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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:
Dec. 25, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2004
Applicants:
Robert T. Mason, Jr., Raleigh, NC (US);
Eugene W. Hodges, Holly Springs, NC (US);
Kathryn J. Smith, Raleigh, NC (US);
Andrew J. Borleske, Raleigh, NC (US);
Inventors:
Robert T. Mason, Jr., Raleigh, NC (US);
Eugene W. Hodges, Holly Springs, NC (US);
Kathryn J. Smith, Raleigh, NC (US);
Andrew J. Borleske, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
Elster Electricity, LLC, Raleigh, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08C 15/06 (2006.01); G08B 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention includes an electronic utility meter, a data collector/meter and a method for communicating data in an automated meter reading system. The inventive method includes communicating data with a network and a first electronic utility meter, and communicating the data with the first electronic utility meter and one or more other meters.