{"id":2288,"date":"2019-11-19T12:17:19","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T12:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/35.94.173.37\/blog\/?p=2288"},"modified":"2024-11-04T12:19:14","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T12:19:14","slug":"national-instruments-holds-numerous-patents-for-innovative-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/national-instruments-holds-numerous-patents-for-innovative-products\/","title":{"rendered":"National Instruments Holds Numerous Patents for Innovative Products"},"content":{"rendered":"

Opinions vary on the importance of filing for a patent for a unique invention or product. An article in\u00a0Forbes Magazine<\/em><\/a>\u00a0claims, \u201cAround 97% of all patents never recoup the cost of filing them.\u201d Dennis Crouch, from the Center for Intellectual Property & Entrepreneurship at the University of Missouri Law School, states on his website, \u201cAbout 50% of patents expire prematurely<\/a>\u00a0because their owners decline to pay the required maintenance fees.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Yale University<\/a>\u00a0published a report that revealed most research universities rarely profit from patents they file. Additionally, Bloomberg published a\u00a02016 article<\/a>\u00a0revealing that less than 20% of all technology patents earn enough to pay the patent fees.<\/p>\n

And yet, patents are important to safeguard unique inventions.\u00a0A patent can provide legal protection for any design, process, or product that meets certain specifications for originality and utility. Many patents provide protection for up to 20 years. These legal protections prevent others from using your unique invention for their own profit or creating their own version of it under another patent.<\/p>\n

National Instruments Patents<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Houston-based National Instruments Corporation is a prime example of a global-impacting company that holds numerous patents for its unique products and processes. Since its\u00a0first recorded patent<\/a>\u00a0in 1977, one year after its founding, followed later by the huge patent success of LabVIEW in 1986, National Instruments has recorded an astounding\u00a01043 unique patents<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Some of the more popular patented products include:<\/p>\n

LabVIEW<\/strong><\/h3>\n

LabVIEW<\/a>\u00a0is a highly popular and globally recognized graphical programming tool that helps developers visualize every aspect of an application. Many outside vendors manufacture hardware that is compatible with LabVIEW, making it the global choice for test and measurement custom engineering solutions.<\/p>\n

Multisim<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Multisim<\/a>\u00a0is National Instruments\u2019 Simulation\u00a0Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis (SPICE) simulation and circuit design software for various electronic applications, designed particularly for education and research. This software integrates standard simulations with a schematic environment, allowing users to see, interact, and assess various behaviors of electronic circuits.<\/p>\n

PXI<\/strong><\/h3>\n

PXI<\/a>\u00a0is NI\u2019s popular, PC-based platform that lets users combine hardware and software in various configurations to facilitate customized engineered solutions for testing and measurement. Components are timed and synchronized within a durable framework.<\/p>\n

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CompactDAQ<\/strong><\/h3>\n

CompactDAQ<\/a>\u00a0connects easily to LabVIEW software for analysis and testing tasks from signals or sensors in the field.<\/p>\n

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CompactRIO<\/strong><\/h3>\n

CompactRIO<\/a>\u00a0is a framework built for advanced monitoring and control tasks, including processing in real-time and direct connection with LabVIEW FPGA.<\/p>\n

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USRP Software Defined Radio Device<\/strong><\/h3>\n

This small device places a readily usable, software-defined RF architecture in the hands of engineers, allowing them to deploy wireless systems with a variety of signal processing solutions.<\/p>\n

USRP Software Defined Radio Stand-alone Device<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Wirelessly control transceivers with this device using an onboard FPGA and processor for high-speed wireless communications.<\/p>\n

NI Measurement and Test Solutions for Industry<\/strong><\/h1>\n

National Instruments is the manufacturer that accelerates engineering in a variety of vital industries like aerospace and defense. NI\u2019s modular hardware platforms and system design software \u2013 like the ever-popular\u00a0LabVIEW\u00a0\u2013 help engineers innovate and integrate with new technology, faster and easier than ever before. These patented tools, processes, and products are part of NI\u2019s commitment to push the envelope by enabling better and faster test and measurement solutions for tomorrow\u2019s technological advances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Opinions vary on the importance of filing for a patent for a unique invention or product. An article in\u00a0Forbes Magazine\u00a0claims, \u201cAround 97% of all patents never recoup the cost of filing them.\u201d Dennis Crouch, from the Center for Intellectual Property & Entrepreneurship at the University of Missouri Law School, states on his website, \u201cAbout 50% […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2289,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[135,139,318,393,437,460,530,574],"class_list":["post-2288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-instruments","tag-compactdaq","tag-compactrio","tag-labview","tag-national-instruments","tag-ni","tag-ni-patents","tag-pci","tag-pxi"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2288"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2290,"href":"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2288\/revisions\/2290"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apexwaves.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}