ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,254,365, issued on March 18.

"RFID tag for being fastened to a textile" was invented by Manfred Rietzler (Bangkok).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an RFID tag (2, 3) for being fastened to a textile (30), the RFID tag (2, 3) having a transponder unit (5), which is attached to a bendable carrier material (4) and has an integrated circuit (6) having a conductor structure (8, 9) electrically connected via contact surfaces (7). The carrier material (4) is designed as a conductor structure (8) having a longitudinal slot (10, 11), which separates the contact surfaces (7) of opposite polarity from each other, the carrier ...