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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2004
Applicant:
Rudolph J. Klein, Centerville, OH (US);
Inventor:
Rudolph J. Klein, Centerville, OH (US);
Assignee:
Paxar Americas, Inc., Miamisburg, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01G 7/00 (2006.01); G01G 9/00 (2006.01); G01G 11/00 (2006.01); G01G 17/00 (2006.01); G01G 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
There is disclosed method of detecting tampering with product packages, using an RFID transponder on the package, wherein the weight before shipment is encoded into the RFID transponder, and the received package is weighed and its RFID transponder is decoded upon receipt of the package, and a comparison of the two weights will indicated tampering or the likelihood of tampering if the weights are outside allowable limits.