Patents by Inventor Jonathan Gounden

Jonathan Gounden 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).

  • Selective control of groups of detonators
    Patent number: 9967095
    Abstract: A method of communicating with a detonator assembly wherein an encryption key associated with the detonator assembly is stored in the detonator assembly and a message, intended for the detonator assembly, is encrypted at the control location using the encryption key whereupon the encrypted message is transmitted to each of a plurality of detonator assemblies and each received message is decrypted and validated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: DETNET SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD
    Inventors: Craig Charles Schlenter, Jonathan Gounden
  • SELECTIVE CONTROL OF GROUPS OF DETONATORS
    Publication number: 20160218863
    Abstract: A method of communicating with a detonator assembly wherein an encryption key associated with the detonator assembly is stored in the detonator assembly and a message, intended for the detonator assembly, is encrypted at the control location using the encryption key whereupon the encrypted message is transmitted to each of a plurality of detonator assemblies and each received message is decrypted and validated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicant: Detnet South Africa (Pty) Ltd
    Inventors: Craig Charles Schlenter, Jonathan Gounden