US Patent Issued to Viking Discoveries on Aug. 5 for "Method of unlocking an operation of a device with a tiny RFID tag embedded on an integrated circuit" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,380,292, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Viking Discoveries LLC (Irvine, Calif.).

"Method of unlocking an operation of a device with a tiny RFID tag embedded on an integrated circuit" was invented by Scott Robert Hansen (Irvine, Calif.) and Louisa Marie Hansen (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes reading data encoded on a tiny RFID tag that is embedded in an integrated circuit. The RFID tag has an area of 0.1 mm2 or less and, alternatively, of 0.05 mm2 or less. When the data satisfies predetermined criteria, a capability of a device or system is unlocked. The method may be used in conjunction with artificial ...