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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:
May. 01, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2003
Applicants:
Mitchell a Abrams, Corvallis, OR (US);
Ravi Prasad, Corvallis, OR (US);
Inventors:
Mitchell A Abrams, Corvallis, OR (US);
Ravi Prasad, Corvallis, OR (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/47 (2006.01); B41J 2/455 (2006.01); C23C 14/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of labeling an object includes selectively applying focused energy to thermally conductive pads on the object to create a label on the object. The conductive pads are disposed adjacent to a thermochromic layer.