ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,370, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to CHECKPOINT SYSTEMS INC. (Thorofare, N.J.).

"RFID antenna for rejecting unwanted RF signals" was invented by Thomas Weakley (Simpsonville, S.C.) and Morui Li (Cherry Hill, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A RFID label is shown and described herein. The RFID label includes a RFID antenna configured to provide attenuation of unwanted signals at relatively high frequencies, e.g., above 2 GHz and in the range of about 2 to about 5 GHz. The RFID label comprises a dipole antenna having tuning elements that attenuate or reject signals at high frequencies such as, for example, those frequencies at wh...