Patents by Inventor William Edward Pakenham

William Edward Pakenham 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).

  • Telephone subscriber's apparatus for signalling decimal digit values represented in printed form
    Patent number: 4042792
    Abstract: Pushbutton telephone subscriber's apparatus in which there is provided a light pen arrangement for reading printed bar-code patterns representing series of decimal digit values, such as telephone numbers, and for converting the signal voltages obtained from reading these patterns to a form which can be signalled by the subscriber's apparatus over an associated telephone line. The bar code patterns may for example be printed in letter headings or in telephone directories adjacent the conventionally printed digit values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1976
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1977
    Assignee: The General Electric Company Limited
    Inventors: William Edward Pakenham, Leonard Mayor Davis