ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,511,514, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to SATO Corp. (Tokyo).

"RFID medium and RFID medium continuous body" was invented by Haruhiko Nitta (Minato-ku, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An RFID medium including: a base material, a thermosensitive color-developing layer formed on a front surface of the base material and developed a color by heat, an antenna formed on a rear surface of the base material, and an IC chip connected to the antenna, in which the antenna and the IC chip are connected to each other by a conductive material that is cured by an ultraviolet ray."

The patent was filed on Aug. 23, 2022, under Application No. 18/6...