Patents Awarded

U.S. Patents Issued to Arkansans

April 21

Patent 9,009,932 B2. Buckle for Preventing Inertial De-Buckling. Issued to Chandrashekhar Thorbole of Springdale and David Renfroe of Fayetteville. Assigned to The Engineering Institute LLC of Farmington.

Patent 9,010,013 B2. Hunting Decoy. Issued to Drake S. Smith of Fort Smith. Assigned to Sterling Clark Inc. of Fort Smith.

Patent 9,010,410 B2. Top Drive Systems and Methods. Issued to Max Jerald Story of Magnolia.

Patent 9,010,490 B1. Ladder Stabilizing Apparatus. Issued to Tim Mosier of Hope. Assigned to Ladder Safety Magnet LLC of El Dorado.

Patent 9,011,177 B2. High Speed Bypass Cable Assembly. Issued to Brian Keith Lloyd, Munawar Ahmad, Todd David Ward and Gregory B. Walz, all of Maumelle; Christopher David Hirschy and Eran J. Jones, both of Conway; Stephen W. Hamblin, Darian Ross Schulz, Ebrahim Abunasrah and Rehan M. Khan, all of Little Rock. Assigned to Molex Inc. of Lisle, Ill.

Patent 9,011,689 B1. Artificial Recharge System. Issued to John B. Czarnecki of Little Rock. Assigned to the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C.

Patent 9,012,715 B2. Absorbent Article Having a Wetness Indicator. Issued to Charles F. Schroer Jr. of Camden. Assigned to Associated Hygienic Products LLC of Duluth, Ga.

Patent 9,012,732 B2. Soybean Variety DLL0840. Issued to James D. Thomas of DeWitt. Assigned to Bayer CropScience LP of Research Triangle Park, N.C.

Patent 9,012,733 B2. Soybean Variety DLL1347. Issued to James D. Thomas of DeWitt. Assigned to Bayer CropScience LP of Research Triangle Park, N.C.

Patent 9,012,734 B2. Soybean Variety DLL0750. Issued to James D. Thomas of DeWitt. Assigned to Bayer CropScience LP of Research Triangle Park, N.C.

Patent 9,015,069 B2. System and Method for Order Processing Using Customer Location Information. Issued to Travis Brantley of Pea Ridge; Bryan Finster of Centerton; Ben Rowse and Khem Chander, both of Bentonville; and Anthony G. Wind of Gravette. Assigned to Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville.

Patent D727,174 S. Concealment Clock. Issued to Billy Pennington of Little Rock.

Patent D727,192 S. Diver Marker Buoy. Issued to Martin Lee Kitchens of Little Rock.

Patent D727,487 S. Angled Bifilter Housing. Issued to Scott Carter of Rogers.

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