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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:
Aug. 17, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2003
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hagan Schempf, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
Automatika, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 9/00 ;
Abstract
A conduit network system includes at least one, and typically multiple, node elements in communication with an inner area of a conduit, which is used to transfer material therein. The node element can receive, process and communicate data signals that are representative of user-desired information. A system control mechanism is in communication with the node elements and receives the data signals from these node elements. A method for communicating data in a conduit system is also disclosed.