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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:
Jun. 19, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2008
Applicants:
Jay Patel, Columbia, MD (US);
OM Gupta, Dayton, MD (US);
Shuguang Chen, Ellicott City, MD (US);
James S. Finn, Washington, DC (US);
Inventors:
Jay Patel, Columbia, MD (US);
Om Gupta, Dayton, MD (US);
Shuguang Chen, Ellicott City, MD (US);
James S. Finn, Washington, DC (US);
Assignee:
Paratek Microwave, Inc., Nashua, NH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/00 (2006.01); G08B 13/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An embodiment of the present invention provides an RF ID card reader, comprising RF ID circuitry to generate an RF ID signal, a transceiver in communication with said RF ID circuitry and an array antenna associated with said transceiver for scanning an area for at least one tag and establishing communication with at least one tag.