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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. 13, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ian J. Forster, Essex, GB;
Michael G. Ginn, Essex, GB;
Assignee:
Marconi Intellectual Property (US), Itasca, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 5/22 ; G06K 1/906 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 5/22 ; G06K 1/906 ;
Abstract
An identification device for identifying a container via wireless communication device. The wireless communication device is attached to an elongated, resilient member having a default shape. The member is resiliently deformable from the default shape to conform to at least a portion of the container and is attached by the resiliency of the member. The containers may move through at least one interrogation point containing an interrogation reader that establishes communication between the identification device and an interrogation reader for monitoring the container.