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Newsgroups: comp.ai.neural-nets Path: sparky!uunet!gatech!concert!decwrl!world!srctran From: srctran@world.std.com (Gregory Aharonian) Subject: Periodic Neural Network Patent Posting Message-ID: <C1Dxpz.C2L@world.std.com> Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 01:05:59 GMT Lines: 1275 The following is my periodic posting of new (or newly encountered) patents dealing with neural networks. Lines below starting with "!" are new additions to this file. Comments to explain the titles are enclosed in brackets [...]. The text of any of these patents can be ordered from the patent office for $3 in printed form. Also, for $20, I will provide a machine readable version of the abstract, text, claims and references for any neural network patent. Greg Aharonian Source Translation & Optimization srctran@world.std.com 617-489-3727 ============================================================================= For a very good article on the legal issues involving neural network patents, see the article "Intellectual Property Protection for Neural Networks" by Donald Wenskay, Neural Networks, 3, pp. 229-236, 1990. ============================================================================= For those interested in applying for a neural network patent, I freely provide a LaTeX template for a patent application. Please email a request, and I'll send it to you. Contains most of the boilerplate you need. ============================================================================= To date, I have yet to see any articles in the trade journals on either companies signing cross-licensing agreements to share their neural network patents, or patent infringement lawsuits dealing with neural network patents. To me, this means that no one is making much money with neural networks (other than selling software), and that the financial return on acquiring a patent is less than the cost of applying for and maintaining a patent. If anyone hears of either occurrence, please let me know. ============================================================================= NEURAL NETWORK PATENTS 380 patents (patents in reverse chronological order) Copyright 1992 Gregory Aharonian !5,172,490 awarded to Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 12/92 34/54 !Clothes dryer with neurocontrol device !5,172,253 awarded to IBM 12/92 395/22 !Neural network model for reaching a goal state !5,170,463 awarded to Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 12/92 391/11 !Neuro-computer !5,170,071 awarded to TRW 12/92 307/20 !Stochastic artificial neuron with multilayer training capability !5,168,551 awarded to Samsung Electronics 12/92 395/27 !MOS decoder circuit implemented using a neural network architecture !5,168,550 awarded to Matsushita Electric Industrial 12/92 395/23 !Neural network with plural weight calculation methods and variation of plural !learning parameters !5,168,352 awarded to Mastushita Electric Industrial 12/92 358/81 !Coloring device for performing adaptive coloring of a monochromatic image !5,167,009 awarded to E. I. du Pont de Nemours 11/92 395/27 !On-line process control neural network using data pointers !5,167,008 awarded to General Electric 11/92 395/27 !Digital circuitry for approximating sigmoidal response in a neural network !layer !5,167,007 awarded to Hamamatsu Photonics Kabu. Kai. 11/92 395/25 !Multilayered optical neural network system !5,167,006 awarded to Ricoh 11/92 395/11 !Neuron unit, neural network and signal processing method !5,166,938 awarded to Samsung Electronics 11/92 371/37.1 !Error correction circuit using a design based on a neural network model !comprising an encoder portion and a decoder portion !5,166,927 awarded to Fujitsu 11/92 370/60 !Adaptive pathfinding neural network for a packet communication system !5,166,896 awarded to Samsung Electronics 11/92 364/725 !Discrete cosine transform chip using neural network concepts for calculating !values of a discrete cosine transform function !5,166,539 awarded to Nippon Telegraph and Telephone 11/92 307/201 !Neural network circuit 5,165,010 awarded to Hitachi 11/92 395/27 Information processing system 5,165,009 awarded to Hitachi 11/92 395/27 Neural network processing system using semiconductor memories 5,164,837 awarded to Dainippon Screen Manufacturing 11/92 358/296 Method of correcting setup parameter decision characteristics and automatic setup apparatus using a neural network 5,163,111 awarded to Hitachi 11/92 395/22 Customized personal terminal device 5,162,899 awarded to Matsushita Electric Industrial 11/92 358/80 Color data correction apparatus utilizing neural network 5,161,204 awarded to Neuristics 11/92 382/15 Apparatus for generating a feature matrix based on normalized out-class and in-class variation matrices 5,161,203 awarded to B. Shawn Buckley 11/92 382/15 Self-organizing circuits 5,161,014 awarded to RCA Thomson Licensing 11/92 358/160 Neural networks as for video signal processing 5,159,660 awarded to Western Thunder 10/92 395/22 Universal process control using artificial neural networks 5,158,062 awarded to Ford Motor 10/92 123/674 Adaptive air/fuel ration control method 5,157,738 awarded to Boston University / S. Grossberg 10/92 382/15 Rapid category learning and recognition system 5,157,733 awarded to Fuji Photo Film 10/92 382/6 Radiation image processing apparatus, determination apparatus, and radiation image read-out apparatus 5,157,399 awarded to Sony & Calif. Inst. Technology 10/92 341/163 Neural network quantizer 5,155,802 awarded to Trustees of Univ. of