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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:
Jul. 14, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2005
Applicant:
Michael E. Coveley, Richmond Hill, CA;
Inventor:
Michael E. Coveley, Richmond Hill, CA;
Assignee:
cStar Technologies Inc,, , CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 19/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A product dispensing unit comprises a housing, at least one main balun antenna within the housing and at least one product holder within the housing. The at least one product holder holds RFID tagged product to be dispensed from the housing. At least one supplementary antenna is positioned adjacent the product holder to cause RFID tags on the product to oscillate when excited by the main balun antenna.