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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:
Aug. 18, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2007
Applicants:
Larry Antonuk, Marlborough, NH (US);
Chris Sullivan, Keene, NH (US);
Inventors:
Larry Antonuk, Marlborough, NH (US);
Chris Sullivan, Keene, NH (US);
Assignee:
Markem-Imaje Corporation, Keene, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/00 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for marking items includes determining production-date information indicative of a production date associated with an item; at least in part on the basis of the production-date information, determining a production-date range corresponding to the production-date information; retrieving expiration-date information corresponding to the production-date information; and marking the item with a mark representative of the expiration-date information.