Penn. 10/92 395/24 General purpose neural computer 5,155,763 awarded to IBM 10/92 379/113 Look ahead method and apparatus for predictive dialing using a neural network 5,155,699 awarded to Samsung Electronics 10/92 364/766 Divider using neural network 5,155,377 awarded to Intel Corporation 10/92 307/201 Charge domain differential conductance synapse cell for neural networks 5,153,923 awarded to Hitachi 10/92 382/14 High order information processing methods by means of a neural network and minimum and maximum searching method therefor 5,153,439 awarded to Sci. App. Inc. Corp. 10/92 250/390.04 Multi-sensor explosive detection system using an artificial neural system 5,151,971 awarded to U.S. Philips 09/92 395/27 Arrangement of data cells and neural network system utilizing such an arrangement 5,151,970 awarded to General Electric 09/92 395/24 Method of generating, in the analog regime, weighted summations of digital signals 5,151,969 awarded to Siemens Corporate Research 09/92 395/24 Self-repairing trellis networks 5,151,874 awarded to Samsung Electronics 09/92 364/752 Integrated circuit for square root operation using neural network 5,151,450 awarded to U.S. Navy 09/92 395/23 Method and circuits for neuron perturbation in artificial neural network memory modification 5,151,449 awarded to NEC 09/92 395/2 Speech recognition apparatus of speaker adaptation type 5,150,323 awarded to Hughes Aircraft 09/92 364/807 Adaptive network for in-band signal separation 5,148,513 awarded to Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha 09/92 395/13 Neural network integrated circuit device having self-organizing function 5,148,515 awarded to IBM 09/92 395/27 Scalable neural array processor and method 5,146,602 awarded to Intel 09/92 395/23 Method of increasing the accuracy of an analog neural network and the like 5,146,543 awarded to IBM 09/92 395/27 Scalable neural array processor 5,146,542 awarded to General Electric 09/92 395/24 Neural network using capacitive structures connecting output lines and differentially driven input line pairs 5,146,541 awarded to U.S. Navy 09/92 395/21 Signal phase pattern sensitive neural network system and method 5,146,420 awarded to IBM 09/92 364/757 Communicating adder tree system for neural array processor 5,142,666 awarded to Fujitsu 08/92 395/24 Learning system in a neuron computer 5,142,665 awarded to IBM 08/92 395/21 Neural network shell for application programs 5,142,612 awarded to E. I. du Pont de Nemours 08/92 395/11 Computer neural network supervisory process control system and method 5,142,590 awarded to Boston Univ. / Steve Grossberg 08/92 382/14 Pattern recognition system 5,140,670 awarded to Regents of Univ. of California 08/92 395/24 Cellular neural network 5,140,531 awarded to General Electric 08/92 395/24 Analog neural nets supplied digital synapse signals on a bit-slice basis 5,140,530 awarded to Honeywell 08/92 395/13 Genetic algorithm synthesis of neural networks 5,140,523 awarded to Ktaadn 08/92 364/420 Neural network for predicting lightning 5,138,928 awarded to Fujitsu 08/92 84/635 Rhythm pattern learning apparatus 5,138,924 awarded to Yamaha 08/92 84/604 Electronic musical instrument utilizing a neural network 5,136,687 awarded to Gerald Edelman, George Reeke 08/92 395/22 Categorization automata employing neuronal group selection with reentry 5,134,685 awarded to Westinghouse Electric 07/92 395/21 Neural node, a network and a chaotic annealing optimization method for the network 5,133,021 awarded to Stephen Grossberg / Boston Univ. 07/92 382/15 System for self-organization of stable category recognition codes for analog input patterns 5,131,073 awarded to Ricoh 07/92 395/27 Neuron unit and neuron unit network 5,131,072 awarded to Fujitsu 07/92 395/24 Neurocomputer with analog signal bus 5,131,071 awarded to Omron Tateisi Electronics 07/92 395/3 Fuzzy inference apparatus 5,131,055 awarded to NASA 07/92 382/33 Auto and hetero-associative memory using a 2D optical logic gate 5,130,944 awarded to Samsung Electronics 07/92 364/766 Divider circuit adopting a neural network architecture to increase division processing speed and reduce hardware components 5,130,943 awarded to Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 07/92 364/724.19 Method and configuration for improving the dynamic range of an adaptive recursive network for processing discrete time signals 5,130,936 awarded to Arinc Research 06/92 364/551.01 Method and apparatus for diagnostic testing including a neural network for determining testing sufficiency 5,130,563 awarded to Washington Research Foundation 07/92 307/201 Optoelectronic sensory neural network 5,129,042 awarded to Samsung Electronics 07/92 395/27 Sorting circuit using neural networks 5,129,041 awarded to Grumman Aerospace 07/92 395/25 Optical neural network processing element with multiple holographic element interconnects 5,129,040 awarded to Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha 07/92 395/25 Neural network for image processing 5,129,039 awarded to Sony 07/92 395/24 Recurrent neural network with variable size intermediate layer 5,129,038 awarded to Matsushita Electric Industrial 07/92 395/23 Neural network with selective error reduction to increase learning speed 5,129,037 awarded to Digital Equipment Corporation 07/92 395/22 Neural network for performing beta-token partitioning in a Rete network 5,124,918 awarded to Case Western Reserve University 06/92 364/424.02 Neural based autonomous robotic system 5,123,049 awarded to Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 06/92 381/43 Pattern recognition