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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:
May. 19, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
John C Goodwin, III, Suwanee, GA (US);
Jeffry S Rollins, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Assignee:
NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
235383 ;
Abstract
An electronic price label (EPL) which has a light for attracting attention of customers to an item associated with the EPL. The EPL further includes a power supply and a control circuit for controlling application and removal of power from the power supply to the light. In a first embodiment, the control circuit responds to commands from a controlling computer. In a second embodiment, the control circuit includes a push-button switch containing the light.