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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. 02, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dwight Urban Bartholomew, Dallas, TX (US);
Diane L. Arbuthnot, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 1/00 ;
Abstract
A network for detecting a substance includes at least two detectors that are capable of transmitting a signal, and a remote station capable of receiving the signal. The detectors are adapted to detect a substance and transmit data that indicates the presence of that substance to the remote receiving station.