Inventor · Elizabethton, TN, US

Temple L. Fulton

28Patents
14h-index
18Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 3, 1985 → Jun 28, 2011

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6904471B2 Programmable logic controller customized function call method, system and apparatus Physics 110 Expired
US5727170A User defined port and protocol scheme for a programmable logic controller Physics 98 Expired
US6745254B2 Programmable logic controller method, system and apparatus Physics 79 Expired
US4680753A System and method for controlling network bus communications for input-output interlocking information among distributed programmable controllers Physics 59 Expired
US7752511B2 Devices, systems, and methods regarding a PLC system fault Physics 58 Active
US8898633B2 Devices, systems, and methods for configuring a programmable logic controller Physics 46 Active
US7793056B2 Method of maintaining a data log related to a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) Physics 41 Active
US6536029B1 Programmable logic controller method, system and apparatus Physics 33 Expired
US6594529B1 Programmable logic controller method, system and apparatus Physics 28 Expired
US5765000A Dynamic user interrupt scheme in a programmable logic controller Physics 25 Expired
US8417847B2 Devices, systems, and methods regarding a PLC Physics 24 Active
US7792043B2 Devices, systems and methods for communicating with a PLC Physics 21 Active
US7788476B2 Devices, systems, and methods for initializing a PLC module Physics 17 Active
US7086036B2 Programmable logic controller method, system and apparatus Physics 15 Expired
US8195844B2 Systems, devices, and/or methods for managing communications Physics 14 Active
US7813816B2 Methods and structures for utilizing a memory device for a PLC Physics 9 Active
US6486725B2 Programmable logic controller method, system and apparatus Physics 7 Expired
US8321653B2 Devices, systems, and methods for assigning a PLC module address Physics 5 Active
US6574743B1 Programmable logic controller method, system and apparatus Physics 5 Expired
US7203553B2 Methods and structures for utilizing a memory device for a PLC Physics 4 Expired
US6546521B2 Apparatus and method for a n-bit protocol for a modem Physics 4 Expired
US7343004B2 Numeric and text paging with an integral PLC modem Physics 1 Expired
US7822878B2 Device, system, and method for the automatic configuration of a network communications device Electricity 1 Expired
US7227939B2 Security features for an integral PLC modem Physics 1 Expired
US7930490B2 Method for utilizing a memory device for a programmable logic controller (PLC) Physics 1 Active

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