US Patent Issued to AVID Identification Systems on Feb. 17 for "Method for validating radio frequency identification number" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,554,948, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to AVID Identification Systems Inc. (Norco, Calif.).

"Method for validating radio frequency identification number" was invented by Peter Troesch (Laguna Niguel, Calif.), Martin S. H. Ma (Foothill Ranch, Calif.) and Timothy J. Ward (Mira Loma, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for producing and validating RFID transponders (e.g., ISO 11784/11785 compliant transponders) with identification number authentication capabilities. A signature indicator and a partial-signature trailer are introduced to the ISO telegram. An encrypted signature or partial signature is introduced to the internal m...