ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,396, issued on March 18.

"Radio frequency reflectors for radio frequency identification systems" was invented by Rehan K. Jaffri (Tarrytown, N.Y.), Amit Asthana (Germantown, Md.) and Jeffrey G. Kukkola (Golden Valley, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Radio frequency (RF) reflectors for radio frequency identification (RFID) systems are disclosed. An example RF reflector includes a four-sided housing having an open end, an end, two sides, a top, and an open bottom. The RF reflector is configured to not be electrically coupled to an RFID tag reader. The open end is configured to admit RF signals emitted by the RFID tag reader into ...