John J JordonBrooklyn, NY

5953682, Sep 14, 1999

Feb 14, 1997

8/802168

Henry J. McCarrick - Fallbrook CA
William T. Leyden - Laguna Hills CA
Khanh H. Tran - Laguna Niguel CA
John F. Jordon - Solana Beach CA
Kevin C. Ross - San Clemente CA

Millipore Corporation - Bedford MA

F17C 1302
G01F 1300

702 45

An automated gas cylinder monitoring system includes: a data storage collar associated with a gas cylinder including a resident memory and an insulated housing, the insulated housing being configured for coupling with a gas cylinder; a read/write probe for writing data to and receiving data from the resident memory of said data storage collar; measuring devices for determining the volume of gas in a gas cylinder; and a host computer for transmitting information to and receiving information from the read/write probe.

5949049, Sep 7, 1999

Jul 17, 1996

8/683702

Henry Jemison McCarrick - Fallbrook CA
Kevin Cochrane Ross - San Clemente CA
William Thomas Leyden - Laguna Hills CA
Khanh Huy Tran - Laguna Niguel CA
John Fletcher Jordon - Solana Beach CA

Span Instruments, Inc. - Plano TX

G06K 706

235441

An inventory control system includes an inventory control probe, inventory control module, a docking station, a collar clip, and an inventory control collar used on a storage container. The inventory control collar includes a first conductive ring exposed on the top of the collar electrically connected to a memory and a second conductive ring exposed on the top of the collar and electrically connected to the memory. The inventory control probe includes a probe tip and a first pair of contact pins disposed on the probe tip at a predetermined distance apart such that the contacts concurrently contact the conductive rings of the inventory control collar. A probe body housing is connected at a first end to the probe tip, and a pair of data transfer terminal contacts are disposed on a bottom portion of the probe body housing. A handle is connected at a second end to the probe body housing. The inventory control module includes a control module housing, a pair of data transfer terminal contacts disposed on a bottom portion of the control module housing for engaging the pair of data transfer terminal contacts disposed on the docking station housing, a microprocessor, and a memory.