14 patents are awarded to Utah inventors

By Karl R. Cannon
Published: Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2007 12:24 a.m. MDT
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Fourteen patents were awarded to Utah inventors on Sept. 11, 2007. U.S. patents are granted each Tuesday. The new patents include:

• Wildland fire vehicle escape system. Georg B.L. Adams, Duchesne. Assigned to Lemur Group L.L.C., Salt Lake City. Filed May 3, 2006. Patent No. 7,267,114.

• Method and system for providing pharmaceutical product information to a patient. Robert Lammle, Salt Lake City. Filed June 23, 2003. Patent No. 7,267,278.

• Multi-function binding system. Matthew E. Miller, Provo; Shane R. Barney, Brady S. Fox, Douglas K. Furr, all of Orem. Assigned to Miller Sports International Inc., Provo. Filed June 15, 2005, claiming priority to multiple prior patent applications. Patent No. 7,267,357.

• Method for detecting forensic evidence. Calvin D. Ostler, Riverton; Densen Cao, Hongyan Li, both of Sandy; Zhaohui Lin, Salt Lake City. Assigned to CAO Group, Inc., West Jordan. Filed April 22, 2005, claiming priority to multiple prior patent applications. Patent No. 7,267,457.

• Light meter for detecting and measuring intensity of two or more wavelengths of light. Robert R. Scott, Riverton; Bruce S. McLean, Sandy. Assigned to Ultradent Products, Inc., South Jordan. Filed Aug. 9, 2004. Patent No. 7,267,546.

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• System and apparatus for improving safety and thrust from a hydro-drive device. George I. Norman, Salt Lake City. Assigned to Enviroprop Corporation, Sarasota, Fla. Filed Jan. 17, 2006, claiming priority to multiple prior patent applications. Patent No. 7,267,589.

• Peptides from the E7 protein of human papilloma viruses 16 and 18 for detecting and/or diagnosing cervical and other human papilloma virus associated cancers. Mark J. Rosenfeld, Draper; Yao Xiong Hu, Mountain View, Calif. Assigned to Yao Xiong Hu, Mountain View, Calif. Filed Nov. 23, 2004, claiming priority to multiple prior patent applications. Patent No. 7,267,961.

• Compounds active at a novel site on receptor-operated calcium channels useful for treatment of neurological disorders and diseases. Alan L. Mueller, Scott T. Moe, both of Salt Lake City. Assigned to NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Parsippany, N.J. Filed Feb. 13, 2006, claiming priority to multiple prior patent applications. Patent No. 7,268,166.

• Systems and methods for providing a RF transaction device operable to store multiple distinct accounts. Blayn W. Beenau, Peoria, Ariz.; Michal Bliman, Matawan, N.J.; David S. Bonalle, New Rochelle, N.Y.; Joshua L. Montgomery, Orem; Peter D. Saunders, Salt Lake City; John R. Williamson, Jersey City, N.J. Assigned to American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc., New York, N.Y. Filed March 10, 2004, claiming priority to multiple prior patent applications. Patent No. 7,268,667.

• Systems and methods for managing multiple accounts on a RF transaction instrument. Blayn W. Beenau, Peoria, Ariz.; Michal Bliman, Matawan, N.J.; David S. Bonalle, New Rochelle, N.J.; Joshua L. Montgomery, Orem; Peter D. Saunders, Salt Lake City; John R. Williamson, Jersey City, N.J. Assigned to American Express Travel Related ServicesCompany, Inc., New York, N.Y. Filed March 12, 2004, claiming priority to multiple prior patent applications. Patent No. 7,268,668.

• Laterally translatable data transmission apparatus. David R. Hall, H. Tracy Hall Jr., Tyson J. Wilde, Paul M. Schramm, all of Provo. Assigned to IntelliServ, Inc., Provo. Filed July 20, 2005, claiming priority to multiple prior patent applications. Patent No. 7,268,697.

• Combining routers to increase concurrency and redundancy in external network access. Sanchaita Datta, Bhaskar Ragula, both of Salt Lake City. Assigned to Ragula Systems (FatPipe Networks), Salt Lake City. Filed Oct. 2, 2002. Patent No. 7,269,143.

• Mobile, seamless, temporary, wireless network access apparatus and method. Darrell J. Redford, Layton; G. Jeffery Hall, Roy; Mark E. Marrott, Bountiful; Shirlene G. Peck, Brigham City. Filed Sept. 5, 2002, claiming priority to multiple prior patent applications. Patent No. 7,269,668.

• Split-tip catheter. John A. Zawacki, Salt Lake City; Kelly B. Powers, North Salt Lake; John G. Evans, South Jordan; Guy T. Rome, West Valley City. Assigned to C.R. Bard, Inc., Murray Hill, N.J. Filed Oct. 12, 2005. Design Patent No. D550,879.

Karl R. Cannon is a Registered Patent Attorney and a founding shareholder in the law firm of Clayton, Howarth & Cannon P.C., specialists in patent, trademark and copyright law. He may be contacted at 801-255-5335 or by e-mail at kcannon@chcpat.com.

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