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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:
Mar. 21, 2006
Filed:
May. 07, 1999
Applicants:
Alejandro Gabriel Schrott, New York, NY (US);
Michael J. Steinmetz, Cary, NC (US);
Robert Jacob Von Gutfeld, New York, NY (US);
James Peter Ward, Raleigh, NC (US);
Inventors:
Alejandro Gabriel Schrott, New York, NY (US);
Michael J. Steinmetz, Cary, NC (US);
Robert Jacob von Gutfeld, New York, NY (US);
James Peter Ward, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
Lenovo Pte. Ltd., , SG;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and system for preventing theft of an object, includes an electronic article surveillance (EAS) device operatively attached to an object, a security path for detection of the EAS device, a reader operatively coupled to the security path, and a smart card for being read by the reader. The smart card contains an identification profile of an authorized user of the object.