ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,718,040, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to FORTISS LLC (Los Angeles).
"De-tuned multiple RFID antenna arrangement for gaming" was invented by Tyler J. Seitz (Portland, Ore.), Forrest S. Seitz (Beaverton, Ore.) and Joshua K. Hoyt (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gaming table contains a number of antennas that are de-tuned from the resonant frequency of a single RFID tag. This increases the power required to read the single tag but matches the resonant frequency for reading a stack of RFID tags. The gaming table may further include an instrumented dolly that manages the game states."
The patent was filed on July 18, 2025,...