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Granted Patent B2
US 7,091,862 · App. 10/718,814 · Granted Aug 15, 2006

System and method for providing secure identification solutions utilizing a radio frequency device in a non-metallized region connected to a metallized region

Assignee: Neology, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 7,091,862
App. No.
10/718,814
Granted
Aug 15, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides systems and methods for transmitting and receiving information from a radio frequency (RF) transponder. A conductive adhesive connects an antenna in a non-metallized region to a metallized region. This feature transforms the entire metallized region of the radio frequency device (i.e., the remainder of the metallized material outside the non-metallized region) into an antenna.

Claims (50)

1. A radio frequency device comprising:

at least one metallized region;

at least one non-metallized region;

at least one antenna on the at least one non-metallized region;

at least one radio frequency chip in communication with the at least one antenna; and

at least one electrical connection connecting the at least one antenna to the at least one metallized region such that the at least one metallized region acts as a second antenna.

2. The radio frequency device of claim 1 , further comprising:

at least one base layer.

3. The radio frequency device of claim 2 , wherein the at least one metallized region is disposed on the at least one base layer.

4. The radio frequency device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one non-metallized region is created by demetallizing a portion of the at least one metallized region.

5. The radio frequency device of claim 1 , further comprising at least one holographic image.

6. The radio frequency device of claim 5 , wherein the at least one holographic image is in the at least one non-metallized region.

7. A radio frequency device comprising:

at least one base layer;

at least one metallized region disposed on the at least one base layer;

at least one non-metallized region;

at least one antenna on the at least one non-metallized region;

at least one radio frequency chip on the at least one base layer in communication with the at least one antenna; and

at least one electrical connection connecting the at least one antenna to the at least one metallized region such that the at least one metallized region acts as a second antenna.

8. The radio frequency device of claim 7 , further comprising at least one holographic image.

9. The radio frequency device of claim 7 , wherein the at least one holographic image is in the at least one non-metallized region.

10. The radio frequency device of claim 7 , wherein the at least one non-metallized region is created by demetallizing a portion of the at least one metallized region.

11. A radio frequency device comprising:

at least one base layer;

at least one metallized region disposed on the at least one base layer;

at least one non-metallized region;

at least one holographic image;

at least one antenna on the at least one non-metallized region;

at least one radio frequency chip in the at least one base layer in communication with the at least one antenna; and

at least one electrical connection connecting the at least one antenna to the at least one metallized region such that the at least one metallized region acts as a second antenna.

12. The radio frequency device of claim 11 , wherein the at least one holographic image is in the at least one non-metallized region.

13. The radio frequency device of claim 11 , wherein the at least one non-metallized region is created by demetallizing a portion of the at least one metallized region.

14. A radio frequency device comprising:

at least one base layer;

at least one metallized region disposed on the at least one base layer;

at least one non-metallized region;

at least one holographic image on the at least one non-metallized region;

at least one antenna on the at least one non-metallized region;

at least one radio frequency chip in the at least one base layer in communication with the at least one antenna; and

at least one electrical connection connecting the at least one antenna to the at least one metallized region such that the at least one metallized region acts as a second antenna.

15. The radio frequency device of claim 14 , wherein the at least one non-metallized region is created by demetallizing a portion of the at least one metallized region.

16. A radio frequency device comprising:

at least one base layer;

at least one metallized region disposed on the at least one base layer;

at least one non-metallized region;

at least one holographic image in the at least one non-metallized region;

at least one antenna on the at least one non-metallized region;

at least one radio frequency chip on the at least one base layer in communication with the at least one antenna; and

at least one electrical connection connecting the at least one antenna to the at least one metallized region such that the at least one metallized region acts as a second antenna; and

whereby the at least one non-metallized region is created by demetallizing a portion of the at least one metallized region.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 13, 2005
From: BNC, IP SWITZERLAND GMBH
To: NEOLOGY, INC.
Reel/Frame 016126/0535 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 12, 2004
From: DE VELASCO CORTINA, FRANCISCO MARTINEZ
To: BNC IP SWITZERLAND GMBH
Reel/Frame 015321/0001 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 6042825700 · Nov 22, 2002
Related Publication 20040164865A1 · Aug 26, 2004