Patents by Inventor Vibha R. Kataria

Vibha R. Kataria 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).

  • Electronic article surveillance markers with diagonal deactivation elements
    Patent number: 5121106
    Abstract: A deactivable electronic article surveillance marker having elongated magnetically soft elements on a support in a criss-cross pattern with a plurality of magnetically semi-hard chips parallel to one another in rows with the rows being diagonally aligned relative to the elongated magnetically soft elements. In another embodiment, strips of magnetically semi-hard material are placed diagonally relative to the elongated magnetically soft elements. In both embodiments, the elongated magnetically soft elements can be in the form of a fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1992
    Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc.
    Inventors: Vibha R. Kataria, Claude Zeller