Theodore George "Ted" Paraskevakos ( el, Θεόδωρος Παρασκευάκος; born March 25, 1937, in

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) is a Greek-American inventor and businessman. Paraskevakos graduated from the Superior College of Electronics in Greece and served for 28 months as communications and electronics instructor in the

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. He attended a variety of courses for digital engineering in

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and in

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Notable Invention

Paraskevakos' most notable inventions relate to the transmission of electronic data through telephone lines which formed the original basis for what is now known as

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. Paraskevakos began his work in this field in 1968 while working as a communications engineer with

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and has since been issued over 20

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worldwide based on this

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. His

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and receiver were put into practice in 1971 in a

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facility in

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Patents

Paraskevakos holds over 50 patents worldwide including a digital alarm communication system, which also covered handheld or portable cardiac alarms automatic meter reading and

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, digital vending machine communications, indoor archery, vertical parking, intelligent currency validation network, and a method for identification of currency used in unlawful activity. He founded, among other companies, Metretek, Inc., DataVend, Inc. and Intelligent Currency Validation Network, Inc.

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Theodore G. Paraskevakos Inventions, Patents and Patent Applications, JUSTIA PatentsPatent for Apparatus for generating and transmitting digital informationPatent for Decoding and display apparatus for groups of pulse trainsPatent for Sensor monitoring devicePatent for Archery/practice exercise device and attachments thereforPatent for Apparatus and method for remote sensor monitoring, metering and controlPatent for Vending machine and method for automatic vending and returning of merchandise, particularly video cassette tapes
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