ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,579,401, issued on March 17, was assigned to Avery Dennison Retail Information Services LLC (Mentor, Ohio).
"Methods for producing recyclable radio frequency identification transponder components" was invented by Francisco Duarte Barbosa Teixeira E Melo (Baiona, Spain) and Ian J. Forster (Chelmsford, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Improved RFID devices and manufacturing methods that utilize more efficient RFID designs, result in less manufacturing material waste and increased recycling opportunities, all without sacrificing RFID device performance, are disclosed herein. Some exemplary embodiments of the improved RFID devic...