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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. 17, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2007
Applicant:
Mitchell G. Stern, Centerville, OH (US);
Inventor:
Mitchell G. Stern, Centerville, OH (US);
Assignee:
Avery Dennison Corporation, Pasadena, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 65/48 (2006.01); B32B 37/00 (2006.01); B32B 38/14 (2006.01); B32B 43/00 (2006.01); G06Q 99/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
There is disclosed method and apparatus for encoding labels with information relating to temperature, life expectancy and/or discard dates and times of products such as perishable items. A hand-held portable printer mounts a thermometer which can sense the temperature of an item and the printer can print a label bearing the sensed temperature and/or other related data.