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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:
Sep. 13, 1983
Filed:
Aug. 18, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
William C Crutcher, Middlebury, CT (US);
Assignee:
Timex Corporation, Waterbury, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G04B / ; G04C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
368 10 ; 368239 ;
Abstract
A combination timepiece and electro-optic identification code device employs elements of the timekeeping display and has a programmable read only memory (PROM) storing a number of identification codes with means for selecting the code and transmitting it from the memory via an electro-optic display portion on the timekeeping display to an opto-electronic reader placed in proximity with the timepiece. The code selected may be unique to the device itself, may be selected by the user, and be a machine-readable code representative of the time, or may be a combination of any of the above codes.