Business notebook: 5/18
5/18/2014ACHIEVEMENTS
■ Megan Coyle Stamos of Coyle Funeral Home and Cremation Services received the Presidents Award from Physician’s Mutual and the Outlook Group at the Advanced Funding Solutions Leaders Conference. Ms. Stamos was selected for demonstrating commitment to families as well as characteristics of quality, integrity, and passion.
■ Theo Killion has been elected to the Libbey Inc. board of directors. He is chief executive officer of Zale Corp., a jewelry retailer. Also, William A. Foley and Deborah G. Miller were re-elected to the board. Toledo’s Libbey Inc. is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of glass tableware.
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CALENDAR
■ Two free, educational workshops on Social Security designed for individuals and couples 58 or older will be held this week in Perrysburg. The workshops will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Holiday Inn Express, 10621 Fremont Pike, and at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Way Public Library, 101 E. Indiana Ave. Reservations are required. RSVP by calling 1-888-339-5319 or online at macinofinancial.com.
■ Matt Campbell, the University of Toledo’s head football coach, will be the guest speaker for EPIC Toledo’s Unplugged speaker series, from 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Wednesday. Unplugged is a quarterly speaker series that provides a forum for the Toledo Region’s young professionals to hear from prominent community leaders. The event is free and will be held in the Grogan Room at Savage Arena. Mr. Campbell will discuss his career and how he uses leadership skills in his job.
■ The Toledo Club Toastmasters will meet Friday at 7 a.m. on the 5th floor of the Toledo Club, 235 14th St. Guests are welcome to attend free of charge. Questions: Germano Bressan at 419-249-6309.
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CONVENTIONS
Listings include organizations, headquarters, and number of attendees expected as estimated by Destination Toledo:
■ Friday-Sunday: Pacesetter Soccer Club Invitational Showcase, various properties, 5,000, regional.
■ Friday-Sunday: U.S. Junior Nationals-Memorial Day Challenge Basketball Tournament, various properties, 1,000, national.
■ Friday-Sunday: The Forty Frame Game Bowling Tournament, Ramada Hotel Westgate, 150, regional.
PATENTS
The following U.S. Patents were granted to inventors in Lucas, Fulton, and Wood counties in March, 2014, and published in the Official Gazette of the Patent and Trademark Office.
# 8,662,079: Control of ammonia emissions from animal agriculture operations; assigned to Jones-Hamilton Co., Walbridge; Eric P. Eutsler, Salisbury, Md., and Carl J. Knueven, Bowling Green.
# 8,663,290: Top-loading polyaxial ball and socket fastener with saddle; assigned to Ortho Innovations, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.; Robert L. Doubler, Monroe and John E. Hammill, Sr., Maumee.
# 8,663,297: Top-loading polyaxial ball and socket fastener; assigned to Ortho Innovations, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.; Robert L. Doubler, Monroe and John E. Hammill, Sr., Maumee.
# 8,664,027: LED mesa sidewall isolation by ion implantation; assigned to Varian Semiconductor Associates Inc., Gloucester, Mass.; San Yu, Perrysburg and Atul Gupta, Beverly, Mass.
# 8,664,570: Vehicle window having bus bar(s) of conductive black frit; assigned to Guardian Industries Corp., Auburn Hills, Mich.; Sam Odeh, Maumee.
# 8,667,749: Building closure with enhanced moisture barrier properties; assigned to Milgard Manufacturing Inc., Tacoma, Wash.; David Furgerson, Sammamish, Wash., Julian Giggs, Hillsdale, Mich., and Nirav D. Parikh, Sylvania.
# 8,667,762: Grid keeper for insulating glass unit, and/or insulating glass unit incorporating the same; assigned to Guardian Industries Corp. (Auburn Hills, Mich.); David J. Cooper, Canton, Mich. and Robert A. Miller, Sylvania.
# 8,668,067: Nested check high-speed valve; assigned to Tenneco Automotive Operating Co. Inc. (Lake Forest, Ill.); Timothy Bombrys, Bowling Green; Darrell Breese, Ypsilanti, Mich.; Gary Groves and Ben Schaller, Toledo; Karl Kazmirski, Daniel Keil, Matthew Roessle, and Matthew Schelosky, Temperance, and Jim Szymusiak, Dearborn Heights, Mich.