Patent Lub Hlis - Jerome H. Lemelson
Txheem
Lub sijhawm no peb nco ntsoov koj ntawm tus neeg tsim khoom uas tau txais kev nplua nuj ntawm nws lub tswv yim, tab sis ntau tus neeg - tshwj xeeb tshaj yog cov tuam txhab loj - kho nws li lub npe hu ua patent troll. Nws pom nws tus kheej ua ib tug neeg hais lus rau qhov ua rau muaj kev ywj pheej inventors.
CAIJ NTUJ NO: Jerome "Jerry" Hal Lemelson
Hnub yug thiab qhov chaw yug: Lub Xya Hli 18, 1923 hauv Staten Island, Tebchaws Asmeskas (tuag Lub Kaum Hli 1, 1997)
Haiv neeg: tsoom phooj ywg
Tsev neeg xwm txheej: sib yuav, ob tug menyuam
Hmoov zoo: nyuaj rau kwv yees vim tsis yog txhua qhov kev sib cav patent tau raug daws
Kev Kawm Ntawv: New York University
Kev: freelance inventor (1950-1997), founder and head of Licensing Management Corporation
Kev txaus siab: txuj ci, tsev neeg lub neej
Jerome Lemelson, lub npe hu ua "Jerry" los ntawm cov phooj ywg thiab tsev neeg, suav tias yog kev tsim kho thiab kev tsim kho tshiab los ua lub hauv paus ntawm "American npau suav". Nws yog tus tuav ntawm kwv yees li rau pua patents! Raws li kev suav, qhov no ntxiv rau qhov nruab nrab ntawm ib qho patent ib hlis rau tsib caug xyoo. Thiab nws ua tiav tag nrho cov no ntawm nws tus kheej, tsis muaj kev txhawb nqa los ntawm cov chaw tshawb fawb pom zoo lossis kev tshawb fawb thiab kev loj hlob ntawm cov tuam txhab loj.
Cov tshuab tsim khoom siv hluav taws xob thiab cov ntawv nyeem barcode, thev naus laus zis siv hauv ATMs thiab xov tooj tsis muaj zog, camcorders thiab computers ntawm tus kheej - txawm tias cov menyuam yaus quaj quaj yog tag nrho lossis ib feem ntawm Lemelson cov tswv yim. Nyob rau xyoo 60, nws tau tso cai hloov kho cov tshuab tsim khoom, hauv xyoo 70 - cov kab hlau nplaum sib nqus rau cov tuam txhab Nyij Pooj, thiab xyoo 80 - cov khoom tseem ceeb ntawm tus kheej lub computer.
"Machine Vision"
Nws yug los Lub Xya Hli 18, 1923 hauv Staten Island, New York. Raws li nws hais, los ntawm thaum yau nws ua qauv rau nws tus kheej Thomas Edison. Nws tau txais nws daim bachelor's thiab master's degree hauv aerospace engineering nrog rau kev kawm tiav qib siab ntxiv hauv kev lag luam engineering los ntawm New York University, uas nws kawm tiav xyoo 1951.
Ua ntej nws txawm mus kawm ntawv qib siab, nws tsim riam phom thiab lwm cov tshuab rau Tub Rog Tub Rog Tub Rog thaum Tsov Rog Ntiaj Teb Zaum II. Tom qab tau txais daim ntawv pov thawj engineering thiab koom nrog hauv kev ua haujlwm ntawm kev ua tub rog los tsim lub foob pob hluav taws thiab lub tshuab hluav taws xob, nws tau muaj sijhawm luv luv ntawm kev ua haujlwm ntawm cov nroj tsuag muaj kev lag luam ua ib tus kws tshaj lij. Txawm li cas los xij, nws tau tawm ntawm txoj haujlwm no los ntawm txoj haujlwm uas nws nyiam ntau dua - ywj pheej inventor thiab "inventor" tus kheej ua hauj lwm.
Xyoo 1950, nws pib ua ntaub ntawv patents. Feem ntau ntawm nws inventions los ntawm lub sij hawm ntawd muaj feem xyuam rau khoom ua si kev lag luam. Cov no yog lucrative innovations. Qhov kev lag luam no tau txhim kho sai heev nyob rau hauv lub sijhawm tom qab tsov rog thiab tseem xav tau cov khoom tshiab. Tom qab ntawd nws yog lub sijhawm rau "qhov hnyav dua" patents.
Lub invention ntawm lub sij hawm ntawd, uas Jerome yog txaus siab tshaj plaws thiab uas nyob rau hauv ib txoj kev tshwj xeeb ua rau nws muaj hmoo heev, yog universal neeg hlau, muaj peev xwm ntsuas, vuam, vuam, rivet, thauj thiab xyuas kom zoo. Nws ua haujlwm tawm qhov kev tsim kho kom ntxaws thiab tau thov rau 1954-nplooj patent rau Christmas Eve hauv xyoo 150. Nws piav qhia meej txog cov tswv yim pom, nrog rau qhov hu ua tshuab pomuas tsis paub thaum lub sijhawm thiab, raws li nws tau muab tawm, lawv yuav tsum tau ua raws li ntau xyoo lawm. Tsuas yog hais txog cov tuam txhab robotic niaj hnub no tuaj yeem hais tias lawv ua tiav Lemelson cov tswv yim.
