Patents by Inventor Derrick Cochran

Derrick Cochran 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).

  • Appliance having a clock set to universal time
    Publication number: 20050105399
    Abstract: A appliance (100) having a receiver (324) capable of receiving and a decoder (314) capable of decoding a time signal (400) into a time value. A clock (308) in the appliance (100) is updated or set with the received time value and an indicator (104) is activated to notify consumers that time synchronization to a time signal has occurred. The decoder (314) from the decoded time signal (400) is able to identify leap years and changes to and from daylight savings time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2001
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Inventors: David Strumpf, Derrick Cochran, Thomas Vaughn