1.
Top Patentees for 2008
Announced by John Blodgett
of Utah CEO

2.
David L. Thorne – 16th Place
5 Patents
• Safety shield for medical needles
• Safety shield for medical needles
• Safety shield for medical needles
• Safety shield for medical needles
• Safety shield for medical needles

3.
Carl R. Stanford – 16th Place
5 Patents
• Table with integral receiving
members
• Table including a plastic
table top and an attached
frame
• Table with foldable legs
• Table top with plurality of
closely spaced depressions
• Frame for table top

4.
Donald D. Solomon – 16th Place
Catheter Connections, Inc.
5 Patents
• Safety shield for medical needles
• Safety shield for medical needles
• Safety shield for medical needles
• Safety shield for medical needles
• Safety shield for medical needles

5.
Stewart N. Middlemiss – 16th Place
5 Patents
• Polycrystalline diamond composite
constructions comprising thermally
stable diamond volume
• Ultrahard composite constructions
• Methods for manufacturing ultrahard
compacts
• Thermally stable ultra-hard material
compact construction
• Cutting elements formed from ultra
hard materials having an enhanced
construction

6.
David O. Meyers – 16th Place
5 Patents
• Weatherproof cover
assembly
• Engine
• Tool holder
• Display doorbell chime
cover
• Cleaning apparatus with
reciprocating brush head

7.
Michael P. Jordan – 16th Place
Autoliv Americas
5 Patents
• Airbag tether release mechanism
• Airbag cushion with integrated
inflator
• Airbag cushion with cinch tube for
reduced out-of-position effects
• Inflator device for airbag
installations
• Airbag cushion with tether
deactivated venting for reduced
out-of-position

8.
Darren Jones – 16th Place
5 Patents
• Camera case
• Cloth accessory with
closable flap
• Cloth accessory
• Cloth accessory
• Cloth accessory

9.
Bob Frey – 16th Place
5 Patents
• Portable display
assembly
• Portable display
assembly
• Portable display
assembly
• Portable display
assembly
• Portable display
assembly

10.
William T. Dalebout – 16th Place
5 Patents
• Systems for Interaction with
Exercise Device
• Exercise device with single
resilient elongate rod and weight
selector
• Cushioned elliptical exerciser
• Method and apparatus for
treadmill with frameless treadbase
• Treadmill with moveable console

11.
Paul T. Clegg – 16th Place
5 Patents
• Button assembly with status
indicator and programmable
backlighting
• Button assembly with status
indicator and programmable
backlighting
• Button assembly with status
indicator and programmable
backlighting
• Backlit display with motion sensor
• Button assembly with status
indicator and programmable
backlighting

12.
Ashok Challa – th
16 Place
Fairchild Semiconductor
5 Patents
• High density trench FET with
integrated Schottky diode and
method of manufacture
• Trench FET with improved
body to gate alignment
• Charge balance field effect
transistor
• Trench gate FETs with reduced
gate to drain charge
• Power semiconductor devices
and methods of manufacture

13.
Bruce Raile – 15th Place
6 Patents
• Eyeglass case
• Eyeglass case
• Eyeglass case
• Eyeglass display
• Eyeglass display
• Eyeglass case

14.
Brad Smith – 10th Place
Autoliv
7 Patents
• Ultrasonic welded initiator and connector
socket
• Airbag cushion with integrated inflator
• Inflator second stage combustion control
• Pyrotechnic relief valve
• Airbag cushion with cinch tube for reduced out-
of-position effects
• Inflator device for airbag installations
• Airbag cushion with tether deactivated venting
for reduced out-of-position effects

15.
Fred P. Smith – 10th Place
Alpine Engineering & Design, Inc.
7 Patents
• Tarping system for open top containers
• Side-loading refuse collection
apparatus and method
• Tarping system for open top containers
• Tarpaulin system for covering open-
topped containers
• Door assembly for a chute system
• Enclosed-reeving, live-line boom
• Cargo unloading apparatus and
method

16.
Francis Leany – 10th Place
Novatek International
7 Patents
• Lubricated pick
• Drill bit assembly with a probe
• Bi-center drill bit
• Drill bit assembly with a logging
device
• Drill bit assembly for directional
drilling
• Drill bit assembly adapted to
provide power downhole
• Hydraulic drill bit assembly

17.
Mark Ferguson – 10th Place
Previously Specialized Health Products, Inc.
Currently Idaho Technology, Inc.
7 Patents
• Safety shield for medical needles
• Safety shield for medical needles
• Safety shield for medical needles
• Safety shield for medical needles
• Safety shield for medical needles
• Safety shield for medical needles
• Safety shield for medical needles

18.
David L. DeJong – 10th Place
7 Patents
• Sprayer shroud
• Sprayer shroud
• Sprayer shroud
• Sprayer shroud
• Trigger sprayer
• Trigger sprayer
• Container closure

