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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. 11, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 25, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steven B. Winter, Highland Park, IL (US);
Stanley I. Lerner, Glencoe, IL (US);
Assignee:
Color Communications, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 ;
Abstract
The invention is directed to controlling and/or managing a marketing color on mass-produced articles. According to the invention, an unmanaged marketing color is managed over time where mass-produced samples having the unmanaged marketing color are periodically tested or audited to confirm that the unmanaged marketing color and/or a part of the mass-produced articles conforms to a master color standard.