Patents

US 12270712 B2: Temperature indicator with electrochemical switch

Granted
2025-04-08
Filed
2020-05-11 application 17610949
Type
Utility · 25 claims
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Abstract

A temperature-activatable temperature indicator that includes a substrate and an indicator material supported by the substrate. The indicator material includes a mixture of a side-chain crystalline polymer and conductive particles and provides an electrical indication of exposure to increased temperature.

Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg250408.xml).

Assignees

AssigneeTypePlaceAlso on furp.orgSource
TEMPTIME CORPORATION 59 patentsUS company or organizationLittleton, NJPVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Inventors

InventorPlacePatentsPerson pageSource
Brian S. HuffmanMontgomery, NJ20PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
Thi N. DoWest Orange, NJ13PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
Ravi BhatiaCedar Knolls, NJ11PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
Mohannad AbdoClifton, NJ51PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
Thaddeus PrusikStroudsburg, PA33PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

CPC categories

SubclassCategoryFirst groupSource
G01KMeasuring temperature; measuring quantity of heat; thermally-sensitive elements not otherwise provided forG01K11/06PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
G06KGraphical data reading ; presentation of data; record carriers; handling record carriersG06K19/0716PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).

Assignments and security interests

RecordedWhatFromToReel/frameSource
2025-05-29Merger
Merger
TEMPTIME CORPORATION signed 2025-05-22ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION LINCOLNSHIRE, IL71548/54PASDL, file of 2026-10-15
2022-03-14Assignment
Assignment of assignor's interest
HUFFMAN, BRIAN signed 2019-06-05
DO, THI N. signed 2019-06-05
BHATIA, RAVI signed 2019-06-05
ABDO, MOHANNAD signed 2019-06-05
PRUSIK, THADDEUS signed 2019-06-05
TEMPTIME CORPORATION MORRIS PLAINS, NJ59252/242PASDL, file of 2026-10-15

Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.

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