Patents by Inventor John D. Ahlberg

John D. Ahlberg 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).

  • Method for tracking identity traits of commodities
    Publication number: 20030009254
    Abstract: The present invention is a method for tracking identity traits of commodities during the production, handling, processing and/or distribution chain of the commodity. The method includes providing a database having a unique identifier identifying a commodity to be tracked, inputting identity traits of the commodity into the database, associating the inputted identity traits with the unique identifier, tagging the commodity with a tag associated with the unique identifier, and selectively retrieving from the database the preserved identity traits of the commodity by querying the database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2002
    Publication date: January 9, 2003
    Inventors: Steven J. Carlson, Kevin A. Born, John D. Ahlberg, C. Thomas Gray