[May 17, 2013] Eastman Kodak Assigned Patent Tweet (Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) By Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- Eastman Kodak, Rochester, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,441,280) developed by Arie Gez, Netanya, Israel, for a "safety component in a programmable components chain." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An electronic circuit includes a plurality of programmable components connected in an electronic chain. An interface is adapted to connect the programmable components to an external controller wherein the controller is adapted to program the programmable components. A component isolation element is connected to the interface at an input end and to the electronic chain of the programmable components at an output end wherein the isolation element is adapted to isolate one component of the programmable components from the electronic chain and wherein the one component is a safety component." The patent application was filed on Oct. 24, 2011 (13/279,370). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,441,280.PN.&OS=PN/8,441,280&RS=PN/8,441,280 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. KS0517AK0517-878181 (c) 2013 Targeted News Service [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]