19.
Tyson J. Wilde – 7th Place
Novatek International
9 Patents
• Wiper for tool string direct electrical
connection
• Milling machine with cleaning moldboard
• Cam assembly in a downhole component
• Bi-center drill bit
• Rotary impact mill
• Retainer sleeve in a degradation
assembly
• Wiper for tool string direct electrical
connection
• Method for providing a degradation drum
• Lubricating drum

20.
Joe Fox – 7th Place
Novatek International
9 Patents
• Wear resistant tool
• Milling machine with cleaning moldboard
• High-speed, downhole, cross well
measurement system
• Pavement degradation tools in a ganged
configuration
• Apparatus, system, and method for
degrading and removing paved surface
• Pavement trimming tool
• Strain matched threads for a high pressure
high temperature press apparatus
• Self-expandable cylinder in a downhole tool
• Downhole transmission system

21.
Stephen R. Carter – 7th Place
Novell, Inc.
9 Patents
• Distributed dynamic security for document
distribution
• Mechanism for supporting indexed tagged
content in a general purpose data store
• Method and mechanism for superpositioning
state vectors in a semantic abstract
• Method and mechanism for vending digital
content
• Privileged network routing
• Techniques for serializing events
• Task distribution
• Techniques for preserving content during a
redirection for authentication
• Techniques for dynamically establishing and
managing trust relationships

22.
Gregory J. Boss – 6th Place
11 Patents
• System and method for measuring RFID signal strength
within shielded locations
• Method, system, and computer program product for
determining and reporting tailgating incidents
• Dynamic vehicle grid infrastructure to allow vehicles to
sense and respond to traffic conditions
• Method for hierarchical audio conflict control
• Method of using RFID systems to help blind and
visually-impaired individuals
• Method, system, and computer program product for
providing an intelligent event notification system
• System and method for electronic road signs with in-car
display capabilities
• Location messaging method for delivering messages in
a global virtual space
• Vehicle collision avoidance system enhancement using
in-car air bag deployment system
• Method, system, and computer program product for
determining and reporting tailgating incidents

23.
Brent L. Kidman – 5th Place
12 Patents
• Double-toggle cover plate
• Switch cover plate
• Wide-strap dimmer switch
• Wide-strap paddle switch
• Outlet fixture cover plate
• Toggle-switch cover plate
• Face plate securement method
• Wide-strap outlet fixture
• Wide-strap decorative outlet
• Wide-strap adapter
• Multi-directional-port junction box
• Wide safety strap for electrical fixtures

24.
Scott Dahlgren – 4th Place
Novatek International
18 Patents
• Preloaded threads for a high-temperature high-pressure
press
• Wiper for tool string direct electrical connection
• Pick
• Downhole turbine
• Apparatus, system and method for flexibly coupling sensor
to a downhole tool
• Cam assembly in a downhole tool
• Bi-center drill bit
• Hollow pick shank
• Apparatus and method for vibrating a drill bit
• Wired tool string component
• Complaint covering of a downhole component
• Drill bit assembly for directional drilling
• Pick bolster
• Hydraulic drill bit assembly

25.
Jeff Jepson – 3rd Place
Novatek International
19 Patents
• Wear resistant tool
• Lubricated pick
• Tool with a large volume of a superhard material
• Attack tool
• Pick
• Replaceable segmented wear liner
• Sleeve in a degradation assembly
• Hollow pick shank
• Washer for a degradation assembly
• Retainer sleeve in a degradation assembly
• Press-fit pick
• Pick bolster
• Braze material for an attack tool
• Holder for a degradation assembly

26.
Ronald B. Crockett – 2nd Place
Novatek International
21 Patents
• Wear resistant tool
• Lubricated pick
• Tool with a large volume of superhard material
• Preloaded threads for a high-temperature high-
pressure press
• Radial compression element for a HTHP cartridge
• Attack tool
• Pick
• Replaceable segmented wear liner
• Sleeve in degradation assembly
• Hollow pick shank
• Washer for a degradation assembly
• Retainer sleeve in a degradation assembly
• Press-fit pick
• Pick bolster

27.
David R. Hall – 1st Place
Novatek International
52 Patents
• Rotary valve for a jack hammer
• Wear resistant tool
• Sleeve in a degradation
• Lubricated pick
assembly
• Tool with a large volume
• Cam assembly in a downhole
of superhard material
component
• Radial compression
• Rotary impact mill
element for a HTHP
• Apparatus and method for
cartridge
heating a paved surface with
• Attack tool
microwaves
• Downhole pressure pulse
• Hollow pick shank
activated by jack element
• Washer for degradation
• Wiper tool string direct
assembly
electrical connection
• Press-fit pick
• Pick
• Drill bit assembly with a
• Milling machine with
logging device
cleaning moldboard
• Pavement degradation tools in
• Downhole winding tool
a ganged configuration