Patents by Inventor Paul A. Capone

Paul A. Capone 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 and apparatus for electronic article surveillance
    Patent number: 5027106
    Abstract: In an electronic article surveillance system, a low-power supply is used to power the system during ordinary search-and-detect operation, and the increased power needed to transmit high-power signals for deactivating the tag circuit is produced by charging up a rechargable storage device, such as a capacitor or rechargable battery, in the intervals between deactivations and using the charged-up storage device to provide the high supply power needed during deactivation, to generate the deactivation transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1991
    Assignee: Checkpoint Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Phillip J. Lizzi, Paul A. Capone