I wish the BCD536HP had...

[Voyager]

Search for it - there are many, and you can have patents on a light that is on a scanner that lights and/or blinks when a signal on a certain channel is present.

There are a ton of patents on each and every scanner made these days - especially on the higher end ones.

Uniden is in the process of updating the scanners so you don't have to press a key to see the frequency of a close call hit. Why are they only doing this now? The PATENT ran out on automatic display that was held by Optoelectronics. So, stupid or small things to have patents.

 

[SOU]

There is already a light. Is the patent on the time that the light can be on? what is the US patent number?

 

[Voyager]

Yes, and I don't have the number offhand. Uniden's timed alert light is a loophole left in the patent for the carrier controlled light - just as GRE/Whistler's Signal Stalker is a loophole left in the patent for Close Call.

 

[SOU]

Dang. damn IP lawers. I hope the patent runs out soon.