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United States Patent | 7,764,174 |
Rodgers | July 27, 2010 |
A system and method for tracing the authenticity of and tracking their location of collectibles and reusables such as packaging and containers and pallets. This invention proposes the use, of a polymer or wet paper based planchette containing an RFID fully integrated system on a chip transponder which can be attached to a collectible or reusable through the use of a substrate friendly adhesive. As a collectable tracing and tracking system it is called "Collectable Cop". As a reusable on the supply chain which reusable(s) requires tracking or tracing, it is referred to as the "Spot Chip" system. A planchette is defined herein as a small, oval or round shaped, wet paper or polymer based disk, smaller than a piece of dust, which can be randomly distributed on both sides of a collectible.
Inventors: | Rodgers; James Neil (Langley, BC, CA) |
Appl. No.: | 11/752,062 |
Filed: | May 22, 2007 |
Current U.S. Class: | 340/572.1 ; 340/539.13; 340/572.9 |
Current International Class: | G08B 13/14 (20060101) |
Field of Search: | 340/572.1,572.9,539.13,539.1,572.8,572.2,572.7,539.2,539.32,539.11,825.49 438/142 |
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