Patents include arrow system

Twenty-nine patents were awarded to Utah inventors on Oct. 3, one of which is a reissue patent.

Fewer than 30 patents have been re-issued to Utah inventors in the past 10 years, out of more than 8,500 granted to Utahns during that period.

• Reissue: Spinal fixation apparatus and method. Donald W. Bryan, Ogden. Filed Sept. 7, 2001, a re-issue of Patent No. 5,947,965, filed March 11, 1996. Patent No. RE39,325.

• Radius corner plate for a pool. Wesley L. Mathis, Draper; David B. Dalton, Heber City. Assigned to Pool Cover Specialists National Inc., West Jordan. Filed Jan. 16, 2003, claiming priority to provisional patent Application Nos. 60/349,894, filed Jan. 16, 2002, and 60/361,187, filed Feb. 28, 2002. Patent No. 7,114,297.

• Roll-up floor tile system and method. Daniel Kotler, Salt Lake City. Assigned to Snap Lock Industries Inc., Salt Lake City. Filed Sept. 1, 2004, a continuation of Patent No. 6,802,159, filed May 31, 2002. Patent No. 7,114,298.

• Height-of-cut adjustment system for reel mower. Eric Alan Poulson, Paradise, Cache County; Mark Alvin Schmidt, Charlotte, N.C.; Mitchel R. Torrie, Hyrum, Cache County; Ronald Lee Reichen, Raleigh, N.C.; Richard David Thier, Juneau, Wis.; John Michael Flenniken, Rock Hill, S.C. Assigned to Deere & Co., Moline, Ill. Filed April 30, 2003. Patent No. 7,114,318.

• Table top with a plurality of closely spaced depressions. Carl R. Stanford, Clinton. Assigned to Lifetime Products Inc., Clearfield. Filed July 11, 2005, a continuation of multiple prior patent applications. Patent No. 7,114,453.

• Sprinkler head protective guard. Ronald H. McTee, Harrisville, Weber County. Filed Jan. 23, 2006. Patent No. 7,114,665.

• Recumbent vehicle. C. Martin Rasmussen, Fruit Heights. Assigned to C. Martin Rasmussen, Kaysville. Filed April 1, 2005, claiming priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/559,180, filed April 2, 2004. Patent No. 7,114,737.

• Methods and systems for calibrating medical imaging devices. Kenneth Allen Poppleton, Salt Lake City. Assigned to General Electric Co., Schenectady, N.Y. Filed March 19, 2004. Patent No. 7,114,851.

• Transceiver module. Andrew Kayner, Boulder, Colo.; Andrew Moore, Riverton; Susan Tower, Nederland, Colo.; Gerald Renoux, Lyons, Colo.; Bryan Yunker, Longmont, Colo. Assigned to Picolight Inc., Boulder, Colo. Filed Feb. 20, 2004. Patent No. 7,114,857.