apparatus with retrieval reference patterns 5,121,467 awarded to E.I. du Pont de Nemours 06/92 395/11 Neural network / expert system process control expert system and method 5,121,465 awarded to NEC 06/92 395/2 Pattern matching system 5,121,443 awarded to Spectra-Physics 06/92 382/29 Neural network system for analyzing chromatographic peaks 5,121,228 awarded to Bell Communications Research 06/92 359/7 Holographic learning machine 5,120,996 awarded to Carver Mead/Synaptics 06/92 307/353 Synaptic element and array 5,119,469 awarded to Environmental Research Inst. Mich. 06/92 395/23 Neural network with weight adjustment based on prior history of input signals 5,119,468 awarded to E.I du Pont de Nemours 06/92 395/22 Apparatus and method for controlling a process using a trained parallel distributed processing network 5,115,492 awarded to General Electric 05/92 395/27 Digital correlators incorporating analog neural network structures operated on a bit sliced basis 5,113,485 awarded to Hitachi 05/92 395/25 Optical neural network system 5,113,484 awarded to Samsung 05/92 395/24 Rank filter using neural network 5,113,483 awarded to Microelectronics & Computer Tech. 05/92 395/23 Neural network with semi-localized nonlinear mapping of the input space 5,113,482 awarded to IBM 05/92 395/23 Neural network model for reaching a goal state 5,113,367 awarded to the U.S. Navy 05/92 364/819 Cross entropy deconvolver circuit adaptable to changing convolution functions 5,111,531 awarded to Automation Technology 05/92 395/23 Process control system using neural network 5,109,475 awarded to Hitachi 04/92 395/22 Method and a system for selection of time series 5,109,351 awarded to Texas Instruments 04/92 395/24 Learning device and method 5,109,275 awarded to Matsushita Electric Industrial 04/92 358/80 Printing signal correction and printer operation control utilizing neural network 5,107,454 awarded to Agency Ind. Science & Tech-Tokyo 04/92 395/24 Pattern associative memory system 5,107,442 awarded to Recognition Equipment 04/92 395/11 Adaptive neural network image processing system 5,105,468 awarded to ATT Bell Laboratories 04/92 382/14 Time delay neural network for printed and cursive handwritten character recognition 5,103,496 awarded to US Navy 04/92 395/24 Artificial neural network system for memory modification 5,103,488 awarded to Centro Studie E Labor. Telecomm. 04/92 382/22 Method of and device for moving image contour recognition 5,103,431 awarded to GTE Government Systems 04/92 367/135 Apparatus for detecting sonar signals embedded in noise 5,103,405 awarded to Westinghouse 04/92 395/10 Digital probabilistic reasoning element 5,101,361 awarded to NASA 04/92 395/24 Analog hardware for delta-backpropagation neural network 5,099,428 awarded to Nissan Motor 03/92 364/424.1 Shifting control system for automotive automatic power transmission with neuron computer with refined data sampling and shifting pattern recollection characteristics 5,099,434 awarded to Northrup 03/92 395/25 Continuous-time optical neural network 5,097,141 awarded to Motorola 03/92 307/201 Simple distance neuron 5,095,459 awarded to Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha 03/92 395/25 Optical neural network 5,095,443 awarded to Ricoh 03/92 395/11 Plural neural network system having a successive approximation learning method 5,093,900 awarded to ATT Bell Laboratories 03/92 395/24 Reconfigurable neural network 5,093,899 awarded to Sony Corporation 03/92 395/23 Neural network with normalized learning constant for high-speed stable learning 5,093,792 awarded to Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo 03/92 364/413.01 Combustion prediction and discrimination apparatus for an internal combustion engine and control apparatus therefor 5,092,343 awarded to Wayne State University 03/92 128/733 Waveform analysis apparatus and method using neural network techniques 5,091,965 awarded to Sony & California Institute Tech. 02/92 382/15 Video image processing system 5,091,864 awarded to Hitachi 02/92 395/27 Systolic processor elements for a neural network 5,091,843 awarded to Allied-Signal 02/92 364/150 Nonlinear multivariable control system 5,091,782 awarded to Carnegie Mellon University 02/92 358/108 A trainable security system and method for the same 5,087,826 awarded to Intel Corporation 02/92 307/201 Multi-layer neural network employing multiplexed output neurons 5,086,479 awarded to Hitachi 02/92 382/14 Information processing system using neural network learning function 5,086,405 awarded to Samsung Electronics 02/92 364-748 Floating point adder circuit using neural network 5,083,285 awarded to Toshiba 01/92 395/24 Matrix-structured neural network with learning circuitry 5,083,044 awarded to Carver Mead/Synaptics 01/92 307/311 Synaptic element and array 5,080,464 awarded to Hamamatsu Photonics 01/92 359/559 Optical neural network apparatus using primary processing 5,078,952 awarded to Science Applications Inter. Corp 01/92 376/159 Multi-sensor explosive detection system 5,077,677 awarded to Westinghouse Electric 12/91 395/10 Probabilistic inference gate 5,075,889 awarded to Philips Corporation 12/91 365/73 Arrangement of data cells and neural network system utilizing such an arrangement 5,075,871 awarded to Recognition Equipment Inc. 12/91 395/24 Variable gain neural network image processing system 5,075,869 awarded to Intel Corporation 12/91 395/24 Neural network exhibiting improved tolerance to temperate and power supply 5,075,868 awarded to the US Navy 12/91 395/23 Memory modification of artificial neural networks 5,073,867 awarded to