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Proportional space recording devices

Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1960-12-16
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Granted: 1964-05-19
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Expires: 1980-12-16
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Robert T Blakely

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-26 18:11
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06K; G06K15/00; G06K15/02; G06K15/14; B; B41; B41B; B41B17/00; B41B17/04; B41B17/16; G06F; G06F3/00; G06F3/09

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 119 words
IN A TIMING CONTROL DEVICE, AN ARRAY OF MEMORY ELEMENTS ARRANGED TO REPRESENT RELATIVELY COARSE INTERVALS OF TIME, MEANS FOR SELECTING A PARTICULAR COMBINATION OF COARSE AND FINE TIMING, MEANS UNDER CONTROL OF SAID SELECTING MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY CHANGING THE STATUS OF A PARTICULAR ELEMENT, A TIMED SWITCH MEANS COOPERATING WITH SAID ELEMENTS TO TEST THEM SEQUENTIALLY TO DETECT THE ELEMENT HAVING THE CHANGED STATUS, A MOVABLE MEMBER WITH A PLURALITY OF CHANNELS WHEREIN FINE INTERVALS OF TIME ARE REPRESENTED BY DIFFERENTIALLY LOCATED INDICIA, MEANS FOR SENSING SAID INDICIA, AND MEANS UNDER JOINT CONTROL OF SAID SELECTING MEANS, SAID SENSING MEANS AND SAID SWITCH MEANS FOR SELECTING A FINE DEGREE OF TIMING WITHIN A SELECTED COARSE DEGREE OF TIMING.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 119 words
IN A TIMING CONTROL DEVICE, AN ARRAY OF MEMORY ELEMENTS ARRANGED TO REPRESENT RELATIVELY COARSE INTERVALS OF TIME, MEANS FOR SELECTING A PARTICULAR COMBINATION OF COARSE AND FINE TIMING, MEANS UNDER CONTROL OF SAID SELECTING MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY CHANGING THE STATUS OF A PARTICULAR ELEMENT, A TIMED SWITCH MEANS COOPERATING WITH SAID ELEMENTS TO TEST THEM SEQUENTIALLY TO DETECT THE ELEMENT HAVING THE CHANGED STATUS, A MOVABLE MEMBER WITH A PLURALITY OF CHANNELS WHEREIN FINE INTERVALS OF TIME ARE REPRESENTED BY DIFFERENTIALLY LOCATED INDICIA, MEANS FOR SENSING SAID INDICIA, AND MEANS UNDER JOINT CONTROL OF SAID SELECTING MEANS, SAID SENSING MEANS AND SAID SWITCH MEANS FOR SELECTING A FINE DEGREE OF TIMING WITHIN A SELECTED COARSE DEGREE OF TIMING.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1967-05-19 1967-11-18 1968-05-19 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1971-05-19 1971-11-18 1972-05-19 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1975-05-19 1975-11-18 1976-05-19 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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