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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:
Oct. 21, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2006
Applicants:
Christian L. Hunt, Cary, NC (US);
Vincent M. Padua, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Robin A. Radez, Westport, CT (US);
William A. Reichert, Iii, Buda, TX (US);
Gregory C. Smith, Raleigh, NC (US);
Oriana J. Williams, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Christian L. Hunt, Cary, NC (US);
Vincent M. Padua, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Robin A. Radez, Westport, CT (US);
William A. Reichert, III, Buda, TX (US);
Gregory C. Smith, Raleigh, NC (US);
Oriana J. Williams, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 13/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides a method for attenuating a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader. In one embodiment, the method includes optimizing a coverage area of an RFID reader.