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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, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2011
Applicants:
Joshua E. Laase, Houston, TX (US);
Thomas G. Whiteley, Houston, TX (US);
James W. Mcgrath, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Joshua E. Laase, Houston, TX (US);
Thomas G. Whiteley, Houston, TX (US);
James W. McGrath, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 13/14 (2006.01); G06Q 10/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for monitoring use of a tool. The system may include an RFID tag coupled to the tool. A collar may be removably coupled to the tool and configured to be de-coupled from the tool prior to the tool being used. An RFID reader may be coupled to the collar and configured to transmit a first alert signal when the RFID reader is out of transmission range from the RFID tag.