ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,670,354, issued on June 30, was assigned to NEOLOGY INC. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"RFID switch tag" was invented by Sheshi Nyalamadugu (San Diego) and Joe Mullis (Oceanside, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A switchable radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag device comprising: a first RFID module positioned on a first plane; at least one un-tuned antenna section positioned on a second plane, wherein the first plane is positioned parallel to the second plane; a second RFID module positioned on the first plane; a third RFID module positioned on the first plane; and a sliding mechanism configured to move between a first position, a secon...