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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:
Jun. 26, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2000
Applicants:
Nicholas R. Dono, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Bengt-olaf Schneider, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Inventors:
Nicholas R. Dono, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Bengt-Olaf Schneider, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and arrangements for facilitating the integration of devices, such as hardware components, with a computer operating system or the like. Contemplated herein are self-describing devices that serve to eliminate one or more intermediate steps commonly encountered heretofore.