PATENTS AWARDED

U.S. patents issued to Arkansans

March 27

Patent 9,924,710 B1. Retractable Spool and Waterfowl Decoy Incorporating Same. Issued to Mark Wilson of Searcy and Dane Smith of Greers Ferry. Patent 9,924,711 B1. Self Contained Adjustable Decoy. Issued to Donald D. Gill II of Knoxville.

Patent 9,924,727 B2. Closed Loop Recycling System and Dip Tank for Antimicrobial Compounds. Issued to Justin Massey and Tim Yeaman, both of North Little Rock. Assigned to Safe Foods Corp. of North Little Rock.

Patent 9,925,643 B2. Wood-Based Abrasive Blasting Media. Issued to William R. Weaver of Pine Bluff.

Patent 9,928,283 B2. Tracing Data Through a Transformation Process Using Tracer Codes. Issued to Richard John Catalano Sr. of Hot Springs Village and Daryl David Crockett-Grabus of Southborough, Mass. Assigned to Validus Solutions, Inc. of Cambridge, Mass. Patent 9,928,471 B2. System and Method for Assigning Employees to Cash Registers. Issued to Allen Ashley of Bella Vista; Anthony Helms, Kevin Hayes, Derric D’Souza and Josh Osmon, all of Bentonville. and Johan Christophe Baer of Centerton. Assigned to Walmart Stores Inc. of Bentonville. Patent 9,928,497 B2. System and Method for Managing Prepaid Cards. Issued to Kam Lam and Anthony Hylton, both of Bentonville; and Mark Matthews of Rogers. Assigned to Walmart Stores Inc. of Bentonville.

Patent 9,928,676 B2. Firearm Storage Receptacle with Alert Notification for Emergency Personnel. Issued to John Rambadt of Gravette and Eric Rambadt of Fort Smith. Assigned to John Rambadt of Gravette.

Patent 9,930,731 B2. Induction Cooking Structure and System and Method of Using the Same. Issued to Charles Gambino of Little Rock. Assigned to Kellogg Co. of Battle Creek, Mich.

Patent D813,535 S. Document Window Pouch. Issued to Mathew Faulkner of Searcy.

Patent D813,850 S. Headphone Stand. Issued to William K. Young III of Jonesboro.