• Polybenzoxazole-filled nitrile butadiene rubber compositions. Himansu M. Gajiwala, Layton; David G. Guillot, Tremonton. Assigned to Alliant Techsystems Inc., Edina, Minn. Filed Aug. 18, 2005. Patent No. 7,358,314.

• Read and/or write detection system for an asynchronous memory array. Marshall A. Soares, Taylorsville; Paul W. Moody, Sandy. Assigned to IntelliServ Inc., Provo. Filed Feb. 1, 2005. Patent No. 7,359,281.

• Airborne free space optical communication apparatus and method with subcarrier multiplexing. Theodore J. Wolcott, Palo Alto, Calif.; Johnny M. Harris, Centerville; Richard B. Ertel, Sandy. Assigned to L-3 Communications Corp., New York, N.Y. Filed May 4, 2004. Patent No. 7,359,639.

• Multiple storage class distributed nametags for locating items in a distributed computing system. Glenn Ricart, Salt Lake City; Carlos A. Nevarez, Orem. Assigned to Novell Inc., Provo. Filed Dec. 19, 2002, a continuation of Patent No. 6,510,450, filed Feb. 4, 1999. Patent No. 7,359,934.

• Remotely controlling a UNIX-based system. Eric D. Fagerburg, Orem; Charles M. Morgan, Springville. Assigned to Intel Corp., Santa Clara, Calif. Filed Dec. 28, 2000. Patent No. 7,359,949.

• Intelligent power management control system and method. J. Joseph Allred, Centerville; Marc Kevin Uhrey, Layton; Steven E. Curtis, Salt Lake City; Donley L. Bush, West Valley City. Assigned to GE Medical Systems Global Technology Co. LLC, Waukesha, Wis. Filed Aug. 1, 2003. Patent No. 7,360,100.

• Combined banana-shaped toothbrush and teether for infants. Heather Phillips, West Jordan. Assigned to Inhomevations, Whittier, Calif. Filed June 21, 2007. Design Patent No. D566,400.

• Eyeglass display. Bruce Raile, Park City. Assigned to Sun Optics Inc., Salt Lake City. Filed Nov. 7, 2006. Design Patent No. D566,423.

• Disposable test-tube rack. Charles Hawker, Salt Lake City; Paul Brinton, Holladay; Bonnie Messinger, Sandy. Assigned to University of Utah Research Foundation, Salt Lake City. Filed June 20, 2007. Design Patent No. D566,851.

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