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32 new patents issued over 2 weeks

By Karl R. Cannon

Published: Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2007 12:08 a.m. MST

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• Kit of sub-kits for placing a dental post. Dan E. Fischer, Sandy. Assigned to Ultradent Products Inc., South Jordan. Filed April 1, 2005. Patent No. 7,278,852.

• Planar ceramic membrane assembly and oxidation reactor system. Michael Francis Carolan, Paul Nigel Dyer, Kathryn Beverly Dyer, Christopher M. Chen, all of Allentown, Pa.; Merrill Anderson Wilson, West Jordan; David Peterson, Uniontown, OH; Keith Gerard Rackers, Louisville, Ohio; Ted R. Ohm, Kurt E. Kneidel, both of Alliance, Ohio. Assigned to Air Products and Chemicals Inc., Allentown, Pa. Filed March 21, 2003. Patent No. 7,279,027.

• Tumor markers in ovarian cancer. Patrice J. Morin, Perry Hall, Md.; Cheryl A. Shernam-Baust, Laurel, Md.; Ellen S. Pizer, Bellevue, Wash.; Colleen D. Hough, South Jordan. Assigned to the United States of America as represented by the secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, NIH, Rockville, Md. Filed April 3, 2001, claiming priority to multiple prior patent applications. Patent No. 7,279,294.

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• Apha-conotoxin peptides. Maren Watkins, Baldomero M. Olivera, David R. Hillyard, J. Mickael McIntosh, Robert M. Jones, all of Salt Lake City. Assigned to the University of Utah Research Foundation, Salt Lake City; Cognetix Inc., Salt Lake City. Filed July 21, 2004, claiming priority to multiple prior patent applications. Patent No. 7,279,549.

• Stacked tip cantilever electrical connector. Scott R. Willliams, St. George; John M. Shuhart, Warminster, Pa.; Alan Slopey, Warrington, Pa.; Guy B. Frick, Maple Glen, Pa. Assigned to SV Probe Pte Ltd., Singapore. Filed Aug. 25, 2005, claiming priority to provisional patent application no. 60/604,561, filed Aug. 26, 2004. Patent No. 7,279,917.

• Matched filter for scalable spread spectrum communications systems. W. Kurt Dobson, Sandy; Dirk Ostermiller, Draper; Sy Prestwich, Riverton; Scott Bevan, Lehi. Filed June 28, 2006, a continuation of patent no. 7,092,426, filed Sept. 24, 2003. Patent No. 7,280,579.

• Method and system for sample and reconstruction synchronization for digital transmission of analog modem signal. Ryan Hoobler, West Valley City. Assigned to Phonex Broadband Corp., Midvale. Filed Sept. 26, 2006, claiming priority to patent no. 7,130,337, filed July 2, 2001. Patent No. 7,280,593.

• Systems, methods and apparatus for X-ray tube housing. Gregory Alan Weaver, South Jordan; Lonnie B. Weston, Syracuse; David Ellis Barker, Salt Lake City. Assigned to General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y. Filed May 9, 2006. Patent No. 7,280,638.