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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.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 21, 2011
Applicants:

Christian Grässer, Vallentuna, SE;

Peter Cornelius Kistler, Thornton, CO (US);

James Greenberg, Westminster, CO (US);

Rod Johnson, San Jose, CA (US);

Magnus Westermark, Ekerö, SE;

Inventors:

Christian Grässer, Vallentuna, SE;

Peter Cornelius Kistler, Thornton, CO (US);

James Greenberg, Westminster, CO (US);

Rod Johnson, San Jose, CA (US);

Magnus Westermark, Ekerö, SE;

Assignee:

Trimble Navigation Limited, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 15/00 (2006.01); G01C 15/06 (2006.01); G01C 11/00 (2006.01); G01C 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 15/06 (2013.01); G01C 15/00 (2013.01); G01C 1/02 (2013.01); G01C 11/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

Novel solutions for position measurement, including without limitation tools and techniques that can be used for land surveying and in similar applications. One such tool is a greatly enhanced position measurement system that takes the form of a surveying rod with substantial independent functionality, which can be used with or without a total station or similar device.


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