METHOD FOR TAGGING ARTICLES USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN ELECTRONIC ARTICLE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM, AND TAGS OR LABELS USEFUL IN CONNECTION THEREWITH - Patent 0541544

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EP 0 541 544 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	19.05.1993 Bulletin 1993/20

(21)	Application number: 90915373.0

(22)	Date of filing: 04.10.1990

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G08B^{( . )}
G01S 13/ 74^{( . )}
G06K 19/ 07^{( . )}
G06Q 10/ 00^{( . )}
G08B 13/ 14^{( . )}
G09F 3/ 00^{( . )}

B65C 9/ 46^{( . )}
G06K 17/ 00^{( . )}
G06K 19/ 077^{( . )}
G06Q 50/ 00^{( . )}
G08B 13/ 24^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1990/005688

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1991/006934 (16.05.1991 Gazette 1991/11)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB IT LI LU NL SE

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Priority:

31.10.1989 US 19890429413

(60)	Divisional application:
	96120857.6 / 0774740

(71)	Applicant: CHECKPOINT SYSTEMS, INC.
	Thorofare, NJ 08086 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	GILL, Peter, L. Long Valley, NJ 07853 (US) PICCOLI, Anthony, F. Audubon, NJ 08106 (US)

(74)	Representative: Menges, Rolf, Dipl.-Ing., et al
	Ackmann & Menges Patentanwälte Postfach 14 04 31 D-80454 München D-80454 München (DE)

(54)	METHOD FOR TAGGING ARTICLES USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN ELECTRONIC ARTICLE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM, AND TAGS OR LABELS USEFUL IN CONNECTION THEREWITH