From: srctran@world.std.com (Gregory Aharonian)
Subject: NN Patents - Many new historical listings
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 03:52:54 GMT


    This version includes many new patents dating from the 1960's and
1970's.  Most are for single neuron-like inventions, though some are of
use today.

    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
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     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.
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     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.
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     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.
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                             NEURAL NETWORK PATENTS
                                  343 patents
                    (patents in reverse chronological order)
                        Copyright 1992 Gregory Aharonian

! 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

5,053,974    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 & Wilczek / Cal. Inst. Tech.  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

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