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New PPA filed – June 20, 2017

Posted on June 21, 2017 by admin

On June 20, 2017, I filed a new Provisional Patent Application with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.  It covers modifications to two types of electro-magnetic guitar pickups, with horizontal and vertical coils, to provide information on the orientation of … Continue reading →

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USPTO Official Gazette notice for 9/13/2016

Posted on August 15, 2016 by admin

Patent 9,401,134 Acoustic-electric stringed instrument with improved body, electric pickup placement, pickup switching and electronic circuit Will appear in the 9/13/2016 U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Official Gazette, listed as being offered for license (only, not sale).

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Provisional Patent Application filed on humbucking switch system

Posted on June 29, 2016 by admin

On June 27th, shortly after posting about the alleged Fender Marauder ™ hum problem, I figured out just how to solve it with two commonly available switches, in a way that can produce all 12 possible humbucking combinations of pairs … Continue reading →

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First Patent Application Published

Posted on February 11, 2016 by admin

The patent application for the new electric/acoustic guitar has been published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.  It can be found at: http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=20160027422.PGNR.&OS=DN/20160027422&RS=DN/20160027422 See News page here Here is a PDF of the first page:  patent appl page 1

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