Thaum yau, nrog nws tus tij laug thiab aub - Jerome ntawm sab laug
Nws cov kev xav tau hloov pauv raws li kev siv tshuab tsim. Nws patents muaj feem xyuam rau faxes, VCRs, portable tape recorders, barcode scanners. Nws lwm inventions suav nrog illuminated txoj kev qhia, lub suab ntsuas kub, video-xov tooj, creditworthiness pov thawj ntaus ntawv, automated warehouse system thiab e.g. cov neeg mob saib xyuas qhov system.
Nws ua haujlwm ntau yam. Thaum, piv txwv li, nws thiab nws tus poj niam tab tom tshawb nrhiav cov ntaub ntawv khaws tseg ntawm US Patent Office, nkees ntawm kev mob siab rau kev ua haujlwm, nws pib xav txog txoj hauv kev los kho cov kab ke. Qhov tshwm sim yog lub tswv yim ntawm kev khaws cov ntaub ntawv thiab cov yeeb yaj kiab ntawm daim kab xev sib nqus. Xyoo 1955, nws tau ua daim ntawv thov patent uas cuam tshuam. Video archiving system Raws li nws cov lus piav qhia, nws yuav tsum tso cai rau kev nyeem cov duab ntawm cov duab hauv TV. Lemelson kuj tau tsim ib txoj hlua tuav cov txheej txheem tsim uas tom qab ntawd los ua ib lub tsev thaiv cassette recorders. Nyob rau hauv 1974, raws li nws patents, Lemelson muag rau Sony ib daim ntawv tso cai los tsim ib tug me me cassette tsav. Tom qab ntawd, cov kev daws teeb meem no tau siv rau hauv lub cim Walkman.
Cov duab kos los ntawm Lemelson daim ntawv thov patent
Daim ntawv tso cai
Muag daim ntawv tso cai nws yog tus neeg tsim khoom tshiab lub tswv yim ua lag luam. Thaum xyoo 60, nws tau tsim ib lub tuam txhab rau lub hom phiaj no Licensing Management Corporationuas yuav tsum tau muag nws inventions, tab sis kuj yog lub innovation ntawm lwm yam inventors ywj siab. Nyob rau tib lub sijhawm, nws nrhiav cov tuam txhab tsis raug cai siv nws cov kev daws teeb meem patented. Nws tau ua li ntawd thawj zaug thaum tus tub lag luam nplej tsis qhia txog kev txaus siab rau lub thawv tsim nws tau thov, thiab tom qab ob peb xyoos nws pib siv ntim raws li nws tus qauv. Nws ua ntawv foob, uas raug tso tseg. Txawm li cas los xij, nws tau tswj kom yeej hauv ntau qhov kev tsis sib haum xeeb tom qab. Piv txwv li, tom qab kev sib ntaus sib tua raug cai nrog Illinois Tool Works, nws yeej qhov nyiaj them poob haujlwm 17 lab las rau kev ua txhaum cai ntawm patent rau cov cuab yeej sprayer.
Nws raug ntxub los ntawm nws cov neeg txiav txim plaub ntug. Txawm li cas los xij, nws raug suav hais tias yog ib tus hero tiag tiag los ntawm ntau tus neeg tsim khoom ywj pheej.
Nws qhov kev sib ntaus sib tua rau cov cai rau patents rau cov lus hais saum toj no "machine vision", hais txog lub tswv yim los ntawm xyoo 50s, tau nrov heev.Nws yog hais txog kev luam theej duab pom cov ntaub ntawv los ntawm lub koob yees duab, tom qab ntawd khaws cia rau hauv computer. Ua ke nrog cov neeg hlau thiab barcodes, cov cuab yeej no tuaj yeem siv los tshuaj xyuas, tswj lossis ntsuas cov khoom thaum lawv txav mus los ntawm cov kab sib dhos. Lemelson tau foob ntau tus Japanese thiab European lub tsheb thiab cov khoom siv hluav taws xob rau kev ua txhaum cai ntawm daim ntawv no. Raws li qhov kev pom zoo xaus rau xyoo 1990-1991, cov neeg tsim khoom tau txais daim ntawv tso cai siv nws cov kev daws teeb meem. Nws yog kwv yees tias nws raug nqi rau kev lag luam tsheb ntau heev tshaj 500 lab nyiaj daus las.
