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US Patent 7957160 Current Waveform Construction to Generate AC Power

July 11, 2011 by Leave a Comment
US Patent 7957160 Current Waveform Construction to Generate AC Power

Thompson Patent Law legal staff drafted and prosecuted a design patent issued to Flyback Energy, Inc. of Spokane Valley, Washington. US Design Patent 7,957,160 was issued to Flyback Energy, Inc. for Current Waveform Construction to Generate AC Power with Low Harmonic Distortion from Localized Energy Sources on June 7, 2011. Abstract Methods and apparatus to provide low harmonic distortion AC power for distribution by converting energy from natural or renewable sources into electrical form, and constructing a current waveform on a primary winding of a transformer by recapturing inductive energy previously stored … [Read more...]

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US Patent 7898229 Supply Architecture for Inductive Loads

June 6, 2011 by Leave a Comment
US Patent 7898229 Supply Architecture For Inductive Loads

Thompson Patent Law legal staff drafted and prosecuted a patent issued to Flyback Energy, Inc. of Spokane Valley, WA. U.S. Patent 7898229 was issued to Flyback Energy for Supply Architecture for Inductive Loads on March 1, 2011. Abstract Apparatus and associated systems and methods may relate to a process for supplying unidirectional current to a load, controlling a reverse electromotive force (REMF), capturing inductive energy from the load, and supplying the captured inductive energy to the load. In an illustrative example, an operating cycle may include a sequence of operations. First, inductive energy … [Read more...]

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US Patent 7516030 Measuring Components of Jitter

January 31, 2011 by Leave a Comment
US Patent 7516030

Thompson Patent Law legal staff drafted and prosecuted a patent issued to LeCroy Corporation of Chestnut Ridge, New York. US Patent 7516030 B2 was issued to LeCroy Corporation for Measuring Components of Jitter on April 7, 2009. Abstract Apparatus and associated systems, methods and computer program products relate to isolating horizontal jitter component(s) from vertical jitter component(s). In preferred embodiments, at least one horizontal component of jitter is distinguished from at least one component of vertical jitter by fitting a curve to a digitally acquired waveform, determining the curve slope and … [Read more...]

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US Patent 7511646 Use of 8-Bit or Higher A/D for NAND Cell Value

January 31, 2011 by Leave a Comment
US Patent 7511646

Thompson Patent Law legal staff drafted and prosecuted a patent issued to Apple Inc. of Cupertino, California. US Patent 7511646 B2 was issued to Apple Inc. for Use of 8-Bit or Higher A/D for NAND Cell Value on March 31, 2009. Abstract A system and method, including computer software, for storing digital information uses multiple NAND flash memory cells. Each memory cell is adapted to receive charge during a write operation to an analog voltage that corresponds to a data value having a binary representation of more than 4 bits. An analog-to-digital converter converts the analog voltage from each memory cell … [Read more...]

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US Patent 7378832 Probing High-Frequency Signals

January 31, 2011 by Leave a Comment
US Patent 7378832

Thompson Patent Law legal staff drafted and prosecuted a patent issued to LeCroy Corporation of Chestnut Ridge, New York. US Patent 7378832 B2 was issued to LeCroy Corporation for Probing High-Frequency Signals on May 27, 2008. Abstract Apparatus and associated systems and methods may relate to a wide bandwidth cable assembly that may include an active amplification stage to receive high frequency signals (e.g., 1 GHz or above) through a transmission line extending distally to a passive, high density signal probe stage. In an illustrative example, the probe stage may receive multiple analog or digital signals … [Read more...]

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US Patent 7295934 Flow Meter Performance Monitoring System

January 31, 2011 by Leave a Comment
US Patent 7295934

Thompson Patent Law legal staff drafted and prosecuted a patent issued to Dresser, Inc. of Addison, Texas. US Patent 7295934 B2 was issued to Dresser, Inc. for a Flow Meter Performance Monitoring System on November 13, 2007. Abstract Apparatus and associated systems, methods and computer program products relate to monitoring the performance of an operating gas meter by automatic and substantially continuous differential pressure (dP) measurement. Measured dP may be compared against a baseline dP characteristic to determine if the measured dP exceeds a threshold value above a baseline dP characteristic. If the … [Read more...]

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US Patent 7197222 Waveguide Interface

January 31, 2011 by Leave a Comment
US Patent 7197222

Thompson Patent Law legal staff drafted and prosecuted a patent issued to Lumera Corporation of Bothell, Washington. US Patent 7197222 B1 was issued to Lumera Corporation for a Waveguide Interface on March 27, 2007. Abstract Apparatus and associated systems for transmission of signals within a wide bandwidth (e.g., from DC to 40 GHz and above) include a conduction path and ground structures in an arrangement to provide a smooth transition between propagation in a coplanar waveguide mode and propagation in a microstrip waveguide mode. Some embodiments may be provide without vias, for example, by providing  low … [Read more...]

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US Patent 7161489 RFID System Performance Monitoring

January 31, 2011 by Leave a Comment
US Patent 7161489

Thompson Patent Law legal staff drafted and prosecuted a patent issued to The Gillette Company, of Boston, Massachusetts. US Patent 7161489 was issued to The Gillette Company for an RFID System Performance Monitoring on January 9, 2008. Abstract A system for monitoring and tracking performance of an RFID system collects information about parameters that may impact the performance of an RFID system. In various embodiments, the system may collect information from multiple nodes in the system. The system may perform statistical operations on the collected information to determine their impact on system … [Read more...]

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UK Patent 2448241 Handheld Scanner Device with Display Location

January 31, 2011 by Leave a Comment
UK Patent GB2448241

Thompson Patent Law legal staff drafted and prosecuted a patent issued to Hallmark Cards Inc. of Kansas City, Missouri. UK Patent 2448241 was issued to Hallmark Cards for a Handheld Scanner Device with Display Location on April 8, 2009. Background To capture the attention of shoppers, retail establishments often provide attractive and engaging sales displays that present many different inventory items in a manner designed to encourage the shoppers to purchase said items. As displays become more complex and present increased numbers and varieties of inventory items, displays and inventory management and … [Read more...]

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US Patent 7373358 User Interface for Maintaining Categorization Schemes

January 23, 2011 by Leave a Comment
US Patent 7373358

Thompson Patent Law legal staff drafted and prosecuted a patent issued to SAP Aktiengesellschaft of Waldorf, Germany. U.S. Patent 7373358 B2 was issued to SAP AG for User Interface for Maintaining Categorization Schemes on May 13, 2008. Abstract A graphical user interface (GUI) tool for maintaining categorization schemes includes a categorization area that displays user-input fields which may be used to define a number of categories and a number of links that form a categorization scheme. The categorization scheme is organized to enable the computer-executed process to categorize the data. The categorization … [Read more...]

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