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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. 07, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2002
Applicants:
Tianqing He, Cary, NC (US);
Peter D. Muse, Durham, NC (US);
Ali Regimand, Raleigh, NC (US);
Lawrence H. James, Raleigh, NC (US);
Inventors:
Tianqing He, Cary, NC (US);
Peter D. Muse, Durham, NC (US);
Ali Regimand, Raleigh, NC (US);
Lawrence H. James, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
InstroTek, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08B 1/08 (2006.01); H04Q 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer program products configured to track the geographic location of hazmat substances or devices including same, such as nuclear gauges with a radioactive component, include mounting a tracking device in proximity to the substance, the tracking device configured to provide at least one tracking signal that is detectable from a remote location to thereby allow its geographic location to be determined remotely.