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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2018
Applicant:
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventors:
Mitchell Harvey Fuchs, Toms River, NJ (US);
Robert Bennett, Southold, NY (US);
Irwin Gerszberg, Kendall Park, NJ (US);
Kenneth C. Reichmann, Yardville, NJ (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/18 (2006.01); B06B 1/18 (2006.01); B06B 3/00 (2006.01); H04B 3/54 (2006.01); H04Q 9/00 (2006.01); G08C 23/06 (2006.01); H04B 3/52 (2006.01); G01R 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B06B 1/18 (2013.01); B06B 3/00 (2013.01); G01R 31/00 (2013.01); G08C 23/06 (2013.01); H04B 3/52 (2013.01); H04B 3/54 (2013.01); H04Q 9/00 (2013.01); H04B 2203/5425 (2013.01);
Abstract
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system for detecting an accumulation of a liquid on a transmission medium that may interfere with the propagation of guided electromagnetic waves on a surface of the transmission medium, and directing a device to remove at least a portion of the liquid accumulating on the surface of the transmission medium to mitigate the interference. Other embodiments are disclosed.