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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. 06, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2012
Applicant:
Joerg Niederhuefner, Altenmedingen, DE;
Inventor:
Joerg Niederhuefner, Altenmedingen, DE;
Assignee:
Southern Imperial, Inc., Rockford, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 13/14 (2006.01); G08B 15/02 (2006.01); G08B 21/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 15/02 (2013.01); G08B 13/1427 (2013.01); G08B 21/0213 (2013.01); G08B 21/0275 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of preventing the theft of packaged products from a building, in which the method includes the steps of incorporating an electronic device into the packaging material for the packaged product, and configuring the electronic device to activate an alarm if the packaged product is removed from the building prior to deactivation of the electronic device. In a particular embodiment, the method further includes configuring the electronic device to impair the function or appearance of the packaged product if the packaged product is removed from the building prior to deactivation of the electronic device.