US Patent Issued to KUWAIT UNIVERSITY on Sept. 9 for "4-bit synchronous counter IC with ripple carry-out, loading capability, and integrated MOD-10 reset functionality" (Kuwaiti Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,413,233, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to KUWAIT UNIVERSITY (Safat, Kuwait).

"4-bit synchronous counter IC with ripple carry-out, loading capability, and integrated MOD-10 reset functionality" was invented by Abdullah S. Almekhyal (Safat, Kuwait).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-bit binary counter outputs a predetermined binary number of bits reflecting a number of times of triggering an input pin, and providing a binary counter output having a decimal equivalent. A multi-bit binary counter is implemented as a multi-bit synchronous counter IC chip with a ripple carry-out pin and loading functionality. An active output count indic...