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News First Patent Issues for Groundbreaking
Correlated Magnetics Research receives first patent from seventy patent applications for new ability to program magnetic force behavior
March 29, 2010 (Huntsville, Alabama) - Correlated Magnetics Research (CMR) today announces that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued U.S. Patent 7,681,256 entitled “Correlated Magnetic Mask and Method for Using the Correlated Magnetic Mask”, which was filed June 5, 2009. Mark Roberts, President of CMR, said, “This is a very big milestone for CMR since this is the first patent to issue out of 70 patent applications we’ve filed so far for our Coded Magnet™ technology. “We received Notices of Allowance for a number of our patent filings beginning several months ago. Now, the first one has made it all the way through the patenting process – and in less than ten months after filing. We believe that having the USPTO acknowledge the patentability of this technology so quickly is tremendous validation of how unique and groundbreaking our technology is. This milestone clearly translates to increased value and lower risk for our licensees.” Inventor Larry Fullerton, Chief Scientist and CEO of CMR, said, “I am very proud of the progress our team has made in such a short time. In only two years we have taken a basic idea in physics and coding theory all the way to a productizable technology. This first patent illustrates only one of the myriad products that can be improved or enabled by our new technology.” Fullerton invented correlated magnetics by leveraging his background in communications signal processing and applying this area of expertise to magnetism. The result is an enabling technology that offers precise control over the shape, strength, and properties of magnetic fields. Correlated magnetics breaks the simple dipole paradigm of traditional magnets and their fixed behavior of attract and repel. Coded MagnetsTM are programmed using spatial arrangements of opposing magnetic poles giving each magnetic structure a unique identity that determines how they interact. Magnetic force curves can be tailored to affect both near field and far field characteristics, and can be engineered to transition from an attract to a repel force and vice versa. Since Fullerton’s initial insight and subsequent invention in early 2008, CMR has embarked on a program of continuous research, development and application leading to 40 patent filings for core technology inventions and another 30 patent filings for key implementations of the technology. According to Roberts, “As periodically happens with groundbreaking inventions, Larry looked at magnetism, an age-old phenomenon in physics, from a completely new perspective and had a fundamental insight that will change the field of magnetics forever. Magnets are the basis of motors, generators and are found in an amazing number of places. But now, instead of a generator or other product being built around a magnet, Larry has invented a way to program magnets such that the magnet can be optimized for the application. This invention is important.” About Correlated Magnetics Research, LLC: CMR was founded in 2008 to pursue research and development activities in the field of correlated magnetic structures. CMR has 70 patents filed with the U.S. Patent Office as well as international patent organizations. Coded MagnetsTM is a trademark of Correlated Magnetics Research, LLC.
For more information about programmable magnets, contact CMR representatives or visit the CMR website at www.correlatedmagnetics.com
North America Ron Jewell, Correlated Magnetics Research, LLC TEL: 678-528-411
United Kingdom Matthew Scherba, Tx3 Solutions, Ltd TEL: +44 (0) 207 297 2036
Denmark Ole Toft, OLETO Corporation TEL: +45 2922 6564 |
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