Patents by Inventor Mark D. Krom

Mark D. Krom 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).

  • Apparatus for capturing data and deactivating electronic article surveillance tags
    Patent number: 6154135
    Abstract: An apparatus for capturing data from indicia associated with an article and for deactivating an electronic article surveillance tag associated with the article comprising a housing defining a volume in which a bag can be placed for packaging the article, a scanner positioned adjacent the upper portion of the volume to capture data from the indicia associated with the article as the article is placed into the bag; and deactivation means positioned below the scanner to deactivate the electronic article surveillance tag when the article is in the bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Assignee: Sensormatic Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Bradley P. Kane, Wayne H. Martin, Mark D. Krom, Franklin H. Valade, Jr., Jon D. Buzzard
  • Electronic article surveillance label cartridge and system
    Patent number: 6032799
    Abstract: A cartridge for electronic article surveillance labels comprising a housing shaped to hold a plurality of electronic article surveillance labels in a stack such that the electronic article surveillance labels can be removed individually from a first side of the housing and a system utilizing such housing and a plurality of electronic article surveillance labels that are at least semirigid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Assignee: Sensormatic Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Karen E. Bellum, Norman B. Hansen, Mark D. Krom, Barbara G. Motooka