Several South Dakota inventors closed out 2021 by receiving patents for their inventions. The following patents were granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (U.S.P.T.O.) this past December:
Patent No. 11,208,769
Title: Screed Extension Attachment System
Inventors: Cameron Eitel Graves, Summerset; John Eron Jorgensen, Andover, MN; Toby Andrew Frelich, St. Michael, MN; Tim Wehrenberg, Maple Grove, MN
Assigned: Caterpillar Paving Products, Inc., Brooklyn Park, MN
Summary: The inventors have developed an improvement for mounting an extended screed paving material leveler on a paving machine.
Patent No. 11,202,412
Title: Bale Processing System
Inventors: Ethen D. Wentz, Menno
Assigned: Not assigned.
Summary: The inventor has developed a hay bale shredding apparatus with an easily expandable bale holding capacity.
Patent No. D938,547
Title: Bottom Bouncer
Inventors: Kevin Hagen, Mitchell
Assigned: Not assigned.
Summary: The inventor has developed an ornamental design for a fishing rig device.
Patent No. 11,197,510
Title: Academic Hat Tassel Securing System
Inventors: Josh Pruett, Sioux Falls; Amir Krdzalic, Sioux Falls; Lindsey Yeauger, Dublin, OH; Gary Yeauger, Dublin, OH; Jason Lukacsko, Dublin, OH
Assigned: TassLoc LLC, Sioux Falls
Summary: The inventors have developed a system for releasably holding a tassel on alternate sides of a graduation mortarboard cap.
Patent No. 11,197,444
Title: Inbred Corn Line CB119
Inventors: Michael Popelka, Sioux Falls
Assigned: Limagrain Europe S.A., Saint-Beauzire, France; KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA, Einbeck, Germany
Summary: The inventor has developed a new corn variety.
Patent No. 11,196,627
Title: Managed Remediation of Non-Compliant Resources
Inventors: Boo Boon Khoo, Bellevue, WA; Lisa A. Winn, Seattle, WA; Archana Sridhar Mungara, Hillsboro, OR; Dennis Ono Tjandra, Seattle WA; Thomas Smith, Rapid City; Jamie Layne White, Seattle, WA
Assigned: Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA
Summary: The inventors have developed improvements in managing and maintaining service on large scale computing systems.
Patent No. 11,195,438
Title: Light Fixture Sign
Inventors: Thomas W. Gow, Lake Preston
Assigned: Not assigned.
Summary: The inventor has developed an illuminated sign apparatus for extending from a ceiling or wall.
Patent No. 11,193,318
Title: Window Balance Shoes for a Pivotable Window
Inventors: Wilbur J. Kellum, Garretson
Assigned: Amesburg Group, Inc., Edina, MN
Summary: The inventors have developed improvements in the design of the “shoe” that slides along the jamb of a pivoting double hung window sash.
Patent No. 11,191,218
Title: Bale Shredder with Elevated Discharge
Inventors: Ethen D. Wentz, Menno
Assigned: Not assigned.
Summary: The inventor has developed .a hay bale shredding apparatus with an improved hay flow system to facilitate discharging hay at an elevated height above the ground.
Written By: Jeffrey A. Proehl
