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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:
Jan. 01, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2004
Applicants:
Tim Patterson, Mesquite, TX (US);
Erwin Holowick, Manitoba, CA;
Kenneth J. Derry, McKinney, TX (US);
Inventors:
Tim Patterson, Mesquite, TX (US);
Erwin Holowick, Manitoba, CA;
Kenneth J. Derry, McKinney, TX (US);
Assignee:
Datamatic, Ltd., Plano, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention achieves technical advantages as an AMR device adapted to couple to utility meters and detect an excess rate of product delivery and responsively generate an alert indicative of this excess rate. Advantageously, the alert is provided to a remote device to provide notice of an abnormal condition, such as a leak which could produce flooding, or customer exceeding an allowed delivery rate, such as during conservation periods.