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Date

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( 5 4 ) MUSICAL INSTRUMENT

PICKUP 2 , 9 3 3 , 9 6 7 A

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PATENT DOCUMENTS

2 , 2 2 5 , 2 9 9

A 1 2 / 1 9 4 0 Demuth

2 , 2 3 5 , 9 8 3 A 3 / 1 9 4 1 Demuth

2 , 5 7 3 , 2 5 4

A

1 0 / 1 9 5 1 F e n d e r

2 , 6 1 2 , 0 7 2 A 9 / 1 9 5 2

DeArmond

2 , 6 1 2 , 5 4 1 A 9 / 1 9 5 2 DeArmond

2 , 6 8 3 , 3 8 8

A

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K e l l e r

2 , 8 1 7 , 2 6 1 A 1 2 / 1 9 5 7 F e n d e r

2 , 8 9 2 , 3 7 1

A

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B u t t s

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A

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A

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De Armond

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A

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m a t e r i a l s t h a t c o m p r i s e g r a n u l e s o f f e r r o m a g n e t i c h y s t e r e s i s

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5 , 1 2 3 , 3 2 4

5 , 1 6 8 , 1 1 7

5 , 2 2 1 , 8 0 5

5 , 2 3 3 , 1 2 3

5 , 2 9 0 , 9 6 8

5 , 2 9 2 , 9 9 8

5 , 2 9 2 , 9 9 9

5 , 3 3 6 , 8 4 5

5 , 3 5 4 , 9 4 9

5 , 3 7 8 , 8 5 0

5 , 3 8 9 , 7 3 1

5 , 3 9 1 , 8 3 1

5 , 3 9 9 , 8 0 2

5 , 4 0 8 , 0 4 3

5 , 4 1 8 , 3 2 7

5 , 4 2 2 , 4 3 2

5 , 4 3 0 , 2 4 6

5 , 5 3 0 , 1 9 9

5 , 6 1 0 , 3 5 7

5 , 6 6 8 , 5 2 0

5 , 7 9 2 , 9 7 3

5 , 8 1 1 , 7 1 0

5 , 8 3 4 , 9 9 9

5 , 8 9 4 , 1 0 1

5 , 9 3 2 , 8 2 7

5 , 9 4 9 , 0 1 4

6 , 1 0 3 , 9 6 6

6 , 1 1 1 , 1 8 5

6 , 2 9 1 , 7 5 8

6 , 2 9 1 , 7 5 9

6 , 3 9 2 , 1 3 7

6 , 8 4 6 , 9 8 1

6 , 9 9 8 , 5 2 9

7 , 0 2 2 , 9 0 9

7 , 1 6 6 , 7 9 3

7 , 1 8 9 , 9 1 6

7 , 2 2 7 , 0 7 6

7 , 2 8 5 , 7 1 4

7 , 2 8 8 , 7 1 3

7 , 3 9 9 , 9 1 8

7 , 4 2 7 , 7 1 0

7 , 5 9 5 , 4 4 4

7 , 7 1 8 , 8 8 6

7 , 9 8 9 , 6 9 0

7 , 9 9 4 , 4 1 3

8 , 1 7 8 , 7 7 4

8 , 4 7 1 , 1 3 7

2001/0027716

2002/0020281

2002/0069749

2002/0083819

2002/0092413

2003/0051596

2003/0196538

2004/0003709

2004/0139837

2005/0092159

2006/0112816

2006/0150806

2006/0156911

2006/0174753

2006/0254405

2006/0275631

2007/0017355

2007/0056435

2008/0245218

2009/0320670

2010/0005954

2010/0101399

2010/0122623

References

Cited

U . S .

