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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:
Apr. 02, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2020
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Michael J. Branson, Rochester, MN (US);
Ryan K. Cradick, Oronoco, MN (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 3/38 (2006.01); G01R 31/58 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/58 (2020.01); H02J 3/381 (2013.01); H02J 2300/24 (2020.01); H02J 2300/28 (2020.01); H02J 2310/58 (2020.01); H02J 2310/70 (2020.01);
Abstract
Information indicating a source of electric current can be transmitted alongside or within the electric current itself, enabling downstream recipients to identify a source of their electricity. The information may be embedded directly into the electric current, such as by adding a modulated carrier signal to an alternating current before transmitting the current to a downstream recipient.