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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:
Jun. 29, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 11, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alton B Otis, Jr, San Francisco, CA (US);
Darrell Ingram, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Tom Papanek, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Aprex Corporation, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
34087031 ; 34030915 ; 3403094 ; 3405681 ; 340573 ; 368 10 ;
Abstract
Digital data are communicated between a portable data-gathering unit and a data-receiving unit without direct electrical connection by transmitting the data over a contactless connection system. In a preferred embodiment, data flow is bidirectional.