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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:
Jan. 15, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2004
Applicants:
Corey M. Willson, Dripping Springs, TX (US);
Ziyad Hanna Doany, Austin, TX (US);
Timothy A. Parkinson, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Corey M. Willson, Dripping Springs, TX (US);
Ziyad Hanna Doany, Austin, TX (US);
Timothy A. Parkinson, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
3M Innovaative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system for locating a position marker includes a locating device for locating the position marker, and a GPS device communicatively coupled to the locating device that provides GPS coordinate data when the position marker is located by the locating device. Electronic memory is provided in at least one of the locating device and the GPS device for storing a data record associating the GPS coordinate data with the located position marker.