Patents by Inventor Keith George Macfarlane

Keith George Macfarlane 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).

  • Smart probe
    Patent number: 8661700
    Abstract: The present system, method, article of manufacture, software, and apparatus is an “intelligent” probe system and components thereof and may openly encompass, in at least an embodiment, an embedded IC chip located in an interchangeable probe(s) which offers repeatable, fast, easy, and error free probe swapping on a CMM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Faro Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Clark H. Briggs, Keith George Macfarlane, Frederick John York, Marc Barber
  • SMART PROBE
    Publication number: 20100250175
    Abstract: The present system, method, article of manufacture, software, and apparatus is an “intelligent” probe system and components thereof and may openly encompass, in at least an embodiment, an embedded IC chip located in an interchangeable probe(s) which offers repeatable, fast, easy, and error free probe swapping on a CCM.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: FARO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Clark H. Briggs, Keith George Macfarlane, Frederick John York, Marc Barber
  • Smart probe
    Patent number: 7735234
    Abstract: The present system, method, article of manufacture, software, and apparatus is an “intelligent” probe system and components thereof and may openly encompass, in at least an embodiment, an embedded IC chip located in an interchangeable probe(s) which offers repeatable, fast, easy, and error free probe swapping on a CMM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Faro Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Clark H. Briggs, Keith George Macfarlane, Frederick John York, Marc Barber
  • SMART PROBE
    Publication number: 20080052936
    Abstract: The present system, method, article of manufacture, software, and apparatus is an “intelligent” probe system and components thereof and may openly encompass, in at least an embodiment, an embedded IC chip located in an interchangeable probe(s) which offers repeatable, fast, easy, and error free probe swapping on a CMM.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: FARO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Clark H. Briggs, Keith George Macfarlane, Frederick John York, Marc Barber