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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:
Oct. 15, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1995
Stanley K Honey, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Richard H Cavallaro, Mountain View, CA (US);
David B Hill, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Fred J Heinzmann, Los Altos, CA (US);
Alan C Phillips, Los Altos, CA (US);
Harold Guthart, Los Altos, CA (US);
Alan A Burns, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Charles L Rino, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Philip C Evans, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Fox Sports Productions, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
A hockey puck with an electromagnetic transmitter. The electromagnetic transmitter could include an infrared transmitter, ultraviolet transmitter, radar repeater, RF transmitter or other device for transmitting electromagnetic waves outside of the visible spectrum. The electromagnetic transmitter is turned on using a shock sensor and is turned off using a timer.