PATENTS AWARDED

U.S. patents issued to Arkansans June 13 Patent 9,675,034 B1. Soybean Cultivar 43383687. Issued to Jason Aaron Long of Forrest City. Assigned to Mertec LLC of West Point, Iowa. Patent 9,675,078 B2. Method of Delivery of Bio-Active Agents to Plant Cells by Using Nano-Sized Materials as Carriers. Issued to Mariya Khodakovskaya and Alexandry S. Biris, both of Little Rock, and Mohamed Hassen Lahiani of North Little Rock. Assigned to the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees.

Patent 9,675,180 B2. Portable Solar Powered Heated Seat Cushion. Issued to Charles N. Currie of Marion. Patent 9,676,816 B2. Heparin Affinity Tag and Applications Thereof. Issued to Suresh Kumar Thallapuranam, Srinivas Jayanthi, Jacqueline Morris, David McNabb and Ralph Henry, all of Fayetteville, and Alicia Brown of Springdale. Assigned to the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees.

Patent 9,677,785 B2. Electronic Water Level Sensing Apparatus and Associated Methods. Issued to Robert S. Neihouse, Randy R. Koivisto and Scott A. Willbanks, all of Fort Smith; Shawn A. Reed of Charleston, and Walter R. Lowrimore of Alma. Assigned to Rheem Manufacturing Co., Atlanta, Ga.

Patent D789,498 S. Culvert Coupler. Issued to Billy Wayne Dean of Osceola. Filed by Osceola Machine Works & Manufacturing Inc., Osceola.