US Patent Issued to Zebra Technologies on May 26 for "Wristbands having RFID circuits with enhanced readability" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,639,546, issued on May 26, was assigned to Zebra Technologies Corp. (Lincolnshire, Ill.).

"Wristbands having RFID circuits with enhanced readability" was invented by Steven J. Vandercar (Rolling Meadows, Ill.), Arianna Elizabeth Harding (Cary, Ill.), Nisa A. Khan (Buffalo Grove, Ill.) and Michael S. Weinhammer (Cary, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wristband has a flexible elongated body with an open state in which the wristband is capable of being positioned in a planar configuration and a closed state in which the wristband is wrapped in a loop. An RFID circuit is supported by the body and is positioned on the body such that the R...