PATENTS AWARDED

U.S. patents issued to Arkansans March 21 Patent 9,596,838 B2. Fish Hook Setting Device. Issued to Paul E. Brackett Sr. of Van Buren. Assigned to Jerk It LLC of Bokoshe, Okla. Patent 9,597,069 B2. SutureAnchoring Implanted Medical Devices Engineered from Bioresorbable Metal Alloys. Issued to Christopher P. Dougherty of Rogers; Gary R. Heisler of Brazoria, Tex.; and Robert A. Van Wyk of St. Pete Beach, Fla. Assigned to Tenjin LLC of Brazoria, Tex.

Patent 9,597,124 B2. Spinal Correction System and Method. Issued to Richard E McCarthy of Little Rock; Brian A. Butler of Atoka, Tenn.; and Joshua W. Simpson and Gary S. Lindemann, both of Collierville, Tenn. Assigned to Warsaw Orthopedic Inc. of Warsaw, Ind.

Patent 9,597,316 B2. Indole Compounds for Use in Treating Inflammation and Cancer. Issued to Narsimha Reddy Penthala and Peter Crooks, both of Little Rock. Assigned to Bioventures LLC of Little Rock.

Patent 9,597,367 B2. Methods for Improving Muscle and Heart Function. Issued to Robert R. Wolfe and Jeanne Wei, both of Little Rock. Assigned to Bioventures LLC of Little Rock.

Patent 9,598,151 B1. Ballasted High Stability Floatation Device. Issued to James Paul Hendren of Gravette.

Patent 9,600,660 B2. Security Bypass Environment for Circumventing a Security Application in a Computing Environment. Issued to Walter N. Scaife of Fayetteville. Assigned to WalMart Stores Inc. of Bentonville.

Patent 9,601,834 B2. Wide Angle Planar Antenna Assembly. Issued to Stan Rankin of Springdale, Brock Judd of Bentonville and Mark Edwards of Centerton. Assigned to Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville.

Patent D781,607 S. Foldable Club Chair. Issued to Bobby Joe Bittle of Bentonville. Assigned to Easy Home Organization Manufacturing Co. Ltd. of Shenzen, China. Patent D781,732 S. Growth Chart. Issued to Li Cai of Fayetteville.