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Patent Owner(s)

Patent Owner	Address
SPECTRUM BRANDS INC	3001 DEMING WAY MIDDLETON WI 53562

International Classification(s)

• G06F:ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING

• 2001 Application Filing Year
• G06F Class
• 23696 Applications Filed
• 12899 Patents Issued To-Date
• 54.44 % Issued To-Date

Inventor(s)

Inventor Name	Address	# of filed Patents	Total Citations
Williamson, Charles G	Columbia, MO	10	419
# of filed Patents : 10 Total Citations : 419

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• 31 Citation Count
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Maintenance Fees

Fee	Large entity fee	small entity fee	micro entity fee	due date

Fee	Large entity fee	small entity fee	micro entity fee
Surcharge after expiration - Late payment is unavoidable	$700.00	$350.00	$175.00
Surcharge after expiration - Late payment is unintentional	$1,640.00	$820.00	$410.00

DATE PUBLISHED	PUBLICATION/PATENT NO.	PUBLICATION TYPE
June 27, 2006	US,7069091,B2   US7069091B2	GRANTED PATENT AS SECOND PUBLICATION
May 01, 2003	US,20030080116,A1   US20030080116A1	FIRST PUBLISHED PATENT APPLICATION

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US Patent No: 7069091

Intelligent microwave oven appliance

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Abstract

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The invention may be broadly conceptualized as an approach in which a microwave oven (120) receives a plurality of program recipes from a network that are executed by scanning with a scanner (1326) a symbol and associating the scanned symbol with one of the plurality of program recipes while keeping a real-time clock (1308) synchronized and correctly set by receiving period time synchronization messages.

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