PATENTS AWARDED

U.S. patents issued to Arkansans

Aug. 22

Patent 9,737,012 B1. Soybean Cultivar CC1313393. Issued to Clay Brady Cole of Bay, and Jose Aponte-Rivera and Zhanyou Xu, both of Slater, Iowa. Assigned to Syngenta Participations AG of Basel, Switzerland.

Patent 9,737,056 B2. Portable Basket Colony for Growing and Transport and Method of Use. Issued to Doug Foreman of Springdale; Stephen Brannan of Wesley; James Ruff of Farmington; David Lee Mantooth of Fayetteville; Kevin W. Guernsey of Destin, Fla.; Timothy J. DeRoche of Harahan, La.; and Brian R. Le of Kenner, La. Assigned to Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale,

Patent 9,738,431 B2. Insulated Storage Case for Electronic Equipment. Issued to Michael Clark and Kyle Clark, both of Colt.

Patent 9,739,483 B2. Fuel/Air Mixture and Combustion Apparatus and Associated Methods for Use in a Fuel-Fired Heating Apparatus. Issued to Amin Akbarimonfared, Robert Steven Neihouse, Scott Alan Willbanks, and Darryl Farley, all of Fort Smith; Nathan Taylor Whalen of Alma; Shawn Allan Reed of Charleston and Timothy J. Shellenberger Tyrone, Ga. Assigned to Rheem Manufacturing Co. of Atlanta.

Patent 9,739,520 B2. Combined Impingement/Plate Freezer. Issued to Michael E. Miller of Hattieville and Darin L. Chancellor of Danville. Assigned to John Bean Technologies Corp. of Chicago.

Patent 9,741,014 B2. Automated Asset Management System with Multiple Sensing Technologies. Issued to Frederick J. Rogers of North Little Rock; David C. Fly of Maumelle; Preston C. Phillips and Jason Newport, both of Conway; Matthew J. Lipsey of Sherwood; Joseph Chwan of Mechanicsburg, Pa.; and Andrew R. Lobo of Wadsworth, Ill. Assigned to Snap-On Inc. of Kenosha, Wisc.

Patent 9,741,028 B2. System and Method for Transaction Payments Using a Mobile Device. Issued to Tim Webb of Rogers and Jason Todd of Lowell. Assigned to Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville.

Patent 9,741,211 B2. Checkout Station. Issued to Chris Skiles of Springdale. Assigned to Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville.

Patent 9,742,935 B1. Mail Processing and Delivery Within a Controlled-Environment Facility. Issued to Bobby L. Shipman Jr. and Mark A. Haney, both of Jonesboro. Assigned to Tech Friends, Inc. of Jonesboro.

Patent D795,061 S. Bagging Station Bagging Clip. Yurgis Mauro Bacallao of Centerton. Assigned to Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville.

Patent D795,307 S. Limb and Branch Trimming Apparatus. Issued to Joseph W. Stout of Benton.

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