Xyoo 1975, nws tau koom nrog US Patent thiab Trademark Advisory Council los pab txhim kho cov txheej txheem patent. Nws qhov kev sib foob nrog cov tuam txhab ua rau muaj kev sib tham thiab tom qab ntawd hloov mus rau US txoj cai lij choj hauv cheeb tsam no. Ib qho teeb meem loj yog cov txheej txheem ntev rau kev tshuaj xyuas daim ntawv thov patent, uas nyob rau hauv kev xyaum coj mus rau innovation blocking. Qee qhov kev tsim kho tau tshaj tawm los ntawm Lemelson thaum nws tseem muaj sia nyob, tau lees paub tsuas yog kaum xyoo tom qab nws tuag.
Cov neeg thuam thuam Lemelson rau kaum xyoo tswj US Patent thiab Trademark Office. Lawv liam tias tus neeg tsim khoom siv lub qhov khoob uas yuam kom ntau li 979 lub tuam txhab - suav nrog Ford, Dell, Boeing, General Electric, Mitsubishi thiab Motorola - them nyiaj. $ 1,5 nphom rau cov nqi ntawv tso cai.
"Nws patents tsis muaj nqi - lawv yog cov ntaub ntawv," said Robert Shillman, tus tsim, tus thawj tswj hwm thiab CEO ntawm Cognex Corp., lub ntiaj teb loj tshaj plaws chaw tsim tshuaj paus ntawm tshuab pom kev daws teeb meem, xyoo dhau los. Txawm li cas los xij, qhov kev xav no tsis tuaj yeem raug kho raws li cov lus hais ntawm tus kws tshaj lij ywj pheej. Tau ntau xyoo, Cognex tau foob Lemelson rau txoj cai patent rau lub zeem muag ...
Qhov kev tsis sib haum xeeb ntawm Lemelson tiag tiag cuam tshuam txog lub ntsiab lus ntawm kev tsim txuj ci. Yuav tsum tsuas yog lub tswv yim yuav tsum tau them los ntawm patent, tsis suav nrog tag nrho cov ntsiab lus thiab cov txheej txheem ntawm kev tsim khoom? Ntawm qhov tsis sib xws - puas yog txoj cai lij choj patent siv rau kev npaj ua, ua haujlwm thiab kuaj cov khoom siv? Tom qab tag nrho, nws yog ib qho yooj yim xav txog qhov xwm txheej uas ib tug neeg tuaj nrog lub tswv yim ntawm kev tsim ib yam dab tsi los yog tsim ib txoj kev tsim khoom, tab sis tsis muaj peev xwm ua tau. Txawm li cas los xij, lwm tus kawm txog lub tswv yim thiab siv lub tswv yim. Leej twg ntawm lawv yuav tsum tau txais patent?
Lemelson yeej tsis tau cuam tshuam nrog lub tsev qauv, prototypes lossis txawm tias tsawg dua lub tuam txhab siv nws cov kev tsim kho tshiab. Qhov no tsis yog qhov nws xav tau rau kev ua haujlwm. Qhov no tsis yog li cas nws nkag siab lub luag haujlwm ntawm tus neeg tsim khoom. Cov tub ceev xwm Asmeskas patent tsis xav tau kev siv lub cev ntawm cov tswv yim, tab sis cov lus piav qhia tsim nyog.
Hauv kev tshawb nrhiav qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws patent ...
"Jerry" faib nws cov hmoov zoo rau ntau yam Lemelson Foundation, nrhiav tau nyob rau hauv 1993 nrog nws tus poj niam Dorothy. Lawv lub hom phiaj yog los pab txhawb kev tsim khoom thiab kev tsim kho tshiab, txhawb nqa thiab qhia cov neeg tsim khoom tshiab, thiab muab lawv cov peev txheej los hloov cov tswv yim rau hauv kev lag luam thiab kev lag luam thev naus laus zis.
Lub Foundation tau tsim ntau yam kev pab cuam los txhawb thiab npaj cov tub ntxhais hluas los tsim, tsim thiab ua lag luam thev naus laus zis tshiab. Lawv txoj hauj lwm tseem yog los tsim cov pej xeem paub txog lub luag hauj lwm uas inventors, innovators thiab entrepreneurs ua si nyob rau hauv kev txhawb nqa thiab ntxiv dag zog rau kev loj hlob ntawm kev lag luam ntawm lawv lub teb chaws, thiab nyob rau hauv shaping lub neej txhua hnub. Xyoo 2002, Lemelson Foundation tau tsim ib qho kev pabcuam thoob ntiaj teb ntsig txog qhov no.
Xyoo 1996, thaum Lemelson tau mob qog noj ntshav, nws tau hnov qab nws tus kheej - nws pib nrhiav kev tsim kho thiab kev kho mob thev naus laus zis uas yuav kho mob qog noj ntshav. Nyob rau hauv xyoo tas los ntawm nws lub neej, nws tau ua ntawv yuav luag plaub caug daim ntawv thov patent. Hmoov tsis zoo, mob qog noj ntshav tsis yog lub koom haum uas yuav mus rau lub tsev hais plaub txiav txim kom ua tiav sai.
"Jerry" tuag rau lub Kaum Hlis 1, 1997.
