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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:
Feb. 17, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
John H. Bowers, Clarksburg, NJ (US);
Thomas J. Clare, Media, PA (US);
Assignee:
Checkpoint Systems, Inc., Thorofare, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 1/314 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 1/314 ;
Abstract
An article inventory control system for articles, such as books, uses RFID tags attached to each article. Each tag has a unique identification or serial number for identifying the individual article. An inventory database tracks all of the tagged articles and maintains circulation status information for each article. Articles are checked out of the library using a patron self-checkout system. Checked out articles are returned to the library via patron self-check in devices. The shelves are periodically scanned with a mobile RFID scanner for updating inventory status.