Patents by Inventor Robert H. Hornbaker

Robert H. Hornbaker 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).

  • System for tracking grain
    Patent number: 7511618
    Abstract: A system for tracking transported grain. A writer records data into an RFID tag. The data includes at least a time when the RFID tag was handled with surrounding grain and information sufficient to determine a location of handling at the time when the RFID tag was handled with surrounding grain. A reader retrieves the recorded data from the RFID tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Robert H. Hornbaker, Volodymyr Kindratenko, David Pointer
  • Tracking device for grain
    Patent number: 7162328
    Abstract: A tracking device for transported grain. A tracking device for grain comprises a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag dimensioned to have a size approximating surrounding grain. The tag comprises a memory and an RF communication channel. Data is stored in the memory, comprising at least a time when the RFID tag was handled with surrounding grain and information sufficient to determine a location of handling at the time when the RFID tag was handled with the surrounding grain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Robert H. Hornbaker, Volodymyr Kindratenko, David Pointer
  • Method for tracking grain
    Patent number: 7047103
    Abstract: A method and system of tracking transported grain. A radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag is provided for being deposited in a container with the grain. The tag is dimensioned to approximate a size of an individual grain, and comprises a memory and RF communication channel. The RFID tag further comprises data stored in the memory, the data including at least a time when the RFID tag was handled with surrounding grain, and information sufficient to determine a location of handling at the time the RFID tag was handled with the surrounding grain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Robert H. Hornbaker, Volodymyr Kindratenko, David Pointer