Westinghouse Electric 12/91 395/27 Digital neural network processing elements 5,072,130 awarded to Vernon Dobson 12/91 307/201 Associative network and signal handling element therefor for processing data 5,071,231 awarded to the US Air Force 12/91 359/53 Bidirectional spatial lightl modulator for neural network computer 5,070,480 awarded to John Caywood 12/91 365/49 Nonvolatile associative memory system 5,068,801 awarded to Teledyne Industries 11/91 395/25 Optical interconnector and highly interconnected, learning neural network incorporating optical interconnector therein 5,068,662 awarded to Louisiana State University 11/91 341/161 Neural network analog-to-digital converter 5,067,164 awarded to ATT Bell Laboratories 11/91 382/15 Hierarchical constrained automatic learning neural network for character recognition 5,067,095 awarded to Motorola 11/91 395/24 Spann sequence processing artificial neural network 5,065,339 awarded to I.B.M. 11/91 395/24 Orthogonal row-column neural processor 5,065,040 awarded to Motorola 11/91 307/201 Reverse flow neuron 5,063,601 awarded to John Hayduk 11/91 382/14 Fast-learning neural network system for adaptive pattern recognition apparatus 5,063,531 awarded to NEC Corporation 11/91 395/25 Optical neural network trainable in rapid time 5,063,521 awarded to Motorola 11/91 395/27 Neuram neural network with RAM 5,063,492 awarded to Hitachi 11/91 364/167.01 Motion control apparatus with function to self-form a series of motions 5,061,866 awarded to Ohio State University 10/91 307/529 Analog, continuous time vector scalar multiplier circuits and programmable feedback neural network using them 5,060,278 awarded to Ricoh Company 10/91 382/14 Pattern recognition apparatus using a neural network system 5,060,276 awarded to ATT Bell Laboratories 10/91 382/8 Technique for object orientation detection using a feed-forward neural network 5,059,814 awarded to Carver Mead/ Calif. Inst. Tech. 10/91 301/201 Winner-take-all circuits for neural computing systems 5,058,184 awarded to Nippon Hoso Kyokai 10/91 382/37 Hierarchical information processing system 5,058,180 awarded to National Semiconductor 10/91 382/14 Neural network apparatus and method for pattern prediction 5,058,179 awarded to ATT Bell Laboratories 10/91 382/14 Hierarchical constrained automatic learning network for character recognition 5,058,034 awarded to Westinghouse Electric 10/91 395/27 Digital neural network with discrete point rule space 5,056,897 awarded to Matsushita Electric Industrial 10/91 359/72 Spatial light modulating element and neural network circuit 5,056,039 awarded to John Caufield/ Univ. Alabama 10/91 395/25 Holographic interconnect system 5,056,037 awarded to NASA 10/91 395/24 Analog hardware for learning neural methods 5,055,897 awarded to Intel Corporation 10/91 357/23.5 Semiconductor cell for neural network and the like 5,054,094 awarded to Eastman Kodak 10/91 382/18 Rotationally impervious feature extraction for optical character recognition 5,053,093 awarded to Leon Cooper, et. al. 10/91 382/14 Parallel, multi-unit, adaptive, nonlinear pattern class separator and identifier 5,053,638 awarded to Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha 10/91 307/201 Semiconductor neural circuit device having capacitive coupling and operating method thereof 5,053,974 awarded to Texas Instruments 10/91 395/27 Closeness code and method 5,052,043 awarded to Eastman Kodak 09/91 382/14 Neural network with back propagation controlled through an output confidence measure 5,050,096 awarded to Northrop 09/91 395/22 Path cost computing neural network 5,050,095 awarded to Honeywell 09/91 395/23 Neural network auto-associative memory with two rules for varying the weights 5,048,100 awarded to Michael Kuperstein 09/91 382/36 Self organizing neural network method and system for general classification of patterns 5,048,097 awarded to Eastman Kodak 09/91 382/14 Optical character recognition neural network system for machine printed characters 5,047,655 awarded to Thomson-CSF 09/91 307/201 Programmable analog neural network 5,046,020 awarded to E.I. du Pont de Nemours 09/91 395/23 Distributed parallel processing network wherein the connection weights are generated using stiff differential equations 5,046,019 awarded to Chip Supply Inc. 09/91 395/3 Fuzzy data comparator with neural network postprocessor 5,045,713 awarded to Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 09/91 301/301 Multi-feedback circuit apparatus 5,043,913 awarded to Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha 08/91 395/27 Neural network [using synaptic circuits] 5,041,976 awarded to Ford Motor Company 08/91 364/424.03 Diagnostic system using pattern recognition for electronic automotive control systems 5,041,916 awarded to Matsushita Electric Industrial 08/91 358/433 Color image data compression and recovery apparatus based on neural networks 5,040,230 awarded to Ezel Incorporated 08/91 382/15 Associative pattern conversion system and adaptation method thereof 5,040,215 awarded to Hitachi 08/91 381/43 Speech recognition apparatus using neural network and fuzzy logic 5,040,214 awarded to Stephen Grossberg / Boston Univ. 08/91 381/43 Pattern learning and recognition apparatus in a computer system 5,040,134 awarded to Intel Corporation 08/91 395/27 Neural network employing leveled summing scheme with blocked array 5,039,871 awarded to General Electric 08/91 307/201 Capacitive structures for weighted summation as used in neural nets 5,039,870 awarded to General Electric 08/91 307/201 Weighted summation circuits having different-weight ranks of capacitive structures 5,034,918 awarded to Samsung Electronics 07/91 365/49 Adaptive associative memory comprising synapses of CMOS transistors 5,033,020 awarded to Grumman Aerospace 07/91 364/807 Optically controlled information processing system 5,033,006 awarded to Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 07/91 395/23 Self-extending neural-network [using multilayers] 5,028,810 awarded to Intel 07/91 307/201 Four quadrant synapse cell employing single column summing line 5,027,182 awarded to NASA 06/91 357/46 High-gain ALGAAS/GAAS double heterojunction darlington phototransistors for optical neural networks 5,025,282 awarded to Fuji Photo Film 06/91 355/38 Color image forming apparatus [using neural network for learning image conditions] 5,023,833 awarded to Baum, Moody & Wilczek / CalTech. 