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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:
May. 20, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2006
Applicants:
Hugh Rice, Vancouver, WA (US);
Volker Smektala, Camas, WA (US);
Erik Ness, Vancouver, WA (US);
Sam Sarmast, Vancouver, WA (US);
Inventors:
Hugh Rice, Vancouver, WA (US);
Volker Smektala, Camas, WA (US);
Erik Ness, Vancouver, WA (US);
Sam Sarmast, Vancouver, WA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Systems and methods for identifying a device using a programmable memory circuit having at least one partially blown fuse are described herein. An electronic controller is configured to determine a resistance associated with a partially blown fuse in a programmable memory circuit and to determine an identifier based on the resistance.