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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:
Nov. 28, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 26, 1996
Bradley P Kane, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US);
Wayne H Martin, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Mark D Krom, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US);
Franklin H Valade, Jr, Boynton Beach, FL (US);
Jon D Buzzard, Margate, FL (US);
Sensormatic Electronics Corporation, Boco Raton, FL (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for capturing data from indicia associated with an article and for deactivating an electronic article surveillance tag associated with the article comprising a housing defining a volume in which a bag can be placed for packaging the article, a scanner positioned adjacent the upper portion of the volume to capture data from the indicia associated with the article as the article is placed into the bag; and deactivation means positioned below the scanner to deactivate the electronic article surveillance tag when the article is in the bag.