Utah Genius, an organization that recognizes the state’s creative and innovative people and companies, named its 2018 honorees at a recent banquet at the Sheraton Hotel in Salt Lake City. The winners are ranked based on statistics from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Winners were invited to display their recently patented products at the event.
Utah Genius also gave its annual Lifetime Achievement Award to Nicole Toomey Davis, founder of Enclavix LLC, an artificial intelligence-based software company that creates online tools designed to accelerate innovation and entrepreneurship. Davis was the co-founder of DoBox Inc., a developer of residential gateway and parental control. She also served as director of the Centers of Excellence Program for the Governor’s Office of Economic Development for six years.
Davis serves on the boards of the MountainWest Capital Network (MWCN) and the Utah Technology Council. She has also served as a member of the advisory board for the Women Tech Council and as the co-chair of the Utah Technology Council’s Emerging Executive Peer-to-Peer Forum.
Val Hale, executive director of the Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED), spoke at the banquet, emphasizing the importance of inventors and innovators to Utah’s economy.
The Genius Awards program honors the Top 20 Utah Inventors, The Top 20 Utah Patent Companies by number of patents issued and the Top 10 Trademark Registrants.
Companies ranked by patents issued were: 1. University of Utah; 2. Sorenson IP Holdings; 3. Vivint Smart Home; 4. U.S. Synthetic Corp.; 5. Becton, Dickson and Co.; 6. IBM Corp.; 7. Harman International Industries; 8. C.R. Bard; 9. Adobe Systems Inc.; 10. Brigham Young University; 11. Sandisk Technologies; 12. MicroFocus Software; 13. ICON Health & Fitness; 14. Code Corp.; 15. Domo; 16. Disney Enterprises; 17. Moxtek; 18. Autoliv ASP; 19. (tie) Merit Medical Systems and Storagecraft Technology Corp.
Top patent recipients were: 1. David R. Hall; 2. Jeremy B. Warren; 3. (tie) James E. Nye and Merle B. Walker; 5. Brian Chevrier; 6. Christian Lalor; 7. Ryan Hoobler; 8. Matthew J. Eyring; 9. (tie) Jonathan F. Bruhn, David Flynn and George Powell; 12. (tie) Lloyd Leon Burch, Nathan S. Bushman, Ashok V. Joshi, Elizabeth E. Metcalf, Jerome Miles and Dallas B. Noyes; 18. (tie) Craig Boswell, Emily Brimhall, John Ryan Caldwell, William T. Dalebout, Joshua Washington, David O. Meyers, Jared Reynolds and Daniel J. Triplett.
Top trademark registrants were: 1. Vista Outdoor, 2. Associated Food Stores, 3. Young Living Essential Oils, 4. Franklin Covey, 5. Younique, 6. doTerra Holdings, 7. Eldorado Stone Operations, 8. Ever Energy, 9. IHC Health Service, 10. (tie) IF Group and Above Training.