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US 2006/0136093 A1Published application
Tracking device for grain
AssigneeThe Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
InventorsRobert Hornbaker, Volodymyr Kindratenko, David Pointer
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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.
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A tracking device for grain comprising:
- a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag dimensioned to have a size approximating surrounding grain, said tag comprising a memory and an RF communication channel;
- data stored in said memory, said data comprising at least a time when said RFID tag was handled with surrounding grain and information sufficient to determine a location of handling at the time when said RFID tag was handled with the surrounding grain.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.