Patents by Inventor Nicholas Jacob Worp

Nicholas Jacob Worp 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).

  • Patent number: 5749049
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a substrate (200) for supporting electrical circuits (202), the substrate (200) including first and second opposing surface areas (204 and 206). At least first and second electrical contacts (214 and 216) are disposed on the substrate 200 and are electrically coupled to at least first and second conductive plates (210 and 212), respectively. The first and second conductive plates (210 and 212) are disposed on the first and second opposing surface areas (204 and 206) of the substrate (200), respectively. Preferably, the first and second conductive plates (210 and 212) at least partially overlap with each other. The first and second conductive plates (210 and 212) form a capacitive element therebetween for determining excessive variability in composition of the substrate as indicated by a measured inherent capacitance of the substrate at the capacitive element that is outside a specified tolerance of the capacitive element (200).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1998
    Inventor: Nicholas Jacob Worp