PATENTS AWARDED

Patents awarded to Arkansans

Jan. 4, 2022

Patent 11,213,040 B2. Automated Monitoring and Control of Food Processing Systems. Issued to Tim Yeaman of Russellville. Assigned to Safe Foods Corp. of North Little Rock.

Patent 11,214,402 B2. Modular Deck System for Use with Movable Platforms. Issued to Mark Bradley, Patrick Sullivan, Shannon Lively, Seth Galewyrick, Stonie Hopkins, Dylan Henderson and Brad Blackstone, all of Fort Smith. Assigned to Innovative Logistics Inc. of Fort Smith.

Patent 11,214,885 B2. Light-Directed Electrochemical Patterning of Copper Structures. Issued to Robert H. Coridan and James M. Lowe, both of Fayetteville. Assigned to the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas.

Patent 11,215,025 B1. Sealed Grease Head and Top Drive Guide. Issued to Grant Pruitt of Fort Smith and Cris Braun of Van Buren. Assigned to Pruitt Tool & Supply Co. of Fort Smith.

Patent 11,217,081 B2. RF Shut Down. Issued to George Kerstetter and Charles Darwin Davidson Jr., both of Little Rock. Assigned to PerfectVision Manufacturing Inc. of Little Rock.

Patent 11,217,659 B1. Direct Application Additive Manufacturing for Conductive Wafer Interconnect. Issued to Matthew W. Barlow and Nicholas J. Chiolino, both of Springdale; Anthony M. Francis of Elkins, and James A. Holmes of Fayetteville.

Patent 11,218,146 B2. Methods and Apparatus to Improve Switching Conditions in a Closed Loop System. Issued to David Wayne Evans of Bentonville and Kavitha Rapolu of San Jose, Calif. Assigned to Texas Instruments Inc. of Dallas, Texas.