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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:
Oct. 01, 2002

Filed:

Nov. 17, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:

Eric Richard Bartsch, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Charles William Fisher, Loveland, OH (US);

Paul Amaat France, West Chester, OH (US);

James Frederick Kirkpatrick, Milford, OH (US);

Gary Gordon Heaton, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Thomas Charles Hortel, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Arseni Velerevich Radomyselski, Hamilton, OH (US);

James Randy Stigall, Hebron, KY (US);

Assignee:

The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/900 ;
Abstract

An autonomously movable cleaning robot comprising a platform and motive force to autonomously move the robot on a substantially horizontal surface having boundaries. The robot further has a computer processing unit for storing, receiving and transmitting data, and a cleaning implement operatively associated with the robot. The robot receives input data from an external source. The external source may be physical manipulation of the robot, remote control, or by triangulation from at least three external transmitters.

Published as:
CA2388870A1; WO0137060A1; AU1775401A; NO20022371D0; WO0137060A9; NO20022371L; EP1232424A1; US6459955B1; JP2003515210A; HK1049891A1;

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