06/91 365/49 Feed forward neural network for unary associative memory 5,023,045 awarded to Doryo Kuro Kakunenryo Kaihatsu 06/91 376/215 Plant malfunction diagnostic method [using neural networks] 5,021,988 awarded to Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha 06/91 395/24 Semiconductor neural network and method of driving the same 5,016,211 awarded to Samsung Electronics 05/91 364/786 Neural network implementation of a binary adder 5,016,188 awarded to Rockwell International 05/91 395/22 Discrete-time optimal control by neural network 5,014,219 awarded to James White 05/91 395/23 Mask controled neural networks 5,014,096 awarded to Matsushita Electric Industrial 05/91 357/19 Optoelectronic integrated circuit with optical gate device and phototransistor 5,010,512 awarded to International Business Machines 04/91 395/24 Neural network having an associative memory that learns by example 5,008,833 awarded to California Institute of Tech. 04/91 395/25 Parallel optoelectronic neural network processors 5,005,954 awarded to NASA 04/91 350/354 Method and apparatus for second-rank tensor generation 5,005,206 awarded to U.S. Philips 04/91 382/56 Method of and arrangement for image data compression by means of a neural network 5,004,932 awarded to Hitachi 04/91 307/201 Unit circuit for constructing a neural network and a semiconductor integrated circuit having the same 5,004,309 awarded to John Caulfield/Teledyne Brown Eng. 04/91 359/1 Neural processor with holographic optical paths and nonlinear 5,003,490 awarded to Hughes Aircraft 03/91 395/22 Neural network signal processor 5,001,631 awarded to Hughes Aircraft 03/91 364/402 Cellular network assignment processor using randomly triggered adaptive cell thresholds 4,999,525 awarded to Intel Corporation 3/91 307/201 Exclusive-OR cell for pattern matching employing floating gate devices 4,996,648 awarded to Alexander Jourjine 2/91 395/25 Neural network using random binary code 4,995,088 awarded to Nabil Farhat / Univ. of Penn. 2/91 395/25 Super resolution [for radar using hebbian neural network] 4,994,982 awarded to U.S. Philips 2/91 395/27 Neural network system and circuit for use therein 4,994,927 awarded to GTE Laboratories 2/91 358/426 Self adaptive neural net based vector quantizer for image compression 4,990,838 awarded to ATR Auditory & Visual Perception 2/91 395/81 Movement trajectory generating method of a dynamical system 4,989,256 awarded to Bruce Buckley 01/91 395/27 Self-organizing Circuits 4,988,891 awarded to Mitsubishi 01/91 395/25 Semiconductor Neural Network including Photosensitive Coupling Elements 4,983,962 awarded to Daniel Hammerstrom 01/91 340/825.02 Neural-model, Computational Architecture Employing Broadcast Hierarchy and Hypergrid, Point-to-Point Communication 4,979,126 awarded to AI Ware 12/90 395/24 Neural network with non-linear transformations 4,979,124 awarded to Cornell Research Foundation 12/90 354/432 Adaptive, neural-based signal processor 4,978,990 awarded to Olympus Cameras 12/90 354/432 Exposure control apparatus for camera [using neural networks] 4,977,540 awarded to Regents of Univ. of California 12/90 365/49 Spin-glass type associative processor system 4,975,961 awarded to NEC 12/90 381/43 Multi-layer neural network to which dynamic programming techniques are applicable 4,974,169 awarded to Grumman Aerospace 11/90 395/24 Neural network with memory cycling 4,972,473 awarded to Hitachi 11/90 380/20 Data communication method and apparatus using neural-networks 4,972,363 awarded to Boeing 11/90 364/807 Neural network using stochastic processing 4,972,187 awarded to Digital Equipment Corporation 11/90 341/95 Numeric encoding method and apparatus for neural networks 4,970,819 awarded to V/GER 11/90 42/70.01 Firearm safety system and method [for grip recognition using neural nets] 4,967,369 awarded to Alexander Jourjine 10/90 364/513 Variable capacity transmission medium 4,965,725 awarded to Neuromedical Systems 10/90 364/413.1 Neural network based automated cytological specimen classification system and method 4,965,443 awarded to Olympus Optical 10/90 250/201.7 Focus detection apparatus using neural network means 4,963,725 awarded to Rockwell International 10/90 250/201.9 Adaptive optical neural network [using holograms] 4,962,342 awarded to Synaptics 10/90 307/201 Dynamic synapse for neural network [using MOS transistors] 4,961,615 awarded to Hughes Aircraft 10/90 350/3.68 Associative memory system with spatial light modulator 4,961,152 awarded to Bolt Beranek and Newman 10/90 364/513 Adaptive computing system 4,961,005 awarded to Michigan State University 10/90 307/201 Programmable neural circuit implementable in CMOS very large scale integration 4,961,002 awarded to Intel Corporation 10/90 307/201 Synapse cell