Device for protecting a commercial article against theft

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9875456
APP PUB NO 20150145680A1
SERIAL NO

14403827

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A device for protecting a commercial article which is a physical object (10, 32), that may or may not be packaged, against theft. The device (12, 42) includes: at least one active or passive member that is capable of emitting electromagnetic waves out from the device or receiving electromagnetic waves from outside the device; elements for attaching and locking the device to the physical object or to the packaging of same in a locked position such that a user cannot separate the device from the physical object without an external tool, the locking elements including a locking mechanism; and at least one optically readable code (24) uniquely identifying the physical object to which the device is intended to be attached and which is separate from a commercial article code (EAN, EPC, etc.) assigned to the physical object, as a commercial article.

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EXAQTWORLD75009 PARIS

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Favier, Alain Nogent sur Marne, FR 18 95

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