PATENTS AWARDED
Patents awarded to Arkansans March 10, 2020
Patent 10,582,704 B2. Swingdown Treestand and Stick System. Issued to Ryan S. Wheelington of Louann. Assigned to Advanced Treestand Investments LLC of Smackover.
Patent 10,582,774 B2. Retractable Step Stool/Access Device. Issued to Ralph Layne White of North Little Rock.
Patent 10,584,399 B2. Process and System for Recycling e-Waste Material. Issued to Robert P. Foster and Steven N. Dixon, both of Osceola. Assigned to BlueOak Arkansas of Osceola.
Patent 10,584,711 B2. One-Piece Labyrinth Disc Chamber for Centrifugal Well Pump. Issued to Aron Meyer of Rison, Matthew Majors of Norman, Okla., and Travis Coonce of Claremore, Okla. Assigned to Baker Hughes, a GE Company, LLC, of Houston, Texas.
Patent 10,586,202 B2. Systems and Methods for Validating Products to be Delivered by Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Issued to John J. O’Brien of Farmington, David C. Winkle of Bella Vista, Robert L. Cantrell of Herndon, Va., and Donald R. High of Noel, Mo. Assigned to Walmart Apollo LLC of Bentonville.
Patent 10,586,205 B2. Apparatus and Method for Monitoring Stock Information in a Shopping Space. Issued to Robert J. Taylor and Aaron J. Vasgaard, both of Rogers, Nicholaus A. Jones of Fayetteville, and Matthew A. Jones of Bentonville. Assigned to Walmart Apollo LLC of Bentonville.
Patent 10,586,206 B2. Systems and Methods for Monitoring Conditions on Shelves. Issued to Nicholaus A. Jones of Fayetteville and Matthew A. Jones of Bentonville. Assigned to Walmart Apollo LLC of Bentonville.
Patent D877,593 S. Knife Sharpener. Issued to Louis Chalfant of Hot Springs and Ricky L. Dukes of Knoxville, Tenn. Assigned to Smith’s Consumer Products Inc. of Hot Springs.
Patent D877,818 S. Toy Unicorn Mask. Issued to Laura Coello of Rogers.
Patent D877,819 S. Toy Llama Mask. Issued to Laura Coello of Rogers.
Patent D877,820 S. Toy Cat Mask. Issued to Laura Coello of Rogers.
Patent PP31,526 P2. Grape Plant Named ‘Compassion.’ Latin Name: Vitis L. hybrid, Varietal Denomination: Compassion. Issued to John Reuben Clark of Fayetteville. Assigned to The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas, in Little Rock.