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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120126008 | THIN MOUNT RFID TAGGING SYSTEMS A tag, such as an RFID tag, a system including the RFID tag and techniques for installing the RFID tag onto the surface of a tool. The RFID tag is coupled to an outer surface of a tool via an adhesive and/or coating that acts to retain the tag. The RFID tag is coated wi... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120126016 | PLANAR ANTENNA HAVING RFID ELECTRIC TAGS A planar antenna having RFID electric tags comprises: a substrate (1), a radiating metal layer (2), a grounding metal layer (3) and a RFID chip (4). The substrate (1) has a front surface (11) and a rear surface (12) there... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120130892 | TOY WITH INDICIA OF STORED VALUE The present invention is a stored value toy, and a method for sensing a stored value toy. A stored value toy integrates the functionality of a stored value card, or a gift card, into a three-dimensional toy, such as a model vehicle. The method includes sensing an accoun... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127528 | REMOVABLE MEDIA SPINDLE AND ANTENNA ASSEMBLY FOR PRINTER A removable spindle for use in a thermal transfer printer houses dual RFID reader antennas that are used to read an RFID tag attached to the core of the print media. The information provided by the RFID tag enables the printer to self-calibrate based on the type of medi... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120104104 | CIRCUIT BOARD WITH INTEGRATED RFID MICROCHIP The present disclosure relates to a circuit board including a supporting material and having conductive tracks on a top surface, wherein the circuit board has a recess in the supporting material, which opens into a lateral surface adjoining the top surface and into whic... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120104103 | INTEGRATED PCB UHF RFID MATCHING NETWORK/ANTENNA A matching network is integrated into a multilayer printed circuit board containing an RFID integrated circuit to provide both an antenna and a matching network for the RFID integrated circuit in the ultra high frequency regime.... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109402 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING A GRID CONNECTION POINT USING A TAG An electrical outlet, an electrical outlet cover for use with an electrical outlet and methods of identifying a grid connection point for bill processing of a charging event and managing energy services are disclosed. The electrical outlet cover includes a cover unit ha... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120080529 | SMART CARD The invention proposes a smart card which comprises a digital signal processing receiver that can automatically identify the type of a smart card reader based on the error vector magnitude of signals received from the reader. The digital signal processing receiver is ab... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120080528 | Dendritic electronic circuits for RFID A nanoscale RFID arrangement comprised of a foraminous substrate having a signal sensing nanoscale antenna extending therefrom, which RFID arrangement is incorporated into an RFID utilizing product.... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120080527 | TRANSFERRING AN ANTENNA TO AN RFID INLAY SUBSTRATE Forming antenna structures having several conductor turns (wire, foil, conductive material) on a an antenna substrate (carrier layer or film or web), removing the antenna structures individually from the antenna substrate using pick & place gantry or by means of die... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120067962 | FOLDED SHEET ARTICLE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME A folded sheet article comprising a sheet material having a first set of folds defining segments of the sheet material and an electrically conductive pattern on a segment of the sheet material that does not extend across a fold in an unfolded state.... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120067963 | Apparatus and Process Including Radio Frequency Identification Devices Disclosed are RFID tags and methods of the manufacture thereof. RFID tags may generally include a backing substrate, a covering substrate, a RFID device positioned therebetween and indelible identification indicia defined on the backing substrate and/or the cover substr... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120067949 | INTELLIGENT CREDIT CARD SYSTEM A new credit card system which enables improved reading and other operations. Reading can be done in the short edge of the credit card thereby shortening the aspect ratio and size of the card reader. The reader can be electrical, reading information via contacts, or can... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120067961 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTEGRATING RADIO-FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION CIRCUITRY INTO FLEXIBLE CIRCUITS Systems and methods for integrating RFID circuitry into flexible circuits are provided. An RFID integrated circuit can be embedded within a dielectric layer of a flexible circuit or between a dielectric layer and a conductive layer of the flexible circuit. Additionally ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120071088 | NFC Card for Handheld Device An NFC card includes an antenna circuit including an antenna coil having at least one magnetic axis, and at least one integrated circuit linked to the antenna circuit. The magnetic axis of the antenna coil is substantially parallel to at least one side of the card, and ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120067964 | APPARATUS FOR SECURE FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS An electronic transaction card communicates with an add-on slot of an intelligent electronic device. The add-on slot may be a memory card slot. The intelligent electronic device may be a mobile phone or other device with or without network connectivity. The electronic t... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120071090 | NFC Card Sensitive to Eddy Currents An NFC card includes an antenna circuit including an antenna coil having at least one magnetic axis, and at least one integrated circuit linked to the antenna circuit. The magnetic axis of the antenna coil is substantially parallel to the plane of the card, and is at an... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120067947 | IC CARD, MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD IN IC CARD According to one embodiment, an IC card includes a communication module, a first command processing module, a determining module, a second command processing module, a response processing module. The first command processing module performs a process corresponding to a ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120048947 | Inductively Coupled Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Transponder An RFID transponder comprising a housing for mounting on or in a workpiece having a metallic surface, where the RFID transponder is provided for inductive coupling to an RFID reader, where that side of the RFID transponder which is to face the metallic surface is provid... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120048943 | CHIP CARD AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME A chip card includes a card portion and a chip. The chip is detachably assembled in the card portion. When the chip is assembled in the card portion, the chip card can be used at an ATM or a POS device. When the chip is disassembled from the card portion, the chip can b... