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Patent Owner(s)

Patent Owner	Address
KHS GMBH	44143 DORTMUND

International Classification(s)

• G01N:INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMININ....

• 2002 Application Filing Year
• G01N Class
• 5654 Applications Filed
• 2174 Patents Issued To-Date
• 38.46 % Issued To-Date

Inventor(s)

Inventor Name	Address	# of filed Patents	Total Citations
Seethaler, Bernd Franz	Hamburg, DE	1	5
# of filed Patents : 1 Total Citations : 5

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Maintenance Fees

Fee	Large entity fee	small entity fee	micro entity fee	due date

Fee	Large entity fee	small entity fee	micro entity fee
Surcharge after expiration - Late payment is unavoidable	$700.00	$350.00	$175.00
Surcharge after expiration - Late payment is unintentional	$1,640.00	$820.00	$410.00

DATE PUBLISHED	PUBLICATION/PATENT NO.	PUBLICATION TYPE
September 18, 2007	US,7271893,B2   US7271893B2	GRANTED PATENT AS SECOND PUBLICATION
August 05, 2004	US,20040149896,A1   US20040149896A1	FIRST PUBLISHED PATENT APPLICATION

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US Patent No: 7271893

Device and method for checking the level of moving transparent containers

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Device for checking the fill level of moving transparent containers comprising at least one light sensitive sensor unit, a light source directed to the sensor unit, and an evaluation unit for sensor signals generated by the sensor unit, whereas the sensor unit generates sensor signals depending on the position of a light beam on the sensor unit, and the evaluation unit determines from the temporal sequence of the sensor signals, whether the light beam was deflected by a container filled with a product.

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Jul 18, 2006	AS	ASSIGNMENT	free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:SATOR LASER GMBH;REEL/FRAME:018125/0867 Owner name: KHS METEC GMBH, GERMANY Effective Date: Jul 19, 2006 free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:SEETHALER, BERND FRANZ;REEL/FRAME:018125/0883 Owner name: SATOR LASER GMBH, GERMANY Effective Date: Jul 18, 2006
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