Snowboard boot patented

Sixteen new patents were awarded to Utah inventors on June 17:

• Snowboard boot with liner harness. John D. Martin, Vashon, Wash., and Bobby Meeks, Salt Lake City. Assigned to K-2 Corp., Seattle. Filed Nov. 21, 2005, claiming priority to multiple prior patent applications. Patent No. 7,386,947.

• Lubricating drum. David R. Hall, Tyson J. Wilde and Jad A. Mills, all of Provo. Filed May 11, 2007, claiming priority to multiple prior patent applications. Patent No. 7,387,345.

• Pavement trimming tool. David R. Hall and Joe Fox, both of Provo. Filed Sept. 9, 2005, claiming priority to multiple prior patent applications. Patent No. 7,387,464.

• Apparatus, system and method for degrading and removing a paved surface. David R. Hall and Joe Fox, both of Provo. Filed Sept. 9, 2005, a continuation-in-part of Patent No. 7,223,049, filed March 1, 2005. Patent No. 7,387,465.

• Reversible universal serial bus connection interface for USB connectors and universal serial bus ports. Rodney J. Trenne, Salt Lake City. Assigned to Rodney J. Trenne, Salt Lake City. Filed April 14, 2006. Patent No. 7,387,539.

• Nucleic acid melting analysis with saturation dyes. Carl T. Wittwer and Luming Zhou, both of Salt Lake City; Virginie E. Dujols, Sandy; Joseph A. Holden and Carlynn Willmore-Payne, both of Salt Lake City. Assigned to University of Utah Research Foundation, Salt Lake City, and Idaho Technology Inc., Salt Lake City. Filed April 20, 2004. Patent No. 7,387,887.

• Alpha-conotoxin MII analogues. J. Michael McIntosh, Salt Lake City. Assigned to University of Utah, Salt Lake City. Filed Nov. 9, 2005, claiming priority to provisional Patent Application No. 60/625,945, filed Nov. 9, 2004. Patent No. 7,387,997.

• Skew slit collimator and method of use thereof. Gengsheng Lawrence Zeng, Salt Lake City. Assigned to University of Utah Research Foundation, Salt Lake City. Filed March 28, 2006. Patent No. 7,388,207.

• Flip chip metallization method and devices. Florian Solzbacher and Reid Harrison, both of Salt Lake City; Richard A. Normann, Park City; Hans-Hermann Oppermann, Berlin, Germany; Lothar Dietrich, Werder (Havel), Germany; Matthias Klein and Michael Topper, both of Berlin, Germany. Assigned to University of Utah Research Foundation, Salt Lake City, and Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewan, Munich, Germany. Filed Dec. 1, 2006, claiming priority to multiple prior patent applications. Patent No. 7,388,288.