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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.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2001

Filed:

Oct. 04, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:

Robert M. Paratore, Woodinville, WA (US);

Paul A. Maltseff, Edmonds, WA (US);

Assignee:

Intermec Ip Corp., Woodland Hills, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 1/314 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 1/314 ;
Abstract

An RFID tag is provided with a timing module to measure elapsed time and an environment module to detect certain environmental conditions. The RFID tag includes a transmitter/receiver, memory module, antenna module, converter, and the timing and environment modules. In an embodiment of the invention, the timing module enables the user, upon interrogating the RFID tag, to determine the precise length of time from the previous charge of the RFID tag. The environment module enables the user to determine how long the RFID tag has been exposed to certain environmental conditions that have been pre-defined by the user.

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