Patents by Inventor Thomas R. Norton

Thomas R. Norton 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).

  • Parallel command-status interface through multiplexed serial link
    Patent number: 4092714
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for interconnecting parallel command data in a controller and parallel status data in a controlled device by transmitting the command and status data between the controller and controlled device through serial data links. The serial data links to and from the controller pass through electromagnetic radiation filters to prevent any radiation from leaving the controller through the interconnecting command and status data lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1978
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas R. Norton, Stephen I. Geller