Middle Tennessee

Fiberweb Inc. of Old Hickory received U.S. Patent No. 7,790,641, entitled “Bicomponent sheet material having liquid barrier properties” invented by John Frank Baker Jr. of Nashville, Gregory W. Farell of Hendersonville, and Shannon Schoppman of Nashville.

Vanderbilt University received U.S. Patent No. 7,790,443, entitled “Bioreactors with substance injection capacity” invented by John P. Wikswo of Brentwood, Franz J. Baudenbacher of Franklin, Frederick R. Haselton and William H. Hofmeister of Nashville, Charles P. Lin of Brentwood, Lisa J. McCawley of Nashville, Mark A. Stremler of Franklin, and Alissa Weaver of Nashville.

Cummins Filtration Inc. of Nashville received U.S. Patent No. 7,788,911, entitled “Adsorbed substance accumulation reduction for exhaust treatment equipment” invented by Yuetao Zhang of Columbus, Ind., Daniel D. Wilhelm of Nashville, Ind., and Joseph M. Brault, Venkata Lakkireddy, James A. Cramer and Thomas A. Grana of Columbus, Ind.

Gary L. Grizzell of Cookeville is the sole named inventor on U.S. Patent No. 7,789,383, entitled “Saddle stitcher for paperback books.”

Other patents naming Middle Tennessee inventors:

• U.S. Patent No. 7,789,060, entitled “Cylinder head gasket for an internal combustion engine” invented by Courtney T. Brown of Flintville, Matthew J. Clarke of Grayslake, Ill., Wence Prikazsky of Western Springs, Ill., and assigned to International Engine Intellectual Property Co. LLC of Warrenville, Ill.

• U.S. Patent No. 7,790,302, entitled “Lightweight compositions and articles containing such” invented by Roger Moore of Columbia, Mary Margaret Moore, legal representative, of Columbia, Tricia Ladely (Guevara) and Michael T. Williams of Beaver Falls, Pa., David A. Cowan of Cranberry Township, Pa., John K. Madish of Beaver Falls, Pa., Kolapo Adewale of Moon Township, Pa., and Jay Bowman of Florence, Ky., and assigned to NOVA Chemicals of Moon Township, Pa.

East Tennessee

Meco Corp. of Greeneville received U.S. Patent No. D623,004, entitled “Gas Grill” invented by Kevin Groth of Johnson City, R. James Foster of Rogersville, and Mark T. Proffitt of Greeneville.

Eastman Chemical Co. of Kingsport received U.S. Patent No. 7,790,840, entitled “Crystallizing conveyor” invented by Bruce Roger DeBruin and Richard Gill Bonner of Lexington, S.C.

Yasoo Health Inc. of Johnson City received U.S. Patent No. 7,790,190, entitled “Aqueous emulsions of lipophile solubilized with vitamin E TPGS and linoleic acid” invented by Andreas M. Papas of Kingsport, Konstantinos A. Papas of Jonesborough, Howard K. Hobbs and Warren Hopkins of Kingsport, and William A. Clark of Johnson City.

NanoTek LLC of Walland received U.S. Patent No. 7,790,124, entitled “Modular and reconfigurable multi-stage microreactor cartridge apparatus” invented by Joseph C. Matteo of Walland.

Other patents naming inventors from East Tennessee:

• U.S. Patent No. 7,792,043, entitled “Devices, systems and methods for communicating with a PLC” invented by Alan D. McNutt of Johnson City, Temple L. Fulton of Elizabethton, and Mark Steven Boggs of Johnson City and assigned to Siemens Industry Inc. of Alpharetta, Ga.

• U.S. Patent No. 7,793,056, entitled “Method of maintaining a data log related to a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC)” invented by Mark Steven Boggs and Steven Michael Hausman of Johnson City, Temple Luke Fulton of Elizabethton, and William H. Johnson of Johnson City and assigned to Siemens Industry Inc. of Alpharetta, Ga.

West Tennessee

Warsaw Orthopedic Inc. received three patents:

• U.S. Patent No. 7,789,898, entitled “Transverse process/laminar spacer” invented by Marc Peterman of Memphis.

• U.S. Patent No. 7,789,897, entitled “Pedicle screw spinal rod connector arrangement” invented by Elliot H. Sanders of Memphis.

• U.S. Patent No. 7,789,895, entitled “Sacral reconstruction fixation device” invented by Eric S. Heinz of Memphis.

International Paper Co. of Memphis received two patents:

• U.S. Patent No. 7,790,251, entitled “Cut resistant paper and paper articles and method for making same” invented by David A. Boone of Germantown, Richard D. Faber of Memphis, Richard C. Williams of Loveland, and Peter M. Froass of Mason, Ohio.

