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Changing Indicia in an electronic tag when tampered with

US6002343A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 11, 1997
Grant dateDec 14, 1999
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Expiry dateMar 11, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06K19/073
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electronic seal including an electronic tag, an electrically resistive element in electrical communication with and attached to the tag, the resistive element being bondable to an object so as to define an electrical resistance, wherein a change in bonding of the element to the object causes a change in the electrical resistance, the change in electrical resistance being communicated to the tag.

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