ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,769, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to ASSA ABLOY AB (Stockholm) and LUX-IDent Germany GmbH (Sauerlach, Germany).

"RFID tag for a tamper proof attachment to an object such as a licence plate" was invented by Elies Ennabli (Lausanne, Switzerland), Urs Furter (Noville, Switzerland), Christian Mirus (Fribourg, Switzerland), Hugo Kapp (Saint-Gingolph, France) and Michael Kober (Bruckmuhl, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An RFID tag comprising a lower housing, an upper housing and an antenna unit. The lower housing is configured to be attached to an object. The upper housing is placed on the lower housing and comprises a peripheral ...