Patents by Inventor Frederick Joseph Bonhomme

Frederick Joseph Bonhomme 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).

  • Power-up system for line-powered telephones
    Patent number: 5943420
    Abstract: A speaker-phone telephone, in which a speaker-microphone unit is powered by wall current, and a separate telephone is separately powered, by telephone line current. The speaker-microphone unit contains a switch by which a user can call for a speaker-phone call. The switch initiates a signal, which is held in existence, until a microprocessor detects the signal, and removes it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1999
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederick Joseph Bonhomme, Roger Edward Holtz