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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:
Dec. 19, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 16, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
P. P. Payne Limited, Nottingham, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ; G08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428624 ; 428611 ; 428625 ; 428626 ; 428344 ; 428352 ; 428461 ; 428906 ; 3405721 ; 340551 ;
Abstract
A tagging material comprises a pressure sensitive adhesive tape incorporating electromagnetic sensor material whose presence can be detected. Tags are cut from the tagging material as the tagging material and articles are conveyed along converging paths and are adhered to the articles by the adhesive of the tape by means of apparatus comprising a tagging material feeding means and an applicator head.