Patents by Inventor Norman R. Rapoport

Norman R. Rapoport 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: 4928061
    Abstract: A printed circuit board especially for use in device testing apparatus is provided. The circuit board includes a plurality of stacked layers of dielectric or insulating material with each of the layers having coated on one surface thereof a layer of conducting material defining a plane. The conducting material extends to at least one outer edge of the stack of the material for each plane and at each plane it is spaced with respect to the outer edge locations of all of the other planes. A plurality of lands extend vertically along the stack of material, each land while extending the entire length, only contacting the plane of conducting material extending to the edge at the location of the land whereby a signal applied to any given land is conducted only on the planes where that plane extends to the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 22, 1990
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael S. Dampier, Ronald J. Prilik, Norman R. Rapoport