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  Base BPL patents
 
 

Amperion is the sole owner of the base BPL patent portfolio covering all forms of broadband transmissions over MV and HV Power Lines above 1MHz. The Base BPL patent portfolio includes more than 50 patents in the US and internationally.
The base US patents are:

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US5,684,450 : Electricity distribution and/or power transmission network and filter for telecommunication over Power Lines
     
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US5,933,071 : Electricity distribution and/or power transmission network and filter for telecommunication over Power Line
     
   > US5,929,750 : Transmission network and filter therefore
     
   > US6,144,292 : Power Line communications network employing TDMA, FDMA and/or CDMA
     
   > US6,282,405 : Hybrid electricity and telecommunications distribution network
     
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US6,172,597 : Electricity distribution and/or power transmission network and filter for telecommunication over Power Lines
     
    Please contact Amperion for a list of applicable patents in other countries.
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  Home-grown BPL patents
 
  Amperion’s core BPL technology is protected by multiple patents in the US and worldwide.
Amperion’s US patents are:
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US6,756,776 : Method and device for installing and removing a current transformer on and from a current carrying Power Line
     
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US6,985,715 : Method and device for frequency translation in Power Line communications
     
   > US6,993,317 : Method and system for signal repeating in Power Line communications
     
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US6,885,674 : Communication system for providing broadband communications using a medium voltage cable of a power system
     
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US10/261,364 : Method and system to increase throughput of a communication system that uses an electrical power distribution system as a communications pathway
     
    Please contact Amperion for a list of applicable patents in other countries.
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  Hybrid Patents
 
  Amperion filed two patent applications covering the hybrid network architecture and the switching algorithm between BPL and wireless.
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PCT/035170 : Redundancy and wireless switchover in broadband Power Line systems
     
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PCT/065752 : Broadband data and voice communications over wireless and Power Line hybrid  networks
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