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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2018

Filed:

Apr. 17, 2017
Applicant:

Silicon Valley Factory Llc, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);

Inventors:

Sebastian Thrun, Los Altos, CA (US);

David St. Martin, San Rafael, CA (US);

Arash Kani, Roxbury, MA (US);

Assignee:

Silicon Valley Factory LLC, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 6/12 (2006.01); H05B 6/06 (2006.01); H05B 6/02 (2006.01); H05B 6/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 6/062 (2013.01); H05B 6/105 (2013.01); H05B 6/1209 (2013.01);
Abstract

In various embodiments, an apparatus includes a top portion, a bottom portion adapted to receive the top portion to define a space enclosed within the top portion and bottom portion, where the bottom portion includes a conductive structure, the conductive structure configured to receive electromagnetic energy from an EM source. The apparatus may also include an electronic tag configured to encode information about contents of the space. In various embodiments, a heating apparatus includes an electromagnetic (EM) source and a controller configured to: receive data associated with a heatable load, determine heating instructions based at least in part on the received data, and control the EM source based on the determined heating instructions.


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