Patents by Inventor Warren J. Pape

Warren J. Pape 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).

  • Alarm tag and method of making and deactivating it
    Patent number: 4778552
    Abstract: This invention relates to a deactivatable tag useable with an electronic article surveillance system and comprised of planar conductive material cut into a pair of inverse, first and second spiral conductors wrapped about each other and positioned for capacitive and inductive coupling. The invention also relates to method of making tags wherein conductors are cut from a planar web of conductive material in a continuous process in a manner that the cutting results in the formation of two spiral conductors without accompanying waste of conductive material, and thereafter positioning the conductors to provide resonant circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1988
    Assignee: Monarch Marking Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: S. Eugene Benge, Warren J. Pape, Richard S. Vuketich