US Patent Issued to NITTA on March 25 for "IC tag and manufacturing method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,260,276, issued on March 25, was assigned to NITTA Corp. (Osaka, Japan).

"IC tag and manufacturing method" was invented by Toshiharu Shimai (Yamatokooriyama, Japan), Hayato Tomita (Yamatokooriyama, Japan) and Yoshihiro Miyagi (Yamatokooriyama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An IC tag according to the present invention includes: a base sheet having a first surface and a second surface; an IC chip arranged on the first surface of the base sheet; an antenna that is arranged on the first surface of the base sheet and is configured to electrically transmit and receive information stored in the IC chip; and a protective sheet that is fi...