096,799.

• Portable folding utility table with integral lip. Carl R. Stanford, Clinton. Assigned to Lifetime Products Inc., Clearfield. Filed April 21, 2003, a continuation of multiple prior patent applications. Patent No. 7,096,800.

• Pontoon craft. Dave Scadden, Liberty, Weber County. Filed Feb. 25, 2005. Patent No. 7,096,817.

• Internal beam buoyancy system for offshore platforms. Randall W. Nish, Provo; Daniel C. Kennedy II, Salt Lake City; Randy A. Jones, Park City. Assigned to Technip Offshore Inc., Houston. Filed Sept. 23, 2003, a continuation of multiple prior patent applications. Patent No. 7,096,957.

• Data collection device with integrated data translation. Paul Hepworth, Riverton; George Powell, Sandy. Assigned to The Code Corp., Draper. Filed Feb. 6, 2004, a continuation of multiple prior patent applications. Patent No. 7,097,099.

• Air bag cover emblem attachment apparatus and method. Eugene Dearden, Layton; David Jones, South Weber, Davis County; Marc Folsom, Salt Lake City. Assigned to Autoliv ASP Inc., Ogden. Filed Sept. 25, 2003. Patent No. 7,097,199.

• Thermal protection apparatus and method for child car seat. Keri A. Holmgren, Provo; Shelby K.M. Smith, Castle Dale. Filed Sept. 12, 2003. Patent No. 7,097,244.

• Fine-grained fill reinforcing apparatus and method. Arthur L. Moss, Logan. Assigned to Mega Inc., Logan. Filed June 16, 2005. Patent No. 7,097,390.

• Personal pontoon watercraft transport rack. Edward L. Paxton, Salem. Filed April 22, 2003. Patent No. 7,097,408.

• Dental brackets for retaining a medicament-releasing pellet on a tooth and kits including such brackets. Neil Jessop, Bruce S. McLean and Dane E. Fischer, all of Sandy; Paul Lewis, Midvale; Dan Bills, Salt Lake City. Assigned to Ultradent Products Inc., South Jordan. Filed March 4, 2004. Patent No. 7,097,449.

• Safety outlet cover. Robert M. Naylor, Kearns. Filed Sept. 23, 2005. Patent No. 7,097,474.