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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. 21, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 19, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lynn R Watson, Boise, ID (US);
James E Castleberry, Boise, ID (US);
David D Luke, Boise, ID (US);
David C Gilbert, Boise, ID (US);
Assignee:
In-System Design, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
341100 ; 395891 ;
Abstract
A serial to parallel port signal converter for interconnection between a hosts utilizing Uniform Serial Bus communications protocols and a peripheral device uses IEEE 1284 complaint communications protocol. The signal converter appears to the host as a fully compliant bi-directional USB device, and to the peripheral device as a fully compliant IEEE 1284 host.