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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2005
John C. Onderko, Appleton, WI (US);
Michael D. O'shea, Neenah, WI (US);
Gary A. Clement, Menasha, WI (US);
Brad W. Reiser, Neenah, WI (US);
Reed C. Eppelheimer, Okemos, MI (US);
John C. Onderko, Appleton, WI (US);
Michael D. O'Shea, Neenah, WI (US);
Gary A. Clement, Menasha, WI (US);
Brad W. Reiser, Neenah, WI (US);
Reed C. Eppelheimer, Okemos, MI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A RFID related system and method for tracking articles that are not individually labeled with RFID tags. A transporter with an RFID reader identifies a carrier with an RFID tag as it is disposed onto the transporter. The location and/or number of the disassociated articles, once removed or otherwise disassociated with the carrier are transmitted to a computer on the transporter. Tagged carriers that continue to have articles associated therewith are removed from the transporter and placed back into storage. The computer may transmit data regarding the carrier and articles to a database.