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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.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2022

Filed:

Dec. 04, 2020
Applicant:

Access Business Group International Llc, Ada, MI (US);

Inventors:

Joshua B. Taylor, Rockford, MI (US);

Colin J. Moore, Grand Rapids, MI (US);

Greg George Hillebrand, Whitehall, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61J 7/04 (2006.01); B65D 51/24 (2006.01); B65D 41/04 (2006.01); G16H 20/10 (2018.01); G08B 21/24 (2006.01); G16H 20/13 (2018.01); A61J 1/03 (2006.01); A61J 1/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61J 7/0418 (2015.05); A61J 7/0436 (2015.05); B65D 41/04 (2013.01); B65D 51/24 (2013.01); G08B 21/24 (2013.01); G16H 20/10 (2018.01); G16H 20/13 (2018.01); A61J 1/03 (2013.01); A61J 1/1412 (2013.01); A61J 7/0481 (2013.01); A61J 2200/30 (2013.01); A61J 2200/70 (2013.01); A61J 2200/72 (2013.01);
Abstract

A product interaction monitor includes sensors for measuring characteristics related to the product and/or product package or other type of container. The product interaction monitor can be installed in a container cap and used to monitor events associated with the container such as product usage. The product interaction monitor can utilize multiple sensor outputs to increase the accuracy of the detection of the events. The product interaction monitor can be used to estimate product inventory or product usage and communicate information regarding the product and/or product usage to a local display or a remote computer.


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