ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,536,401, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Sensormatic Electronics LLC (Boca Raton, Fla.).
"Security tag" was invented by Katherine Fay Goodman (Irvine, Calif.), Tamlyn Jaret Jones (Rancho Mission Viejo, Calif.), Marc H. Blanchenay (Lighthouse Point, Fla.), Olivier Bruno Sommer (Knoxville, Tenn.) and Lauri Johannes Huhtasalo (Tampere, Finland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A security tag includes: an elongated inlay portion; an antenna mounted on the elongated inlay portion; and a radio frequency identification (RFID) circuit coupled with the antenna. The security tag may be encapsulated within an elongated textile protective sleeve. At...