Business Notebook: 03-18

3/18/2012

CALENDAR

The Bowling Green Chamber of Commerce Business Council will present a State of the County Address, presented by the Wood County Commissioners on Thursday at 7:30 a.m. in the Wood County Courthouse Atrium. Cost: Free. Registration by Wednesday at 419-353-7945 or SandyKerr@bgchamber.net

The second of a four-part "Management Tune-up!" seminar series, sponsored by the Waterville Area Chamber of Commerce, will be at 1 p.m. Monday in the Waterville Chamber meeting room in the Waterville Library, 122 Farnsworth Rd., Waterville. Cost: $25 for chamber members, $50 for nonmembers for each session. Information at 419-878-5188.

Notice of business meetings must be received by The Blade 10 days before the event. Send items by email to business@theblade.com or by fax to 419-724-6147. Write "Business Calendar" in the message field.

CONVENTIONS

Listings include organizations, headquarters and number of attendees expected as estimated by Destination Toledo:

■ Thursday-Saturday -- Central States Anthropological Society, Park Inn by Radisson, 150, regional.

AREA PATENTS

The following U.S, patents were granted to Lucas, Fulton, and Wood County Ohio inventors in January 2012 and published in the Official Gazette of the Patent and Trademark Office. For more information call the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library, Business Technology Department at (419) 259-5209.

#8,106,586 Plasma discharge display with fluorescent conversion material; Carol Ann Wedding, Toledo; Oliver M. Strbik, III, Holland; Edwin F. Peters, Toledo; Thomas J. Pavliscak, Palo Verdes, Calif.; assignors to Imaging Systems Technology, Inc. Toledo

#8,106,573 Platinum alloy for spark plug electrodes and spark plug having a platinum alloy electrode; Jeffrey T. Boehler, Holland; Eric P. Passman, Piscataway, N.J.; assignors to FRAM Group IP LLC, Danbury, Conn.

#8,101,075 Fluid filter cartridge assembly; Christopher P. Montelauro, Bowling Green; assignor to FRAM Group IP LLC, Danbury, Conn.

#8,098,162 Attachment of an RFID tag to a container; Douglas W. Abbott, Bowling Green; John M. Shingle, Perrysburg; assignors to Rexam Healthcare Packaging Inc. Perrysburg

#8,097,199 Molded plastic container and preform having insert-molded insert; Douglas W. Abbott, Bowling Green; Bruce A. Mohrmann, Waterville; assignors to Rexam Healthcare Packaging Inc. Perrysburg

#8,091,928 Coupling assembly for connection to a hose; Michael Owen Carrier, Van Wert, Ohio; Ryan Thomas Ellerbrock, Ottawa, Ohio; Glenn Martin Gregrich, Stow, Ohio; Jill Marie Luginbill, Rockford, Ohio; Brett William Schultz, Burton, Ohio; Jerry Michael Welch, Holland; assignors to Eaton Corporation, Cleveland

#8,104,648 Mixing applicator; Mario J. Restive, Frankfort, N.Y.; Jeffrey James Birt, Whitesboro, N.Y.; Thomas Lowell Waggoner, Perrysburg; assignors to The Fountainhead Group, Inc. New York Mills, N.Y.

#8,100,602 Apparatus for installing elongate seal strips; Jesse S. Mathey, Perrysburg; assignor to The D.S. Brown Company, North Baltimore, Ohio

#8,092,546 Knee arthroplasty prosthesis; Thomas M. Coon, Redding, Calif.; Alfred J. Tria, Jr.; Princeton, N.J.; Donald M. Smucker, Perrysburg; Richard R. Van Zile, Bryan, Ohio; assignors to Zimmer, Inc. Warsaw, Ind.

#8,092,545 Knee arthroplasty prosthesis method; Thomas M. Coon, Redding, Calif.; Alfred J. Tria, Jr. Princeton, N.J.; Donald M. Smucker, Perrysburg; Richard R. Van Zile, Bryan, Ohio; assignors to Zimmer, Inc. Warsaw, Ind.

#8,087,171 Method of installing axially adjustable driveshaft assembly; Eric M. Fischer, Maumee; Johnny N. Smith, Toledo; assignors to Dana Automotive Systems Group, LLC Maumee

#8,106,266 Soybean variety XB31E09; Debra K. Steiger, Wauseon; assignor to Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. Johnston, Iowa

#8,105,649 Fabrication of silicon carbide shell; Carol Ann Wedding, Toledo; Joe K. Cochran, Marietta, Ga.; assignors to Imaging Systems Technology, Toledo

#8,097,784 Soybean variety XB37V09; Debra K. Steiger, Wauseon; Paul A. Stephens, Princeton, Ill.; assignors to Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. Johnston, Iowa

#8,097,783 Soybean variety XB38AA09; Debra K. Steiger, Wauseon; Leon G. Streit, Johnston, Iowa; assignors to Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., Johnston, Iowa

#8,097,782 Soybean variety XB39T09; Leon G. Streit, Johnston, Iowa; Debra K. Steiger, Wauseon; assignors to Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., Johnston, Iowa

#8,096,507 Methods and apparatus for optical propagation improvement system; Alan B. Cain, Chesterfield, Mo.; Eric J. Jumper, Granger, Ind.; Donald J. Wittich, III, South Bend, Ind.; Edward J. Kerschen, Tucson, Ariz.; David Cavalieri, Granger, Ind.; T. Terry Ng, Sylvania; assignors to Innovative Technology Applications, Chesterfield, Mo.; and University of Notre Dame Du Lac, Notre Dame, Ind.

#8,093,770 Electric motor with liquid-cooled end windings; Michael Tekletsion Berhan, Sylvania; assignor to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, Mich.

#8,093,464 Soybean variety RJS38003; Debra K. Steiger, Wauseon; assignor to Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. Johnston, Iowa

#8,093,461 Soybean variety XB40G09; Leon G. Streit, Johnston, Iowa; Debra K. Steiger, Wauseon; assignor to Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. Johnston, Iowa

#D652,809 Electrode for a plasma shell; Carol Ann Wedding, Toledo; Daniel K. Wedding, Toledo; Oliver M. Strbik, III, Holland; assignors to Imaging Systems Technology, Toledo

#D652,723 Bottle neck and shoulder; Karl A. Reisig, Maumee; assignor to Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc. Perrysburg

#D653,406 Dog bed; Gary Kahn, Toledo; Debora D. Kahn, Temperance; no assignment

#D653,150 Wristband; Robert J. Croak, Toledo; assignor to BCP Imports, LLC, Toledo

#D652,809 Electrode for a plasma shell; Carol Ann Wedding, Toledo; Daniel K. Wedding, Toledo; Oliver M. Strbik, III, Holland; assignors to Imaging Systems Technology, Toledo

#D652,574 Face shield; Walter Stoll, Toledo; no assignment

#D652,337, #D652,336, #D651,932, and

#D651,931: Wristbands; Kenneth Gregory Molik, Toledo; assignor to Kenneth Molik, Toledo