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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. 11, 2013
Filed:
May. 11, 2007
Applicants:
Michael D. Westrick, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Daniel L. Sands, Warsaw, IN (US);
Inventors:
Michael D. Westrick, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Daniel L. Sands, Warsaw, IN (US);
Assignee:
Solstice Medical, LLC, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 13/14 (2006.01); H01Q 21/00 (2006.01); H01Q 1/48 (2006.01); H01Q 9/16 (2006.01); H01Q 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An RFID tagged implement assembly includes a metallic implement, and a wireless RFID transponder. The RFID transponder includes a housing; an inductive coupler within the housing, and an RFID chip coupled with the inductive coupler. The inductive coupler is inductively coupled with the metallic implement.