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The following U.S. patents were granted to Lucas, Fulton, and Wood County inventors in April, 2006, and were published in the Official Gazette of the Patent & Trademark Office. For more information call the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library, Business-Technology Department at 419-259-5209.

#7033446 Vacuum carburizing with unsaturated aromatic hydrocarbons; James Edward Brug and Ralph Paul Poor, each Toledo; Garry W. Barbee, Rossford, and Stephen Harry Verhoff, Monclova; assignors to Surface Combustion Inc., Maumee.

#7033399 Welded hip prosthesis; John E. Hammill, Rossford, and Robert L. Doubler, Ida, Mich.; assignors to Ortho Innovations Inc., Toledo.

#7032783 Pump dispenser for liquid products; Raymond C. Lewis, Jr., Toledo; Richard D. Lohman, Sylvania; Gennaro R. Martire, Perrysburg; Thomas P. Royce, Swanton; and David C. Kamp, Grand Rapids, Ohio; assignors to Continentalafa Dispensing Co., St. Peters, Mo.

#7032632 Measuring and dispensing closure; John M. Shingle, Perrysburg; assignor to Owens-Illinois Prescription Products Inc., Toledo.

#70323115 Folding knife with locking blade; Jerry P. Busse, Wauseon.

#D519587 Exercise device; Kristi McCarty, Toledo; John Thomas McVicker, Northwood; and Shanna, Gronda, Grosse Isle, Mich.; assignors to Ideation Creations LLC, Grosse Isle, Mich.

#D519578 Dinosaur character on wheeled frame; George Carruth, Whitehouse.

#D519322 Tumbler; Allen J. Hutton, Toledo; assignor to Libbey Glass Inc., Toledo.

#7029055 Slidable window assembly with vent screen; Michael James Lesle, Toledo; Thomas William Peyton, Jr., Allen Park, Mich.; Marcus Tanksley, Farmington Hills, Mich.; Scott, Saxon, Northville, Mich.; Jeffrey Gerard Bourque, Novi, Mich.; Larry R. Lyke, Novi, Mich.; Rick Mark Weinert, Novi, Mich.; and Paul Joseph Kolokowski, Southgate, Mich.; assignors to Automotive Components Holdings LLC, Dearborn, Mich.

#D519034 Container; Jarrett S. Barnett, Toledo; assignor to Graham Packaging PET Technologies Inc., York, Pa.

#D518927 Vacuum housing; Mike Siler, Toledo, and Mark Rupp, Whitehouse; assignors to NSS Enterprises Inc., Toledo.

#D518722 Bottle; Lori Evans Bartman, Sylvania; Grant Thomas Briggs, Mesa, Ariz.; Denise Lefebvre, Southbury, Conn.; John Corbett, Little River, S.C.; Edouard Didier John Irvine Ball, Sydney, Australia; Mark Armstrong, Gwynedd, Great Britain; Edward Adamson, London; Ian Webb, London; assignors to Cadbury Schweppes PLC, Birmingham, Great Britain.

#7026585 Method for monitoring the performance of a magnetic pulse forming or welding process; Boris A. Yablochnikov, Toledo, and Aleksey B. Yablochnikov, Toronto; assignors to Torque-Traction Technologies Inc., Maumee.

#7025686 Axially collapsible driveshaft assembly; Albert Aiken, Toledo; assignor to Torque-Traction Technologies Inc., Maumee.

#7022711 2-(4-Pyridyl)amino-6-dialkoxyphenyl-pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-7-ones; James Bernard Kramer, Sylvania; James Marino Hamby, Ann Arbor; and Sylvester Klutchko, Ann Arbor; assignors to Warner-Lambert Co., Morris Plains, N.J.

#7021610 Ring-shaped spring device; Frank R. Hrovat, Sylvania, and Philip G. Costello, North Haven, Conn.; assignors to Barnes Group Inc., Bristol, Conn.

#7021478 Plastic closure with compression molded sealing/barrier liner; Mark R. Hock, Toledo; assignor to Owens-Illinois Closure Inc., Toledo.

#7021477 Child-resistant closure and container package; Steven R. Wolfe, Maumee; assignor to Owens-Illinois Prescription Products Inc., Toledo.

#7021409 Control System for a hybrid electric vehicle to anticipate the need for a mode change; Michael Alan Tamor, Toledo; assignor to Ford Global Technologies LLC, Dearborn, Mich.

#7021171 Annulus gear and drive shell; David P. Huber, Milbury, Ohio; Ben R. Vasa, Lapeer, Mich.; and Timothy J. Cripsey, Rochester, Mich.; assignors to Metal Forming & Coining Corp., Maumee.

#7021049 Vehicle sulfur oxide trap and related method; William Lewis Henderson Watkins, Toledo; Jun (John) Li, Canton, Mich.; Mohinder Singh Chattha, Northville, Mich.; and Amy Berris, Royal Oak, Mich.; assignors to Ford Global Technologies LLC, Dearborn, Mich.

#7020931 Grommet and retainer; Jason T. Burnett, Toledo; Noriyuki Nagamine, Novi, Mich.; and Jake Takahashi, Novi, Mich.; assignors to Yazaki North America Inc., Canton.

The following U.S. patents were granted to Monroe and Lenawee County, Michigan inventors in April, 2006.

#D519358 Barrier or wall mounting apparatus; Gregg Hugh Crawford, Adrian.

#D519288 Chair; Kevin Knowles, Temperance; and David Westendorf, Monroe; assignors to Flexsteel Industries Inc., Dubuque, Iowa.

#7029242 Hermetic compressor with one-quarter wavelength tuner; Gabriella Cerrato Jay, Ann Arbor; Joseph A. Ventimiglia, Ann Arbor; and Daniel J. Hadesh, Tecumseh, Mich.; assignors to Tecumseh Products Co., Tecumseh.

#D519036 Bottle portion; David Deemer, Adrian; Charles A. Curtiss, Norwalk, Conn.; Machelle D. Stockwell, Bradenton, Fla.; Tomohito Asano, New York; and Stuart Leslie, Larchmont, N.Y.; assignors to Stokely-Van Camp Inc., Chicago.

#7026724 Method for limiting current of starter/alternator in generator mode; Scott Evart Blackburn, Temperance; assignor to Dana Corp., Toledo.

#7225614 Compressor with terminal assembly having dielectric material; Rick L. Bunch, Tecumseh, Mich., and Todd W. Herrick, Tecumseh; assignors to Tecumseh Products Co., Tecumseh.

#7025405 Substantially flush mounted vehicular window frame assembly and method for producing; John H. Gillen, Ottawa Lake, Mich.; assignor to Pilkington North America Inc., Toledo.

#7024877 Water heating system; Zer Kai Yap, Tecumseh; assignor to Tecumseh Products Co., Tecumseh.

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