PATENTS AWARDED

U.S. patents issued to Arkansans

March 22

Patent 9,289,001 B1. Antimicrobial Application Equipment with Controls. Issued to Justin Massey and Tim Yeaman, both of North Little Rock. Assigned to Safe Foods Corp. of Little Rock.

Patent 9,289,403 B2. Use of Modafinil to Treat Spasticity. Issued to Edgar Garcia-Rill of Little Rock. Assigned to the board of trustees of the University of Arkansas.

Patent 9,290,687 B1. Wood-Based Loss Circulation Material and Method for Manufacturing Same. Issued to William R. Weaver of Pine Bluff. Assigned to Fiber Resources Inc. of Pine Bluff.

Patent 9,290,875 B2. Garment

Stretching Apparatus. Issued to Justina Paige Fogg of Springdale.

Patent 9,291,183 B2. Mushroom-Compaction and Asymmetric-Thread Impact-Drivable Screw. Issued to W. C. Litzinger of West Fork.

Patent 9,291,217 B2. Pulley Assembly with Radially Oriented Decoupling Mechanism. Issued to Anthony Eugene Lannutti of Fayetteville. Assigned to Dayco LP Holdings LLC of Troy, Mich.

Patent 9,292,599 B2. Decision-Tree Based Quantitative and Qualitative Record Classification. Issued to Andrew Benjamin Ray of Bentonville and Nathaniel Philip Troutman of Seattle. Assigned to Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville.