ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,554,959, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to SICK AG (Waldkirch, Germany).
"Reading an RFID transponder on an object in an apparatus" was invented by Florian Pudenz (Waldkirch, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system is provided of an apparatus (10) for recording at least one object (12a-b) and of an object (12a-b) arranged in the apparatus (10), wherein an RFID transponder (14) having an antenna (15) is arranged at the object (12a-b), and wherein the apparatus has at least one wall (18) and at least one resonant structure (20) spaced apart from the object (12a-b). The resonant structure (20) is here introduced into the wall (18) ...