Patents
US 10546172 B2: Two dimensional barcode with dynamic environmental data system, method, and apparatus
- Granted
- 2020-01-28
- Filed
- 2017-03-20 application 15464207
- Type
- Utility · 21 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus for combining preprinted information together with coded sensor information within a two-dimensional barcode. The sensor information may be of an environmental, physical or biological nature, and records a cumulative change in status of the environmental or biological condition to which the labeled product has been exposed. A sensor dye chemistry is employed that undergoes a continuous chemical or physical state change in response to the occurrence of the environmental condition. The continuous change is between an initial state and an end state causing a change in the color state of the sensor dye embedded within the sensor-augmented two-dimensional barcode, encoding sensor digital information. Sensor information is recovered utilizing the error-correction feature during barcode decoding.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg200128.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEMPTIME CORPORATION 59 patents | US company or organization | Morristown, NJ | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thaddeus Prusik | Stroudsburg, PA | 33 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Mohannad Abdo | Clifton, NJ | 51 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Clive Hohberger | Highland Park, IL | 20 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G06K | Graphical data reading ; presentation of data; record carriers; handling record carriers | G06K7/1473 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-29 | Merger Merger | TEMPTIME CORPORATION signed 2025-05-22 | ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION LINCOLNSHIRE, IL | 71548/54 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2021-03-05 | Release of security interest Release of security interest - 364 - day | JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. signed 2021-02-25 | ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION LINCOLNSHIRE, IL LASER BAND, LLC LINCOLNSHIRE, IL TEMPTIME CORPORATION MORRIS PLAINS, NJ | 56036/590 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2020-09-01 | Security interest Security interest Security interest | ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION signed 2020-09-01 LASER BAND, LLC signed 2020-09-01 TEMPTIME CORPORATION signed 2020-09-01 | JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. BROOKLYN, NY | 53841/212 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2019-04-25 | Security interest Security interest Security interest | TEMPTIME CORPORATION signed 2019-04-24 | JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A, AS COLLATERAL AGENT BROOKLYN, NY | 48995/241 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2017-04-06 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | PRUSIK, THADDEUS signed 2017-03-30 ABDO, MOHANNAD signed 2017-03-24 HOHBERGER, CLIVE signed 2017-04-03 | TEMPTIME CORPORATION MORRIS PLAINS, NJ | 41926/183 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
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