Registers – Systems controlled by data bearing records – Inventory
Reexamination Certificate
2006-03-28
2006-03-28
Lee, Diane I. (Department: 2876)
Registers
Systems controlled by data bearing records
Inventory
C340S568100
Reexamination Certificate
active
07017807
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for detecting tampering with a container sealed with a cap. The apparatus includes a radio frequency transceiver for transmitting a signal upon receipt of a transmit command and an antenna attached thereto. In a first embodiment, the radio frequency transceiver and the antenna are mounted on a substrate attached to the container and the cap. The radio frequency transceiver is disabled when the antenna is separated into two portions upon breaking the seal between the container and the cap. In a second embodiment, the apparatus is mounted within a cap and includes a logic circuit and a probe that detects changes in the level of contents within the container. The probe produces an output relative to the level of contents in the container. The logic circuit then either prevents the radio frequency transceiver form communicating or causes it to transmit an alternative signal.
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Claessens Frances M.
Kipp Timo W.
Palmer John P.
Amster Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP
Claessens Francis M.
Kipp Timo W.
Lee Diane I.
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