employing dual gate transistor structure 4,959,532 awarded to Hughes Aircraft 09/90 250/201.9 Optical neural network and method [using phase conjugate mirrors] 4,958,939 awarded to Honeywell 09/90 382/35 Centering scheme for pattern recognition [in cameras] 4,956,564 awarded to Intel Corporation 09/90 307/201 Adaptive synapse cell providing both excitatory and inhibitory connections in an associative matrix 4,954,963 awarded to Texas Instruments 09/90 395/23 Neural network and system [for target recognition] 4,953,099 awarded to M.I.T. 08/90 395/24 Information discrimination cell 4,951,239 awarded to the United States Navy 08/90 364/807 Artificial neural network implementation 4,950,917 awarded to Intel Corporation 08/90 307/201 Semiconductor cell for neural network employing a four-quadrant multiplier 4,949,236 awarded to U.S. Air Force 08/90 364/148 Smart controller 4,947,482 awarded to West Virginia University 08/90 364/807 State analog neural network and method of implementing same 4,945,494 awarded to Texas Instruments 07/90 395/23 Neural network and system 4,943,931 awarded to M.I.T. 07/90 395/27 Digital artificial neural processor 4,943,556 awarded to Harold Szu / United States Navy 07/90 505/1 Superconducting neural network computer and sensor array 4,942,517 awarded to Eastman Kodak 07/90 364/200 Enhanced input/output architecture toriodally-connected distributed-memory parallel computers 4,941,122 awarded to Recognition Equipment 07/90 364/807 Neural network image processing system [for target recognition] 4,937,872 awarded to John Hopfield / ATT 06/90 381/43 Neural computation by time concentration 4,937,872 awarded to Eastman Kodak 06/90 364/513 Method and system for wavefront reconstruction 4,933,871 awarded to Duane DiSieno 06/90 395/23 Graded learning device and method 4,931,868 awarded to Grumman Aerospace 06/90 358/133 Method and apparatus for detecting innovation in a scene 4,931,763 awarded to California Institute of Tech. 06/90 338/22SD Memory switches based on metal oxide thin films 4,931,674 awarded to United States Navy 06/90 307/529 Programmable analog voltage multiplier circuit means 4,926,180 awarded to Columbia University 05/90 341/159 Analog to digital conversion using correlated quantization and collective optimization 4,926,064 awarded to Syntonic Systems 05/90 307/201 Sleep refreshed memory for neural network 4,918,618 awarded to Analog Intelligence Corp 04/90 395/21 Discrete weight neural network 4,918,617 awarded to Oregon Graduate Center 04/90 395/21 Neural-model computational system with multi-directionally overlapping broadcast regions 4,914,708 awarded to Stephen Grossberg/ Boston Univ. 04/90 382/14 System for self-organization of stable category recognition codes for 4,914,603 awarded to GTE Laboratories 04/90 395/23 Training neural networks 4,912,655 awarded to GTE Laboratories 03/90 395/23 Adjusting neural networks 4,912,654 awarded to GTE Laboratories 03/90 395/23 Neural networks learning method 4,912,653 awarded to GTE Laboratories 03/90 395/26 Trainable neural network 4,912,652 awarded to GTE Laboratories 03/90 395/23 Fast neural network training 4,912,651 awarded to GTE Laboratories 03/90 395/23 Speeding learning in neural networks 4,912,649 awarded to GTE Laboratories 03/90 395/23 Accelerating learning in neural networks 4,912,647 awarded to GTE Laboratories 03/90 395/26 Neural network training tool 4,907,170 awarded to General Dynamics 03/90 364/513 Inference machine using adaptive polynomial networks 4,906,865 awarded to Intel 02/90 307/353 Sample and hold circuit for temporal associations in a neural network 4,904,882 awarded to United States Navy 02/90 307/245 Superconducting optical switch 4,904,881 awarded to Intel 02/90 307/201 Exclusive-OR cell for neural network and the like 4,903,226 awarded to Yannis Tsividis 02/90 364/807 Switched networks 4,901,271 awarded to ATT Bell Laboratories 02/90 395/27 Computational network 4,897,811 awarded to Nestor 01/90 395/21 N-Dimensional coulomb neural network which provides for cumulative learning of internal representations 4,896,053 awarded to Robert Kesselring 01/90 307/201 Solitary wave circuit for neural network emulation 4,893,255 awarded to Analog Intelligence Corporation 01/90 395/24 Spike transmission for neural networks 4,892,370 awarded to Yun-parn Lee 01/90 312/348 Means and method for implementing a two-dimensional truth-table look-up holographic processor 4,891,782 awarded to United States Army 01/90 364/786 Parallel neural network for a full binary adder 4,885,757 awarded to Texas Instruments 12/89 375/96 Digital adaptive receiver employing maximum-likelihood sequence estimation with neural networks 4,884,216 awarded to Michael Kuperstein 11/89 395/94 Neural network system for adaptive sensory-motor coordination of multijoint robots for single postures 4,881,178 awarded to Regents of Univ. of Michigan 11/89 364/513 Method of controlling a classifier system 4,876,731 awarded to NYNEX 10/89 382/40 Neural network model in pattern recognition using probabilistic contextual information 4,875,183 awarded to ATT Bell Laboratories 10/89 364/807 Neural networks 4,874,963 awarded to Bell Communications Research 10/89 307/201 Neuromorphic learning methods 4,873,661 awarded to Yannis Tsividis 10/89 364/807 Switched neural networks 4,873,455 awarded to Thomson-CSF 10/89 307/201 Programmable ferroelectric polymer neural network 4,866,645 awarded to North American Philips 09/89 364/602 Neural network with dynamic refresh capability 4,862,406 awarded to U.S. Navy 08/89 364/807 Adaptive associative-processing optical