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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:
Apr. 22, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Anderson Fergus Ross, Del Mar, CA (US);
Kirby Gannett Vosburgh, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Jerome Johnson Tiemann, Schenectady, NY (US);
Kristina Helena Valborg Hedengren, Schenectady, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/10 ; G06K 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/10 ; G06K 1/500 ;
Abstract
A cooking apparatus includes a scanning device for reading a tag disposed upon a cooking item, which tag includes cooking instructions, and a network connection for receiving updated information relative to a respective cooking item. Circuitry is coupled to the scanning device and to the network connection for updated and implementing the cooking instructions.