PATENTS AWARDED

U.S. patents issued to Arkansans

March 6

Patent 9,907,274 B2. Soybean Variety 01052030. Issued to Floyd Hancock of Stuttgart. Assigned to Monsanto Technology LLC of St. Louis.

Patent 9,907,548 B2. Implant Placement Systems, Devices and Methods. Issued to Christopher P. Dougherty of Rogers; Robert A. Van Wyk of St. Pete Beach, Fla.; and Gary R. Heisler of Brazoria, Texas. Assigned to Tenjin LLC of Brazoria, Texas. Patent 9,908,226 B1. Birds Beak Elastomer Fastener Magazine Feeder. Issued to W.C. Litzinger of Springdale.

Patent 9,908,597 B1. Marine Light. Issued to R. Andy Benson of Springdale. Assigned to T-H Marine Supplies Inc. of Huntsville, Ala.

Patent 9,908,663 B1. One Piece Container. Issued to David Anthony Valentini of Bentonville and Jerry Ryan Frost of Kansas City, Mo. Assigned to Vanguard Packaging Inc. of Kansas City, Mo. Patent 9,908,737 B2. Cable Reel and Reel Carrying Caddy. Issued to Robert J. Chastain of Maumelle, Denton McDonald of Searcy, James S. Carter of Denver, Chrispin A. Bowen of Little Rock, David A. Kelly of Alexander, and Glen David Shaw of Conway. Assigned to PerfectVision Manufacturing Inc. of Little Rock.

Patent 9,908,892 B2. Melampomagnolide B Derivatives. Issued to Venumadhav Janganati, Narsimha Reddy Penthala and Peter A. Crooks, all of Little Rock; and Craig T. Jordan of Rochester, N.Y. Assigned to Bioventures LLC of Little Rock.

Patent 9,911,048 B2. Stocking Level Indication Apparatus and Method. Issued to Nicholaus A. Jones of Fayetteville and Matthew A. Jones of Bentonville. Assigned to Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville. Patent 9,911,097 B2. Out Of Stock Item Tracking at Retail Sales Facilities. Issued to Nicholaus A. Jones of Fayetteville, Robert J. Taylor of Rogers and Matthew A. Jones of Bentonville. Assigned to WalMart Stores Inc. of Bentonville.

Patent 9,911,138 B2. Automated Limited-Time Retail Merchandise Promotion System. Issued to Vadim Grabovski of Fayetteville and Charles Rine of Bentonville. Assigned to Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville.

Patent 9,912,207 B2. Electrical Machine Housing and Methods of Assembling the Same. Michael David Smith of Rogers and Jay Matthew Cupps of Cassville, Mo. Assigned to Regal Beloit America Inc. of Beloit, Wis.

Patent D812,184 S. Rotary Waterfowl Decoy. Issued to Steve Wayne Flowers of Colt and Kevin Ralph Hutcherson of Hemphill, Texas.