computing architecture 4,860,253 awarded to Hughes Aircraft 08/89 365/125 Associative memory system with spatial light modulator and feedback for adjustable thresholding and enhancement 4,858,147 awarded to Unisys 08/89 395/27 Special purpose neurocomputer system for solving optimization problems 4,849,940 awarded to Washington Technology Center 07/89 365/215 Optical neural network memory 4,849,925 awarded to U.S. Navy 07/89 364/819 Maximum entropy deconvolver circuit based on neural net principles 4,837,843 awarded to Hughes Aircraft 06/89 382/31 Hybrid optical and electronic associative memory 4,809,193 awarded to Alexander Jourjine 02/89 395/25 Microprocessor assemblies forming adaptive neural network 4,807,168 awarded to N.A.S.A. 02/89 395/27 Hybrid analog-digital associative neural network 4,805,225 awarded to Research Foundation of SUNY 02/89 382/15 Pattern recognition method and apparatus 4,804,250 awarded to U.S. Army 02/89 359/36 Optical processor for an adaptive pattern classifier 4,803,736 awarded to Stephen Grosseberg / Boston Univ. 02/89 382/22 Neural networks for machine vision 4,802,103 awarded to Synaptics 01/89 395/24 Brain learning and recognition emulation circuitry and method of 4,782,460 awarded to ATT Bell Laboratories 11/88 395/24 Computing apparatus comprising a programmable resistor 4,782,459 awarded to British Telecommunications 11/88 Adaptive recognizing device 4,774,677 awarded to Bruce Buckley 09/88 364/513 Self-organizing circuit 4,773,024 awarded to Synaptics 09/88 395/20 Brain emulation circuit with reduced confusion 4,760,604 awarded to Nestor 07/88 382/15 Parallel, multi-unit, adaptive, nonlinear pattern class separator and identifier 4,760,437 awarded to ATT Bell Laboratories 07/88 357/30 Neural networks 4,752,906 awarded to ATT Bell Laboratories 06/88 395/24 Temporal sequences with neural networks 4,737,929 awarded to ATT Bell Laboratories 04/88 395/27 Highly parallel computation network employing a binary-valued T matrix and single output amplifiers 4,731,747 awarded to ATT Bell Laboratories 03/88 395/24 Highly parallel computation network with normalized speed of response 4,730,259 awarded to Stephen Gallant 03/88 395/22 Matrix controlled expert system producible from examples 4,729,111 awarded to Wayne State University 01/88 364/713 Optical threshold logic elements and circuits for digital computation 4,660,166 awarded to John Hopfield/Bell Tel/Caltech Electronic network for collective decision based on large number of connections between signals 4,518,866 awarded to Psychologics 05/85 307/201 Method of and circuit for simulating neurons 4,479,241 awarded to Bruce Buckley 10/84 382/15 Self-organizing circuits for automatic pattern recognition and the like and systems embodying the same 4,326,259 awarded to Leon Cooper / Nestor Inc. 364/715.11 Self organizing general pattern class seperator and detector 4,254,474 awarded to Leon Cooper / Nestor Inc. 03/81 395/27 Information processing system using threshhold passive modification 4,207,670 awarded to General Electric 06/80 29/576C Method for making a solid state neuron 4,163,983 awarded to General Electric 08/79 357/12 Solid state neuron 4,044,243 awarded to Leon Cooper / Nestor Inc. 08/77 395/20 Information processing system 3,979,602 awarded to Wisconsin Alumni Res. Found. 09/76 307/201 Resistive neuristor junctions 3,950,733 awarded to Leon Cooper / Nestor Inc. 04/76 395/24 Information processing system 3,934,231 awarded to Dendric Decisions 01/76 395/20 Adaptive boolean logic element 3,717,773 awarded to Wisconsin Alumni Res. Found. 02/73 307/201 Neuristor transmission line for actively propagating pulses 3,700,866 awarded to Texas Instruments 10/72 235/150.1 Synthesized cascaded processor system 3,691,400 awarded to LTV Aerospace 09/72 307/201 Unijunction transistor artificial neuron 3,638,196 awarded to Matsushita Electric Industrial 01/72 395/275 Learning machine 3,613,084 awarded to Bell Telephone Laboratories 10/71 395/27 Trainable digital apparatus 3,602,731 awarded to Nippon Electric Company 08/71 307/201 Active transmission line 3,601,811 awarded to Matsushita Electric Industrial 08/71 395/27 Learning machine 3,599,157 awarded to Texas Instruments 08/71 340/172.5 Feedback minimized optimum filters and predictors 3,599,009 awarded to Wisconsin Alumni Res. Found. 08/71 307/201 Neuristor transmission line, learning junction, and artificial neuron 3,597,625 awarded to Nippon Electric Company 08/71 307/41 Neuristor element employing bulk effect semiconductor devices 3,596,258 awarded to Texas Instruments 07/71 340/172.5 Expanded search method and system in trained processors 3,594,559 awarded to Philips Petroleum 07/71 235/151.12 Process control for polymerization control system having equation updating feedback networks 3,591,778 awarded to Adaptronics 07/71 235/150.1 Self-organizing control system with constrained performance assessment 3,566,359 awarded to Melpar Inc. 02/71 395/20 Trainable computer module 3,562,502 awarded to Stanford Research Institute 02/71 395/27 Cellular threshold array for providing outputs representing a complex weighting functions of inputs 3,548,202 awarded to IBM 12/70 307/201 Adaptive logic system for unsupervised learning 3,546,601 awarded to U.S. Navy 12/70 328/116 Neuronal event recognizer 3,535,693 awarded to Melpar Inc. 10/70 395/20 Trainable logical element having signal path solidification capabilities 3,533,072 awarded to I.B.M. 10/70 395/24 Adaptive logic system utilizing modification of output feedback in conditioning control loop 3,496,382 awarded to Aerojet General 02/70 