Patents by Inventor Deric Keith Mason

Deric Keith Mason has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Devices and methods using supervisor chips (integrated circuits) to generate time acceptance windows
    Patent number: 9037894
    Abstract: Timing circuits including supervisor chip(s), capacitors, and latches. The supervisor chip(s) and capacitors cooperate to generate an electrical signal (window signal) having a high logic state when the window is open. The latches are used to determine whether an event of interest occurred while the window was open using the generated window signal and an electrical signal asserted upon occurrence of the event of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Deric Keith Mason, Michael David Haddon