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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:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2015
Applicant:
Videojet Technologies Inc., Wood Dale, IL (US);
Inventors:
Martin McNestry, Heanor, GB;
Gary Pfeffer, Woodthorpe, GB;
Assignee:
Videojet Technologies Inc., Wood Dale, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/00 (2006.01); B41J 32/00 (2006.01); B41J 29/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/38 (2013.01);
Abstract
A ribbon includes a substrate film, wherein the film comprises a tensionable material; and an ink disposed on the ribbon. A length of the ribbon includes portions that have been tensioned to provide a code readable from the ribbon by measuring the tension over the length of the ribbon.