307/201 Learning computer element 3,476,954 awarded to RCA Corporation 11/69 307/201 Electrical neuron circuit that includes an operational amplifier 3,469,034 awarded to Santa Rita Technology 09/69 179/1 Neural-like analyzing system 3,453,602 awarded to Aerojet General 07/69 365/153 Electrochemical signal processing and storage device 3,435,422 awarded to Bell Aerospace 03/69 395/575 Self organizing system 3,430,203 awarded to Texas Instruments 02/69 395/24 Trainable decision system utilizing metal-oxide-semiconductor fielf effect transistors 3,411,138 awarded to International Standard Electric 11/68 340/172.5 Self-adaptive information storage devices 3,394,351 awarded to Radio Corporation of America 07/68 340/172.5 Logic circuits 3,394,266 awarded to Radio Corporation of America 07/68 340/172.5 Direct current electrical neuron circuit 3,377,580 awarded to Control Data Corporation 04/68 340/173 Grain boundary transistor analog memory device 3,374,469 awarded to Melpar 03/68 340/172.5 Multi-output statistical switch 3,360,778 awarded to Sperry Rand 12/67 340/172.5 Self-adaptive encoding and decoding system 3,358,271 awarded to IBM 12/67 340/172.5 Adaptive logic system for arbitrary functions 3,355,717 awarded to U.S. Navy 11/67 340/172.5 Neuristor storage ring employing trigger-coupled junctions 3,355,713 awarded to International Standard Electric 11/67 340/172.5 Electronic machine simulating a learning scheme 3,354,431 awarded to Electronic Specialty 11/67 340/146.1 Tunnel diode neuristor parity generator 3,351,783 awarded to Conductron 11/67 307/88.5 Means for simulating learning, forgetting and other like processes 3,351,773 awarded to McDonnell Douglas 11/67 307/88.5 Electronic circuit for simulating certain characteristics of a biological neuron 3,348,214 awarded to IBM 10/67 340/172.5 Adaptive sequential logic network 3,341,823 awarded to Melpar 09/67 340/172.5 Simplified statistical switch 3,341,822 awarded to Melpar 09/67 340/172.5 Method and apparatus for training self-organizing networks 3,341,821 awarded to Radio Corporation of America 09/67 340/172.5 Adaptive semiconductor device 3,337,752 awarded to U.S. Navy 08/67 307/88.5 Neuristor controlled gate employing trigger-coupled junctions 3,333,249 awarded to IBM 07/67 340/172.5 Adaptive logic system with random selection, for conditioning, of two or more memory banks for output condition, and utilizing non-linear weighting of memory unit outputs 3,333,248 awarded to IBM 07/67 340/172.5 Self-adaptive systems 3,333,118 awarded to U.S. Navy 07/67 307/88.5 Semiconductor neuristor based upon the Esake effect 3,331,054 awarded to Arnold Trehub 07/67 340/172.5 Learning machines and methods 3,327,291 awarded to Robert Lee 06/67 340/172.5 Self-synthesizing machine 3,325,652 awarded to University of Minnesota 06/67 307/88.5 Neuristor and process for making the same 3,324,457 awarded to Burroughs 06/67 340/172.5 High density network simulation apparatus 3,317,901 awarded to IBM 05/67 340/172.5 Adaptive logic system with inputs applied randomly only during conditioning cycles 3,317,900 awarded to IBM 05/67 340/172.5 Adaptive logic system 3,311,897 awarded to IBM 03/67 340/173 Neuristor associative memory 3,311,895 awarded to IBM 03/67 340/172.5 Adaptive logic system with artificial weighting of output signals for enhanced learning 3,303,473 awarded to IBM 02/67 340/172.5 Adaptive logic circuits 3,296,594 awarded to Polaroid 01/67 340/172.5 Optical associative memory 3,296,593 awarded to French National Air Motors 01/67 340/172.5 Information-processing system 3,293,609 awarded to Radio Corporation of America 12/66 340/172.5 Information processing apparatus 3,287,649 awarded to Frank Rosenblatt / Research Corp. 11/66 328/55 Audio signal pattern perception device 3,284,780 awarded to IBM 11/66 340/172.5 Adaptive logic system 3,262,101 awarded to Melpar 07/66 340/172.5 Generalized self-synthesizer 3,262,099 awarded to IBM 07/66 340/146.3 Flow table logic pattern recognizer 3,250,918 awarded to Radio Corporation of America 05/66 307/88.5 Electrical neuron circuits 3,246,302 awarded to Radio Corporation of America 04/66 340/172.5 Coupling of logic neurons 3,245,050 awarded to Radio Corporation of America 04/66 340/172.5 Information processing apparatus 3,238,504 awarded to Stanford University 03/66 340/172.5 Signal transmission system 3,237,025 awarded to IBM 02/66 307/88.5 Comparator circuit 3,230,351 awarded to Bendix 01/66 235/151 Self-adaptive control system 3,222,654 awarded to Bernard Widrow 12/65 340/173 Logic circuit and electrolytic memory element therefor 3,222,650 awarded to IBM 12/65 340/172.5 Interpretation machine 3,218,482 awarded to Stanford Research Institute 11/65 307/88.5 Cyrogenic neuristor employing inductance means to control superconductivity 3,218,475 awarded to U.S. Navy 11/65 307/88.5 Artificial neuron 3,211,832 awarded to Radio Corporation of America 10/65 179/1 Processing apparatus utilizing simulated neurons 3,165,644 awarded to IBM 01/65 307/88.5 Electronic circuit for simulating brain neuron characteristics including memory means producing a self-sustaining circuit 3,097,349 awarded to Radio Corporation of America 07/63 340/172.5 Information processing apparatus 3,045,911 awarded to National Research Development 07/62 235/151 Automatic control systems H000632 awarded to /89 359/107 Optical neuromorphic embodiments of self-regulating neural networks -- ************************************************************************** Greg Aharonian Source Translation & Optimiztion P.O. 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