ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,651,538, issued on June 9, was assigned to Schreiner Group GmbH & Co. KG (Oberschleissheim, Germany).
"Multifunctional label, system and method for manufacturing a multifunctional label" was invented by Melanie Achsnich (Munich) and Dirk Probian (Meitingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multifunctional label for a multi-part container has a transponder inlay with an electronic unit and a detection loop, which are arranged on a carrier layer of the transponder inlay and are coupled to one another in terms of signalling. The carrier layer has a predetermined local material weakening in the area of the detection loop. The multifun...