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120048944 | EYEGLASSES TAG WITH HOOK A tag with a hook for securing a tag to a pair of eyeglasses having a frame and two hinged legs is provided. The eyeglasses tag includes a body, a foldable member, a hook, an adhesive area and, optionally, a bend line, a panel with identification information, an adhesiv... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120050015 | PARASITIC CIRCUIT FOR DEVICE PROTECTION Exemplary embodiments are directed to a device include a parasitic coil for protection of the device. A device may include a first circuit configured to receive a first transmitted signal at an operational frequency. The device may also include a second circuit a second... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120052800 | SECURE SMART CARD SYSTEM A smart card usable in magnetic stripe swipe transactions with a transaction terminal configured to read transaction information encoded on a magnetic stripe of a standard transaction card includes a card body, which includes a magnetic stripe emulator for use with the ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120048948 | Method for Manufacturing a Card Based on a Substrate A method for manufacturing a card (102) based on a substrate (101), the method comprising a step of defining the perimeter of the card (102) within the substrate (101), the method also comprising a step of chamfering on a portion of the perim... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120048949 | MULTIFUNCTION REMOVABLE COVER FOR PORTABLE PAYMENT DEVICE Methods and devices for conducting financial transactions are provided. Aspects and embodiments include multifunction removable covers for portable payment devices; multifunction removable covers configured as password token type portable payment devices; and multifunct... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120048946 | SHRINK WRAP EYEGLASSES TAG WITH HOOK A tag assembly for securing a tag to a pair of eyeglasses, wherein the eyeglasses have a frame for holding a pair of lenses and two hinged legs. The tag assembly includes a tag, a shrink tube and optionally an electronic identification device (“EID”), a hook, an inf... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120048945 | INFORMATION CARRIER, VEHICLE WITH INFORMATION CARRIER, AS WELL AS SYSTEM FOR ASSISTING EMERGENCY SERVICES IN RESCUING OCCUPANTS FROM A VEHICLE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT An information carrier is provided with information regarding a vehicle that can be directly arranged on the vehicle and the information of which is at least partially encrypted with a code that can be optoelectronically scanned and/or a code that can be scanned with th... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120043383 | SYSTEM FOR ELECTRONICALLY SEALING AN ITEM AND VERIFYING THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE ITEM SEALED A system includes an apparatus for identifying an item with inclusion of a contact smart card to store the authenticity information of the item, and a card reader to allow examination of the authenticity being conducted locally and/or remotely. The identifying apparatus... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120043386 | ANTENNA SHEET, DATA CARRIER WITH NON-CONTACT IC, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ANTENNA SHEET A method for manufacturing an antenna sheet, includes: a pressing step in which an overlapped portion of an antenna coil and/or a connection pattern formed from a metal material and provided on one surface of a substrate formed from a thermoplastic resin, and a conducti... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120047071 | PAYMENT CARD PROCESSING SYSTEM A method, programmed medium and system are provided for using a payment card with an embedded RFID device. In one example, a cellular telephone or other wireless device is used to generate a one-time password (OTP), which is then transmitted by a read-write RFID in the ... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120043387 | IDENTIFICATION TAG An identification tag (10,100) is provided which comprises a first body portion (12), a second body portion (14) and a web portion (13) located between the first and second body portions (12,14). The web portion (13) permits the... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120043388 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE An object of the present invention is to provide a semiconductor device which can obtain the high potential necessary for writing data to a memory, using a small circuit area. In the present invention, by using as input voltage of a booster circuit not the conventionall... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120047041 | Prepaid Network Time Purchasing System A prepaid payment card used to reload or credit a prepay account with prepaid service value carrying a unique identifier generated by a payment provider, the unique identifier being associated with prepaid transaction data capable of indicating designated service values... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120038463 | SECURITY DOCUMENT WITH ELECTROACTIVE POLYMER POWER SOURCE AND NANO-OPTICAL DISPLAY A security document is disclosed which includes an electrical circuit embedded in a document substrate, where the electrical circuit includes a power source with at least one electroactive polymer power generator, and an optical display including at least one electrolum... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120037711 | SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP AND METHOD FOR GENERATING DIGITAL VALUE USING PROCESS VARIATION Provided is a semiconductor chip to generate an identification key. The semiconductor chip may include a first inverter having a first logic threshold, a second inverter having a second logic threshold, and a first switch. The first switch may include a first terminal a... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120038461 | Sensing Radio Frequency Identification Device with Reactive Strap Attachment A sensing radio frequency identification device with a strap that is reactively attached to an antenna by a sensing material is provided. In one embodiment, the RFID device includes an antenna, an interposer (or strap), an integrated circuit coupled to the interposer, a... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120037710 | Microcircuit Device including a Near-Field Communication Antenna Circuit This circuit (32) comprises a first antenna (34) connected to the microcircuit (14) and capable of supplying power to the microcircuit (14) by electromagnetic coupling with an external terminal and a second antenna (36) electromagnetic... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120037708 | CARD WITH A DETACHABLE WIRELESS ANTENNA-BASED PAYMENT DEVICE Embodiments of the invention relate to for a card that includes a detachable wireless antenna-based payment device, such as a contactless Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) payment device or the like. The card is configured so as to alleviate or eliminate production ... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120037709 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DRIVE CIRCUITS FOR DYNAMIC MAGNETIC STRIPE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES Dynamic magnetic stripe communications devices are provided as magnetic stripe emulators. A magnetic stripe emulator may include a coil. Drive circuits may be coupled to this coil in order to produce electromagnetic fields from the coil operable to communicate with a ma... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120031980 | Privacy Protection Packet for Holding Security Devices The present invention relates to a flexible packaging arrangement for use with security devices. The flexible packaging may include an packet or sleeve in which a plurality of overlapping perforations or cuts may be used to break or render the security device inoperable... | 02/09/2012 |
