Patents by Inventor Heriberto Flores Velazquez

Heriberto Flores Velazquez has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Activating a data tag by load or orientation or user control
    Patent number: 7151455
    Abstract: Mechanically and reversibly activating or deactivating a radio frequency identification (RFID) data tag. An RFID tag includes an RFID chip for storing an RFID code, an antenna for communicating a radio frequency (RF) signal, and a mechanical switch coupling the RFID chip to the antenna. Closing the mechanical switch enables the RFID chip and the antenna to communicate the RFID code via the RF signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Dean Lindsay, Heriberto Flores Velazquez, Fung-jou Chen, Eric Francis Wagner
  • Deactivating a data tag for user privacy or tamper-evident packaging
    Patent number: 7098794
    Abstract: Deactivating a data tag attached to packaging for user privacy or tamper-evident reasons. A data circuit stores identification information. A plurality of antennas is coupled to the data circuit. At least one antenna of the plurality of antennas is a removable antenna capable of wireless signal transmission at a first range such that removal of the antenna substantially prevents communication of the identification information via the removed antenna and permits communication of the identification information via another antenna of the plurality of antennas at a second range relatively smaller than the first range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Dean Lindsay, Heriberto Flores Velazquez, Fung-jou Chen, Eric Francis Wagner