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Patent US8060304 - Marking system and method - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsA marking system may hold a container from which markers are dispensed and identify a marker characteristic regarding the markers in the container. The marking system may also receive activation of a trigger, dispense a marker from the container when the trigger is activated, and store the marker characteristic...http://www.google.com/patents/US8060304?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8060304 - Marking system and methodAdvanced Patent SearchTry the new Google Patents, with machine-classified Google Scholar results, and Japanese and South Korean patents.Publication numberUS8060304 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 11/696,606Publication dateNov 15, 2011Filing dateApr 4, 2007Priority dateApr 4, 2007Fee statusPaidAlso published asEP2171649A1, EP2171649A4, EP2171649B1, US8374789, US8386178, US20080245299, US20090013928, US20100090858, US20130265138, WO2008124226A1, WO2008124226A8Publication number11696606, 696606, US 8060304 B2, US 8060304B2, US-B2-8060304, US8060304 B2, US8060304B2InventorsSteven Nielsen, Curtis Chambers, Jeffrey Farr, Rene VazquezOriginal AssigneeCertusview Technologies, LlcExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (339), Non-Patent Citations (49), Referenced by (68), Classifications (8), Legal Events (6) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetMarking system and method
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