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...that the inventor of the electric motor was a blacksmith named Thomas Davenport? Described as "a brilliantly unsuccessful inventor", Davenport invented the first rotary electric motor. In 1836 he headed out -- on foot -- from his Vermont home to file a patent application at the Patent Office in Washington, D.C. By the time he got there, he had squandered away his money and couldn't afford the $30 filing fee so he turned around and went home. When he later mailed in his application with money he'd raised, the Patent office was destroyed in a fire. He did finally get credit for his invention on Feb. 5, 1837.

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Examiner: Faile, Andrew


Primary examiner statistics: 912 patents; average approval time: 912 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 260 patents; average approval time: 821 days

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
7636510 Private video recorder using content segment pointing information...
7088911 Recording apparatus and method, playback apparatus and method, an...
6978080 Video switcher
6961096 Apparatus for and method of converting location information, and ...
6938269 Video file providing apparatus, video receiving/reproducing appar...
6928228 System and method for detection and analysis of video recordings
6928230 Associating recordings and auxiliary data
6925251 Optical disc apparatus
6907616 Transfer rate controller, decoding system, medium, and informatio...
6901206 Digital video recorder file system
6889001 Disk player with location marking capability
6871356 Mobile video system
6865337 System and method for detecting modifications of video signals de...
6813776 Method for automatic and semi-automatic event scheduling based on...
6792615 Encapsulated, streaming media automation and distribution system
6785904 Method and system for providing household level television progra...
6775840 Method and apparatus for using a spectrum analyzer for locating i...
6769133 Termination circuitry for dual forward and reverse test points fo...
6763522 System and method for a digital television electronic program gui...
6760915 Method and system for selecting content in a media stream
6757906 Television viewer interface system
6757908 Graphical representation of impairment or other conditions in a d...
6757909 Internet set-top box having an in-band tuner and cable modem
6757911 Digital broadcasting system, digital broadcasting apparatus, and ...
6754905 Data structure and methods for providing an interactive program g...
6745392 Enhanced security communication system
6738979 Satellite broadcast receiver which is not influenced by unnecessa...
6735777 Method for controlling program guide for displaying broadcast pro...
6732372 Transmission device and terminal device for automatic reception/r...
6732367 Interactive television program guide system with title and descri...
6732368 Method and apparatus for providing voice/unified messaging servic...
6725463 Dual mode tuner for co-existing digital and analog television sig...
6718551 Method and system for providing targeted advertisements
6718553 Centralized aggregation of broadcast television programming and m...
6701528 Virtual video on demand using multiple encrypted video segments
6698019 Apparatus and method for controlling viewing of video signals
6698020 Techniques for intelligent video ad insertion
6694516 Method used in a telecommunication network, termination unit real...
6691310 Information receiver and information transmission and reception m...
6680756 Receiver having a preset tuner

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
5548801 System for determining and registering location of mobile termina...
5539922 Multiple tree hierarchical portable communication system and meth...
5537673 Car stereo having a removable panel
5530913 Message delivery improvement for data communications system using...
5497504 System and method for connection control in mobile communications
5493711 Radio receiver for locating the strongest signal carrying a selec...
5479480 Dual mode cellular modem
5475864 High-cross correlation dynamic channel assignment for sectorized ...
5475875 Antenna switching circuit employing FETs for reduced power consum...
5475870 Apparatus and method for adding and removing a base station from ...
5471671 Hanset for a multiple channel communication system and use thereo...
5471642 Re-broadcast system for a plurality of AM signals
5471645 Method of allocating channels in multi-rate channel environment
5471644 Method of reducing audio gap in downlink during handoff of cellul...
5471641 Telecommunications network having switching centers for linking ...
5471647 Method for minimizing cross-talk in adaptive transmission antenna...
5469207 Method of labelling a broadcast signal including transmitting a s...
5465397 Method and apparatus for selecting the best fixed communication u...
5465411 Diversity receiver with switching noise reduction
5465404 Communications receiver with an adaptive squelch system
5465402 Automatic frequency transfer and storage method
5457809 Group communications method between mobile stations
5457817 Tuner of a double superheterodyne receiver
5455963 Method of switching voice channels in a mobile communication syst...
5450619 Slidably retractable portable telephone apparatus
5448757 Audio signal modulating system with pre-emphasis
5448752 Telecommunications system
5448764 Cordless telephone set with secure communication protocol
5448769 Method for tuning the medium frequency of an RF bandpass filter b...
5448763 Apparatus and method for operating a phase locked loop frequency ...
5442804 Method for resource allocation in a radio system
5442803 Half duplex communication system having quick channel assignments
5442814 Cellular telephone facilitating a response holding state
5440758 Method of preventing unauthorized access to a wireless communicat...
5438690 Tuner circuit substrate having a jack attachment plate electrical...
5438702 Bicycle helmet communication device
5438688 Channel selecting method and highspeed scanning radio receiver wh...
5437051 Broadband tuning circuit for receiving multi-channel signals over...
5430890 Radio receiver for mobile reception with sampling rate oscillator...
5428814 Space communications apparatus employing switchable band filters ...
 
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