ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,536,399, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Impinj Inc (Seattle).
"Digital identities for physical items" was invented by Christopher J. Diorio (Shoreline, Wash.), Matthew Robshaw (Seattle) and Tan Mau Wu (Seattle).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "RFID technology may be used to provide digital identities for physical items. An RFID IC attached to or integrated into a physical item contains an identifier for the physical item. Digital identity information associated with the item, such as ownership information, history, properties, and the like, may be located on one or more networks. An entity, after authenticating itself and/or the item, m...