ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,321,803, issued on June 3, was assigned to Daio Paper Corp. (Ehime, Japan).
"RFID tag" was invented by Takuro Shimada (Kagawa, Japan), Ryota Kondo (Ehime, Japan), Taro Ikawa (Ehime, Japan) and Daiji Matsunoshita (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radio frequency identification (RFID) tag includes an inlay; a magnetic sheet laminated on an attachment object side of the inlay; and a spacer layer disposed between the magnetic sheet and the attachment object. The inlay includes an IC chip configured to store identification information, a loop conductor connected to the IC chip, and an antenna unit connected to the loop conducto...