Tooth organizer among patents

Eighteen patents were awarded to Utah inventors on March 7,including:

-- Pneumatic face frame clamping apparatus. Taylor Palmer,Blanding. Filed July 3, 2002, claiming priority to provisional patentApplication No. 60/302,908, filed July 3, 2001. Patent No. 7,007,939.

-- Debris evacuation apparatus and method for an oil pump. MichaelBrent Ford, St. George. Filed July 30, 2003. Patent No. 7,008,197.

-- Controllably rotatable seat. Stanley J. Checketts, Providence,Cache County. Filed Aug. 3, 2001. Patent No. 7,008,328.

-- Safety shield for medical needles. F. Mark Ferguson, Salt LakeCity; Charles V. Owen, Highland; David L. Thorne, Kaysville; Craig N.Thorne and Gale H. Thorne, both of Bountiful; Mark Nelson, Sandy.Assigned to Specialized Health Products Inc., Bountiful. Filed June4, 2003, a divisional of Patent No. 6,595,955, filed March 15, 2001.Patent No. 7,008,402.

-- Expanding ligament graft fixation system and method. Daniel F.Justin, Logan; Richard F. Wenstrom, Norwood, Mass.; Andrew S. Levy,Summit, N.J. Assigned to Ethicon Inc., Somerville, N.J. Filed April4, 2005, a continuation-in-part of Patent No. 6,887,271, filed Sept.28, 2001. Patent No. 7,008,451.

-- Submerged ammonia removal system and method. Kraig Johnson,Lehi; Lawrence D. Reaveley and Youngik Choi, both of Salt Lake City.Assigned to University of Utah Research Foundation, Salt Lake City.Filed May 13, 2004, claiming priority to provisional patentApplication No. 60/470,280, filed May 14, 2003. Patent No. 7,008,539.

-- Architectural laminate panel with embedded compressible objectsand methods for making the same. Raymond Lynn Goodson, Sandy; R.Talley Goodson and Boyd T. Goodson, both of Salt Lake City. Assignedto 3-Form, Salt Lake City. Filed April 9, 2004, a continuation-in-part of Application No. 10/465,465, filed June 18, 2003, and multipleother patent application filings. Patent No. 7,008,700.

-- Electronic device with paging for energy curtailment and codegeneration for manual verification of curtailment. Michael L. Howard,Sandy; William R. Harper, Salt Lake City. Assigned to MatsushitaElectric Works Ltd., Osaka, Japan. Filed June 22, 2001. Patent No.7,009,493.

-- Current steering folding circuit. Weidong Guo, Orangevale,Calif.; Robert J. Huber, Bountiful; Kent F. Smith, Jacksonville, Fla.Assigned to University of Utah Research Foundation, Salt Lake City.Filed Dec. 17, 2002, claiming priority to provisional patentApplication No. 60/341,334, filed Dec. 17, 2001. Patent No.7,009,547.

-- Irrigation controller with embedded Web server. David BrentWare and Daniel Scott, both of Lehi. Filed April 5, 2004, claimingpriority to provisional patent Application No. 60/459,911, filedApril 4, 2003. Patent No. 7,010,396.

-- Path planner and a method for planning a path of a workvehicle. Sarah Ann Gray, Providence, Cache County; Shane Lynn Hansenand Nicholas Simon Flann, both of Smithfield, Cache County. Assignedto Deere & Co., Moline, Ill. Filed March 31, 2003. Patent No.7,010,425.

-- Method and system for real-time reporting of boiler adjustmentusing emission sensor data mapping. Dean Draxton, Park City; CraigGordon Stephens, Gardnerville, Nev. Assigned to General Electric Co.,Schenectady, N.Y. Filed Feb. 9, 2004. Patent No. 7,010,461.

-- Multiplier with output current scaling. David J. Comer,Springville; Aaron K. Martin and James E. Jaussi, both of Hillsboro,Ore. Assigned to Intel Corp., Santa Clara, Calif. Filed March 26,2002. Patent No. 7,010,563.

-- Communication management using a token action log. Scott E.Sampson, Orem. Filed March 5, 2003, claiming priority to provisionalpatent Application No. 60/415,321, filed Sept. 30, 2002. Patent No.7,010,565.

-- Tool holder. George D. Gates and Travis D. Gates, both of WestJordan. Assigned to All Rite Products, West Jordan. Filed Jan. 27,2005. Design Patent No. D516,402.

-- Faceplate. Devon Millward, American Fork; Michelle Chattertonand Paul T. Clegg, both of Lindon; Wallace E. Day, Payson. Assignedto VIP Investments Ltd., Orem. Filed Sept. 3, 2003. Design Patent No.D516,411.

-- Tooth organizer. Richard Barnes, Sandy. Assigned to Dr. RichardBarnes Group, Sandy. Filed June 22, 2004. Design Patent No. D516,725.

-- Double diamond floor tile apparatus. Jorgen J. Moller Jr., SaltLake City. Filed Aug. 3, 2004. Design Patent No. D516,737.

Karl R. Cannon is a registered patent attorney and a foundingshareholder in the law firm of Clayton, Howarth & Cannon P.C.,specialists in patent, trademark and copyright law. He may becontacted at 801-255-5335 or by e-mail at kcannon@chcpat.com. Copiesof patents are available by mail for $3 each from U.S. Patent andTrademark Office, Box 9 (Copy Sales), Washington, DC 20231; by creditcard via telephone 703-308-9726 or toll free 800-972-6382; facsimile703-305-8759; or e-mail ptcs@uspto.gov. Patents can also be viewedand printed free of charge from several Internet sites, includingwww.uspto.gov or www.delphion.com.