• U.S. Patent No. 7,789,996, entitled “Paper substrates useful in wallboard tape applications” invented by Stephen A. Buzza of Ovilla, Texas, Dennis W. Anderson of Goshen, Ohio, Yufeng Xu of Loveland, Ohio and Bruce Richard McGaffin and Christopher Michael Wilson of Middletown, Ohio.

Expanding Orthopedics Inc. of Memphis received U.S. Patent No. 7,789,900, entitled “Double collet connector assembly for bone anchoring element” invented by Mark M. Levy of Raanana, Israel, Eyal Zylberberg of Kfar Yona, Israel, and Yair Spanier of Pardes Hanna, Israel.

Buckeye Technologies Inc. of Memphis received U.S. Patent No. 7,790,278, entitled “System for delivery of fibers into concrete” invented by Robert Irvin Bell of Collierville, Jeffery Todd Cook of Germantown, Judson Fidler of Oakland, Gerald Hunt Morton of Germantown, and Howard Leon Schoggen of Southaven, Miss.

Indmar Products Co. Inc. of Millington received U.S. Patent No. 7,788,913, entitled “Manifold mounted catalytic converter” invented by Glen H. Martin, III of Arlington, Mark W. Midgley of Wolverine Lake, Mich., Richard J. Waggoner of Punta Gorda, Fla.

Avery Outdoors Inc. of Memphis U.S. Patent No. 7,788,838, entitled “Waterfowl decoy with leg movement” invented by Joseph Michael Anthony of Ellicott City, Md.

Also naming West Tennessee inventors:

• U.S. Patent No. 7,789,968, entitled “Adaptive drain and purge system for a dishwasher” invented by Robert A. Elick and Thomas M. Johnson of Jackson, and Barry E. Tuller of Humboldt and assigned to Maytag Corp. of Benton Harbor, Mich.

• U.S. Patent No. D623,278, entitled “Watering hose” invented by Timothy L. Chapman of Humboldt, and Ronald A. Eilertson of Mansfield, Mass., and assigned to Teknor Apex Co. of Pawtucket, R.I.

• U.S. Patent No. 7,791,466, entitled “System and method for event detection utilizing sensor based surveillance” invented by Linda C. Owen of Counce, Lalit Agarwalla of Bangalore, India, Sergio Borger of Paramus, N.J., Lisa M. Brown of Pleasantville, N.Y., Christopher R. Carlson of Costa Mesa, Calif., Raymond A. Cooke of Bloomington, Minn., Barry Gottlieb of Short Hills, N.J., Arun Hampapur of Norwalk, Conn., Christopher A. LoGiudice of Bethel, Conn., Andrew W. Senior of New York City, Chiao-Fe Shu of Scarsdale, N.Y. and assigned to International Business Machines Corp. of Armonk, N.Y.

• U.S. Patent No. 7,789,913, entitled “Methods for injecting a curable biomaterial into an intervertebral space” invented by John Pafford of Eads, Lance Middleton of Soddy Daisy, Keith Collins of Milford, Conn., Thomas G. Wilson of Guilford, Conn., Jared Walkenhorst of Fairfield, Conn., Dennis Lee of Milford, Conn., Andrew Carter of Trumbull, Conn., Mark D. LoGuidice of Southport, Conn., and Lawrence Boyd of Durham, Conn., and assigned to Spine Wave Inc. of Shelton, Conn.

• U.S. Patent No. 7,789,539, entitled “Compact floodlight system” invented by Edward Bilson of Germantown, Barbara Bilson, legal representative of Germantown, Rick Kauffman of Buford, Ga., and Jason Cook of Laurel, Miss., and assigned to Howard Industries Inc. of Laurel, Miss.

• U.S. Patent No. 7,789,010, entitled “Adjustable louvered armor window system” invented by Michael K. Benjamin of Germantown, Richard L. Allor of Livonia, Mich., David A. DeTroyer of Romulus, Mich., James C. LaLonde of Farmington Hills, Mich., Terry R. Peckham of Waterford, Mich., Alan J. Peleshok of Livonia, Mich., and Dainius E. Skiotys of Farmington Hills, Mich., and assigned to Ceradyne Inc. of Costa Mesa, Calif.

• U.S. Patent No. 7,788,942, entitled “Helium management control system” invented by Bruce Andeen of Collierville, Paul E. Dresens of Wayland, Mass., Gary S. Ash of Darmouth, Mass., Allen J. Bartlett of New London, N.H., Y. Roberto Than of Port Jefferson, N.Y. and Joseph Chopy Jr., of Cumberland, R.I. and assigned to Brooks Automation Inc. of Chelmsford, Mass.

• U.S. Patent No. 7,788,769, entitled “Carrier strip for holding drapery carriers and method of use” invented by Joe D. Wicker of Bartlett, and Yo-Ting Kao of Tainan County, Yong Kang City, Taiwan.

— Compiled by R. Parrish Freeman Jr. of intellectual property law firm Waddey & Patterson P.C.