South Dakota Inventors Close Out 2021 with New Patents

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