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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2017
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Matthew S. Doyle, Chatfield, MN (US);
Jeffrey N. Judd, Oronoco, MN (US);
Scott D. Strand, Rochester, MN (US);
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 19/077 (2006.01); G06K 19/08 (2006.01); G06K 19/073 (2006.01); G06K 19/12 (2006.01); G07G 1/00 (2006.01); G08B 13/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 19/07758 (2013.01); G06K 19/07345 (2013.01); G06K 19/086 (2013.01); G06K 19/12 (2013.01); G07G 1/0045 (2013.01); G08B 13/246 (2013.01); G08B 13/2414 (2013.01);
Abstract
A coded tag includes a substrate. The coded tag includes a first magnetic material associated with the substrate. The first magnetic material has a first magnetic characteristic and encodes first information. The coded tag includes a second magnetic material associated with the substrate. The second magnetic material encodes second information and has a second magnetic characteristic that is different from the first magnetic characteristic.