RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS OF INVENTIONS IN ELECTRONICS AND NANOTECHNOLOGY

Abstract

This thesis is based on the project work done for the patent research and analysis of the inventions. This research work has been carried out in order to predict whether an inventor(s) can be granted a patent over the said invention or not. The project has been carried out in four different phases. In each phase the research work has been done for a particular given invention and the results have been interpreted. PHASE-I The patent research and analysis was performed for the invalidation of the invention titled: Providing a total battery capacity value. This invention discloses a method and system for calculating and displaying the remaining battery capacity of a mobile phone/device. The invention includes the calculation of the battery capacity when the battery is currently in use. An exhaustive search was conducted for the patents granted worldwide over the same type of inventions and three relevant results were found which disclosed the same key features. The patents found are US5926007, US6313606, and US6495989. The detailed analysis has been done and discussed in this thesis. PHASE-II The invalidation search for the invention titled: HVAC (Heating-Ventilation Air Conditioning) actuator having torque compensation. This invention is for the air conditioning systems in which the torque of motor in the compressor is adjusted according to the surrounding temperature sensed by the sensor. A comprehensive search was conducted and one relevant result was found with patent number US6073689. PHASE-III The invalidation search of the invention titled: Security Pigment was conducted. This invention disclosed the pigment to be applied on the bank notes, bank cheques, bank drafts etc. for the authentication and security purposes. This pigment consisted of a nano-composite material consisting of a hidden forensic material inside it. The material is invisible to the ABSTRACT DEEPAK KUMAR SINGH iii naked eyes but when exposed to the UV rays it displays a code which may be used for authentication and knowing the history of the note or document. During the search no relevant results were found which disclosed all the key features of the given invention. However two related results were found with patent number EP1597709 and US6200628, which disclosed only some of the key features. PHASE-IV The invalidation of the invention titled: System for depositing microwire. This invention disclosed a method for the deposition of a microwire on the body of the aeroplanes, rocket, spacecraft, etc. This system firstly deposits a dielectric layer on the substrate and then sandwiched the microwire between the previous dielectric layer and a covering dielectric layer. During the search no results were found which disclosed the same key features as in the given invention. PHASE-V The invalidation search of the invention titled: Economizer controller plug and play system recognition with automatic user interface population was done. This invention disclosed a system which controls the air-conditioning system in order to economize the cost of operation according to the temperature difference of the inside and outside environment. In the air conditioning system generally use the inside air refresh, cool it and again directs it inside the room but the given invention allows the system to sense the temperature of inside and outside and compare. If the temperature outside is lower than temperature inside then it allows the air conditioning system to take outside air, refresh it, cool it and direct it towards inside. After an exhaustive search two relevant results with patent numbers US20030181158 and US20020152298, were found which disclosed all the key features of the said invention.