US Patent Issued to TOSHIBA GLOBAL COMMERCE SOLUTIONS on May 26 for "Selective radio frequency identification shielding" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,639,543, issued on May 26, was assigned to TOSHIBA GLOBAL COMMERCE SOLUTIONS INC. (Durham, N.C.).

"Selective radio frequency identification shielding" was invented by Brad M. Johnson (Raleigh, N.C.), David J. Steiner (Durham, N.C.), Kimberly A. Wood (Raleigh, N.C.) and Timothy W. Crockett (Raleigh, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides improved apparatuses for selective radio frequency identification shielding. A container is provided, the container including a plurality of sides comprising a bottom side on which items can be placed and one or more wall sides to contain the items, where at least one of the pl...