U.S. Design Patent No. Des. 224,117 for Videotelephone Transceiver

U.S. Design Patent No. Des. 224,117 for Videotelephone Transceiver

Videophone; Telecommunications; Bell Telephone Laboratories; Patent Des. 224,117; Mod II Picturephone

The patent represents an updated version of the Mod II Picturephone, intended for use in AT&T's Picturephone service. Despite the technological advancements it embodied, the product never reached the market, and the service was discontinued, marking it as a significant commercial failure in the history of Bell System.

Donald Michael Genaro, Haworth, Thomas Joseph Kelly, John Neil McGarvey, and Rembert Ryan Stokes (Inventors listed on the patent)

United States Patent Office

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

Issued July 4, 1972

Bell Telephone Laboratories (Assignee of the patent)

Unknown

Related to other patents and designs for telecommunications devices, especially those developed for AT&T's Picturephone service.

Design Patent Document

English

Patent; Design Documentation

U.S. Design Patent No. Des. 224,117

The patent covers the design and conceptualization phase of the Videotelephone Transceiver in the early 1970s.