PATENTS AWARDED

U.S. patents issued to Arkansans

July 5

Patent 9,380,797 B2. Antimicrobial Capture System with Carbon Container. Issued to Justin Massey and Tim Yeaman, both of North Little Rock. Assigned to Safe Foods Corp. of North Little Rock.

Patent 9,380,914 B2. Comestible Product Carrier and/or Handle and Associated Methods. Issued to David T. Oblisk of Bentonville. Assigned to Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville.

Patent 9,382,030 B2. Adjustable Display Tray. Issued to German Adiel Miranda of Rogers and Alan Keith Reische of Charlotte, N.C. Assigned to International Paper Co. of Memphis.

Patent 9,382,166 B1. Plant Nutrient Composition. Issued to Walter Robert Joblin Jr. and Richard Theodore Sniegocki, both of Little Rock. Assigned to Magic Dirt LLC of Little Rock.

Patent 9,382,704 B2. Protective Air Barrier Sealant for Conditioned and Unconditioned Building Walls. Issued to William Davis Collins of Fayetteville. Assigned to SealantTech of Las Vegas.

Patent 9,382,773 B1. Casing Stripper Attachment. Issued to Grant Pruitt of Fort Smith and Cris Braun of Van Buren. Assigned to Pruitt Tool & Supply Co. of Fort Smith.

Patent 9,382,923 B2. Load Energy Assist and Horsepower Management System. Issued to Jerry Faye Carlin and Robin Francis Ireton, both of Searcy; Wade Leo Gehlhoff of Shakopee, Minn.; and Leif Pedersen of Waukesha, Wisc. Filed by Eaton Corp. of Cleveland.

Patent 9,384,238 B2. Block Partitioning for Efficient Record Processing in Parallel Computing Environment. Issued to Andrew Benjamin Ray of Bentonville and Nathaniel Philip Troutman of Seattle. Assigned to Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville.

Patent D760,838 S. Lighted Drawing Instrument. Issued to Andrew Wiseman of Bella Vista and Corey Feit of St. Louis. Assigned to RedwoodVentures Ltd. of Hong Kong.

Patent D760,988 S. Barbecue Grill and Smoker Ash Pan. Issued to Shalin Gieson of North Little Rock. Assigned to Grabbin Ash LLC of North Little Rock.

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