Thirteen patents were awarded to Utah inventors on March 9, including:

Semi-automatic-firing, compressed-gas gun (for paintballs). Benjamin T. Tiberius and Dennis E. Tiberius, both of Alpine; Kyle L. Hansen, Orem. Filed Oct. 28, 2002, a continuation of Patent No. 6,470,872, filed Oct. 29, 2002. Patent No. 6,701,909.

Vehicle occupant restraint module with disk inflator. Larry D. Rose, South Weber, Davis County; Marc D. Folsom, Salt Lake City. Assigned to Autoliv ASP Inc., Ogden. Filed April 11, 2001. Patent No. 6,702,318.

Method and apparatus for reducing drag on a vehicle in motion and channeling air flow to form a bug shield. John Stephenson Neel, St. George. Assigned to Vor-Tex Industries, St. George. Filed Aug. 12, 2002. Patent No. 6,702,364.

Template for creating designs. Jimmy W. Norman, Orem. Filed Dec. 12, 1997. Patent No. 6,702,559.

Light-curing device with detachably interconnecting light applicator. Dan E. Fischer and Bruce S. McLean, both of Sandy. Assigned to Ultradent Products Inc., South Jordan. Filed Feb. 22, 2002. Patent No. 6,702,576.

Catheter having insertion control mechanism and anti-bunching mechanism. Warren D. Owens, Salt Lake City; William R. Hawes, North Salt Lake City; Cary P. Jenkins, Powell, Ohio; Ken D. Hargett, Pearland, Texas. Assigned to Alcove Medical Inc., Salt Lake City. Filed June 12, 2000, a continuation of Application No. 09/038,465, filed March 11, 1998, now abandoned, which claims priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/040,678, filed March 11, 1997. Patent No. 6,702,789.

Artificial graft and implantation method. Harrison M. Lazarus, Salt Lake City. Assigned to Endovascular Technologies Inc., Santa Clara, Calif. Filed Sept. 27, 1999, a continuation of Patent No. 6,610,085, filed Nov. 13, 1996, which is a continuation of Patent No. 5,662,700, filed Nov. 18, 1994, which is a continuation of Patent No. 5,397,345, filed Dec. 29, 1993, which is a continuation of Application No. 08/034,587, filed March 22, 1993, now abandoned, which is a continuation of Application No. 07/752,058, filed Aug. 29, 1991, now abandoned, which is a divisional of Patent No. 5,104,399, filed March 9, 1988. Patent No. 6,702,844.

Liner for prosthetic socket with variable viscosity fluid. Roland J. Christensen, Fayette, Sanpete County. Assigned to Roland J. Christensen, Fayette, Sanpete County. Filed May 15, 2002. Patent No. 6,702,858.

High-energy explosive containing cast particles. Richard H. Hales, West Jordan; Scott B. Preston, Colorado Springs, Colo.; Jared R. Hansen, Framington, Mass. Assigned to Dyno Nobel Inc., Salt Lake City. Filed April 29, 2002. Patent No. 6,702,909.

Electric motor with rotor being a drive wheel. Adam K. Brandley, Ogden; John R. Irwin, Riverdale. Filed Dec. 15, 1998. Patent No. 6,703,742.

Multicarrier LAN modem server. William Kurt Dobson, Sandy. Assigned to 3Com Corp., Santa Clara, Calif. Filed May 27, 1998. Patent No. 6,704,317.

Method and apparatus for reconstruction of low frame rate video conferencing data. Carl Ketcham, Salt Lake City. Assigned to 3Com Corp., Santa Clara, Calif. Filed Sept. 28, 1999. Patent No. 6,704,357.

The ornamental design for a body-receiving and body-concealing bird blind. David Mitchell, West Syracuse. Assigned to Kolpin Outdoors Inc., Fox Lake, Wis. Filed Sept. 4, 2002. Design Patent No. D487,422.

Karl R. Cannon is a partner in the law firm of Clayton, Howarth & Cannon, P.C., specialists in patent, trademark and copyright law. He may be contacted at 1-801-255-5335 or by e-mail at kcannon@chcpat.com. Copies of patents are available by mail for $3 each from U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Box 9 (Copy Sales), Washington, DC 20231; by credit card via telephone 1-703-308-9726 or toll free 1-800-972-6382; facsimile 1-703-305-8759; or e-mail ptcs@uspto.gov. Patents can also be viewed and printed free of charge from several Internet sites, including www.uspto.gov or www.delphion.com.

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