Deseret News | 903 patents awarded to Utahns in '07, down 4.3% from '06

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903 patents awarded to Utahns in '07, down 4.3% from '06

By Karl R. Cannon

Published: Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008 12:38 a.m. MST

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• Phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) taste receptor. Dennis Drayna, Potomac, Md.; Un-Kyung Kim, Gaithersburg, Md.; Mark Leppert, Salt Lake City. Assigned to the United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C. Filed July 19, 2002, claiming priority to multiple prior patent applications. Patent No. 7,314,725.

• Transgenic fish and catenin signaling pathway model. Randall T. Moon, Kenmore, Wash; Richard I. Dorsky, Salt Lake City. Assigned to University of Washington, Seattle, Wash. Filed Oct. 3, 2003, claiming priority to provisional Patent Application No. 60/416,504, filed Oct. 3, 2002. Patent No. 7,314,968.

• Fluorescence detection system. William D. Bickmore Jr., St. George; Danvern Ray Roberts, Las Vegas, Nev. Assigned to Advanced Molecular Systems LLC, St. George. Filed Jan. 7, 2005. Patent No. 7,315,376.

• Investigation of destroyed assemblies and identification of components thereof. William D. Macy, St. Peters, Mo.; Robert B. Luecking, Titusville, Fla.; Ronald P. Marsden, Lehi. Assigned to Boeing Co., Chicago, Ill. Filed July 31, 2003. Patent No. 7,315,644.

• Wax dispenser for hot wax applications. Mia Palkie, Salt Lake City; Megan Palkie, Ventura, Calif. Assigned to Wax Figures Inc., Salt Lake City. Filed Jan. 15, 2004. Patent No. 7,315,691.

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• Network data retrieval and filter systems and methods. Stephen G. Huntington, Roy; Stanley P. Covington, Orem; John Darren Major, Pleasant Grove; Bevan S. Rowley, Lehi. Assigned to McAfee Inc., Santa Clara, Calif. Filed Sept. 14, 2006, claiming priority to multiple prior patent applications. Patent No. 7,315,894.

• Method and system for storing data using a continuous data-protection system. Craig Anthony Johnston, Roger Keith Stager, Donald Alvin Trimmer, all of Livermore, Calif.; Pawan Saxena, Pleasanton, Calif.; Randall Johnson, Pleasant Grove; Yafen Peggy Chang, Fremont, Calif.; Rico Blaser, San Francisco, Calif. Assigned to Network Appliance Inc., Sunnyvale, Calif. Filed Feb. 4, 2004, claiming priority from provisional Patent Application No. 60/541,626, filed Feb. 4, 2004. Patent No. 7,315,965.

• Techniques for dynamically establishing and managing trust relationships. Lloyd Leon Burch, Payson; Douglas G. Earl, Orem; Stephen R. Carter, Spanish Fork. Assigned to Novell Inc., Provo. Filed Feb. 3, 2004. Patent No. 7,316,027.

• Table with pockets. Kimberly E. Christensen, Salt Lake City. Filed Aug. 7, 2006. Design Patent No. D558,489.

• Table with channel. Kimberly E. Christensen, Salt Lake City. Filed July 26, 2006. Design Patent No. D558,490.