Airlines fear radio interference from portable passenger computers
Airlines debate safety as portable four pound battery powered computers raise concerns. FAA says no hazard but allows airline discretion. carriers push for tests and standards. Radio Shack Model 100 company defends device, citing tests and no proven in flight interference.
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Lee Dembart
Angeles Times
American Airlines
Los Angeles
Siberia
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Fred Farrar
Washington
Air Transport Association
Radio Technical Committee For Aeronautics
Walters
Radio Shack
Computer inventor Atanasoff to be feted at ISU
John Vincent Atanasoff who built the first electronic digital computer at Iowa State University in 1939 will return to Ames for an Oct. 21 celebration marking the 10th anniversary of a federal ruling that he invented the computer. A prototype ABC will travel from Marlboro to be displayed in the physics building.
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AMES
John Vincent Atanasoff
Iowa State University
Atanasoff
Frederick
Iowa State
Clifford Berry
ABC
Atanasoff-Berry
ENIAC
John V. Atanasoff
Computer Museum
Marlboro
Mass
Noteworthy Patents Issued by USPTO in Washington DC
The U S Patent and Trademark Office in Washington D C issued several notable patents last week. Each patent highlights advances across various technological sectors and marks progress in intellectual property filings.
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Noteworth
U.S
Design Patents Granted This Week Include Goblets and Hair Brushes
Ninety five design patents were issued this week covering appearances of inventions such as goblets, hair brushes, games and animal collars. The Office of Technology Assessment and Forecast notes yearly totals around 4,747 for this year and 5,158 for 1984 with about 29 percent from foreign origin. RCA and U S Philips Corp are among owners. design patents began in 1842 and totals exceed 270,000. Large numbers have been issued for utility patents, over 4,400,000, with forecasts of foreign design patents around 1,388 this year and 1,508 next year.
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Washington
Office of Technology Assessment and Forecast
Patent and Trademark Office
RCA
U.S. Philips Corp
RCA patent on automatic gain control for FM TV signals
RCA obtained a recent patent for automatic gain control in FM television transmission. Leonard N Schiff of RCA's Princeton laboratories led the effort. The system improves signals for cable transmission and network affiliate radio television links, promising a clearer consumer picture.
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RCA
Leonard N Schiff
Princeton
N.J
Woman patents electric sharpener for cosmetic pencils
Mrs. Judith Halpern of Manhattan, N Y was granted a patent for an electric sharpener with blades and a solid state thermoelectric cooling device. The device chills the pencil point to prevent breakage, offering an alternative to refrigerating pencils while traveling.
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Judith Halpern
Manhattan
N.Y
Invention distinguishes fading types for radio corrections
Peter D. Karabinis of Bell Telephone Laboratories North Andover Mass patents a method to separate direct and reflected fading in radio signals. The device recognizes the two fading types and adjusts equipment to eliminate distortion at Bell’s Murray Hill headquarters.
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Peter D. Karabinis
Bell Telephone Laboratories
North Andover
Mass
Murray Hill
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