CHARLES HOWARD SOBEY
Non-contact magnetic tape reader hardware system for recovering data from legacy deteriorated magnetic tapes without physical head-tape contact
- Sector
- Materials
- Headquarters
- Plano, TX
- Total capital
- $1.1M
- Federal grants
- $1.1M
- 1 award · 2022
- Rank in peer group#16 of 23
- Private capital raised
- None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · Capturing Magnetic Patterns on Legacy Tapes_P2$1.1M
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Standing among 23 peers
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- Federal grantsBelow median
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Founders and team
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Checked: USPTO inventors; federal award principal investigators; SEC Form D related persons · Oct 23, 2026
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Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026
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Regulatory activity · Materials
- Eliminating Regulations Establishing Fellowships in Laboratory Standardization and Testing for Foreign CitizensNational Institute of Standards and Technology
- Eliminating Obsolete Marking Requirements for Toy, Look-Alike, and Imitation FirearmsNational Institute of Standards and Technology
- Eliminating Obsolete Regulations Related to the Advanced Technology Program and the Technology Innovation ProgramNational Institute of Standards and Technology
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Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
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