Patents by Inventor Edward G. Fisher

Edward G. Fisher 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).

  • Character encoding
    Patent number: 5225833
    Abstract: A method of encoding the characters of a character set, wherein the characters have a plurality of attributes (e.g., base, diacritical, and case), and wherein each attribute may have a plurality of values. The method comprises the steps of: dividing a multi-digit code into a plurality of parts, assigning each attribute to a different part, and, within each part, assigning a different numerical code to each different value of the attribute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1993
    Assignee: Digital Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Edward G. Fisher, Peter D. Gilbert