Add-on module for utility meters
CA 2447515 C · Owner: Fischer, Jeffrey L. · Inventors: Fischer, Jeffrey L.
Overview
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An automatic meter reader module is provided that is adapted to be retrofitted or installed in a new or existing utility meter. The module includes a printed circuit board (PCB) on which is mounted on-board circuitry and detection equipment configured to detect utility consumption metered by the utility meter. A transmission device operatively coupled to the PCB is configured to transmit data indicative of utility usage. The PCB is configured to mount within an inner cavity of the utility meter.
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- Filed May 2, 2002 and granted November 8, 2011. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 2, 2022.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by May 2, 2024.
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