PATENT DOCUMENTS

4 / 1 9 8 6

4 / 1 9 8 6

1 1 / 1 9 8 6

8 / 1 9 8 7

7 / 1 9 9 0

6 / 1 9 9 2

1 2 / 1 9 9 2

6 / 1 9 9 3

8 / 1 9 9 3

3 / 1 9 9 4

3 / 1 9 9 4

3 / 1 9 9 4

8 / 1 9 9 4

1 0 / 1 9 9 4

1 / 1 9 9 5

2 / 1 9 9 5

2 / 1 9 9 5

3 / 1 9 9 5

4 / 1 9 9 5

5 / 1 9 9 5

6 / 1 9 9 5

7 / 1 9 9 5

6 / 1 9 9 6

3 / 1 9 9 7

9 / 1 9 9 7

8 / 1 9 9 8

9 / 1 9 9 8

1 1 / 1 9 9 8

4 / 1 9 9 9

8 / 1 9 9 9

9 / 1 9 9 9

8 / 2 0 0 0

8 / 2 0 0 0

9 / 2 0 0 1

9 / 2 0 0 1

5 / 2 0 0 2

1 / 2 0 0 5

2 / 2 0 0 6

4 / 2 0 0 6

1 / 2 0 0 7

3 / 2 0 0 7

6 / 2 0 0 7

1 0 / 2 0 0 7

1 0 / 2 0 0 7

7 / 2 0 0 8

9 / 2 0 0 8

9 / 2 0 0 9

5 / 2 0 1 0

8 / 2 0 1 1

8 / 2 0 1 1

5 / 2 0 1 2

6 / 2 0 1 3

1 0 / 2 0 0 1

2 / 2 0 0 2

6 / 2 0 0 2

7 / 2 0 0 2

7 / 2 0 0 2

3 / 2 0 0 3

1 0 / 2 0 0 3

1 / 2 0 0 4

7 / 2 0 0 4

5 / 2 0 0 5

6 / 2 0 0 6

7 / 2 0 0 6

7 / 2 0 0 6

8 / 2 0 0 6

1 1 / 2 0 0 6

1 2 / 2 0 0 6

1 / 2 0 0 7

3 / 2 0 0 7

1 0 / 2 0 0 8

1 2 / 2 0 0 9

1 / 2 0 1 0

4 / 2 0 1 0

5 / 2 0 1 0

F e n d e r

F e n d e r

M c D o u g a l l

F e n d e r

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84/726

Rose

e t a l .

Anderson

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 84/726

Lace

Rose et a l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84/726

M i r i g l i a n o e t a l . 8 4 / 7 2 6

Knapp

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 84/726

Tumura

Lace, Sr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84/726

Zwaan

Tumura

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 84/727

Lace

Lace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 84/726

B l u c h e r

Lace

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 84/726

Lace e t a l .

Lace

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 84/726

Lace

e t

a l .

84/726

Blucher . . . . .. 84/728

Frank-Braun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 84/726

Kinman

Riboloff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

.. 84/726

Blucher

t a l .

Kinman

Damm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 84/728

Osborne

e t

a l .

Rashak

t a 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . 84/725

Kinman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 84/728

Lace

Turner

Turner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 84/726

I s v a n

Devers

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 84/728

Wnorowski

Kinman

8 4 / 7 2 6

Beller . . . .

..

84/723

Kinman

8 4 / 7 2 6

Stich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 84/726

Juszkiewicz

et a 1 . 84/726

Krozack

e t

a l .

Juszkiewicz et

a 1 .

. . . . . . . . . . . 84/742

Hara

Stewart

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 84/728

Lace 84/727

Lawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

.. 84/726

S a l o

S a l e h i

Adair

et a l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . 84/726

T u r n e r

8 4 / 7 2 6

Devers

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 84/728

Hoover e t a l .

Kinman

Turner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 84/726

G u s t a f s s o n

Katchanov

et

a l .

. . . . . . . .

. . 84/297 S

Kinman

. . . . . . .

.. 84/728

O s k o r e p . . 8 4/3 22

O s k o r e p . . 8 4/3 22

Kinman

8 4 / 7 2 8

Hara

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 84/726

S t i c h

Aisenbrey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

.. 84/600

Bergman 8 4 / 2 9 7 R

Rosenberg

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429/8

Lace

J u s z k i e w i c z

e t

a 1 .

Stewart

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 84/727

Flum et

a l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . 84/723

H i g a s h i d a t e e t a l .

C a l v e t

Salo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 84/726

2 0 1 1 / 0 1 0 0 2 0 0

A1* 5/2011 Mayes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84/72 6

2 0 1 2 / 0 2 1 0 8 4 7

A1* 8/2012 Adair

e t

a l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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84/72 6

2012/0210848

A1

8 / 2 0 1 2

Yamanaka

2 0 1 3 / 0 2 3 9 7 8 8

A1* 9/2013 Mills e t a l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. .

84/72 6

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t h e G u i t a r

B e c a m e E l e c t r i c , ( C e n t e r s t r e a m , A n a h e i m H i l l s , 2 0 0 7 ) ( t o t a l

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H o b o k e n , 2 0 0 3 )

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F e r r o m a g n e t i s m ,

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3i246 a g e s ) .

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H o b o k e n , 2 0 0 3 )

( P a r t

4i244 a g e s ) .

C a m p b e l l ,

P e t e r ,

P e r m a n e n t M a g n e t i c M a t e r i a l s

a n d

t h e i r A p p l i c a

t i o n ( C a m b r i d g e U n i v e r s i t y

P r e s s , C a m b r i d g e , 1 9 9 4 ) ( t o t a l 2 1 8

p a g e s ) .

G o l d m a n , A l e x .

M o d e r n F e r r i t e T e c h n o l o g y , 2 E d i t i o n , ( S p r i n g e r ,

N e w Y o r k ,

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