IP Library Granted Patent US 5,165,069
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US 5,165,069 · App. 07/559,825

Method and system for non-invasively identifying the operational status of a VCR

Inventors: James Joseph Vitt, Allen L. Fulmer, Daozheng Lu
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Granted: Nov 17, 1992 Filed: Jul 30, 1990
Inventors
James Joseph Vitt
Allen L. Fulmer
Daozheng Lu
Assignee (at issue)
A.C. Nielsen Company

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Patent No.
US 5,165,069
App. No.
07/559,825
Filed
1990-07-30
Granted
1992-11-17
Kind
A