# US 10,865,038 B2 · Cigarette pack comprising an RFID/NFC tag

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- Number: US 10,865,038 B2
- Document ID: US10865038B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/478,384
- Filed: 2018-02-14
- Published: 2019-12-05
- Granted: 2020-12-15
- Earliest claimed: 2017-02-16
- Assignees: Stora Enso OYJ
- Applicants: Stora Enso OYJ
- Inventors: Lauri Huhtasalo
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10865038B2

## CPC

- B65D 85/1045: {having a cap-like lid hinged to an edge}
- B65D 2203/10: Transponders
- B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES

## Abstract

A cigarette pack (1) comprising a box body (2); an inner wrapper (15), comprising an aluminium layer, is arranged on the inside of the box body (2); a lid (8) connected to the box body by a hinge (9) and capable of opening and closing the upper end of the box body, the lid having an open lower end (10), front wall (11), a rear wall (12), a pair if side walls (18) and a top wall (13, 14) having an outside (13) and an inside (14), which inside (14) faces against the open upper end (3) and the inner wrapper (15) when the lid is in a closed position; an RFID/NFC tag (16) and a distance layer (20), which is arranged on the inside and that the RFID/NFC tag is arranged on the distance layer. The distance layer forces the RFID/NFC tag close to the wrapping material.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A cigarette pack comprising:
a box body having an open upper end, a front wall, a rear wall, a pair of side walls and a bottom wall;
an inner wrapper, comprising an aluminum layer, is arranged on the inside of the box body, suitable for wrapping around a bundle of cigarettes;
a lid connected to the box body by a hinge and capable of opening and closing the upper end of the box body, the lid having an open lower end, a front wall, a rear wall, a pair of side walls and a top wall having an outside and an inside, which inside faces against the open upper end and the inner wrapper when the lid is in a closed position;
an RFID/NFC tag; and
a distance layer, which is arranged on the inside of the top wall and that the RFID/NFC tag is arranged on the distance layer, such that the distance layer forces the RFID/NFC tag close to the wrapping material in the closed position.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A cigarette pack according to claim 1, wherein the distance layer is made of a material that does not interfere with an antenna of the RFID/NFC tag.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

A cigarette pack according to claim 1, wherein the distance layer is made paper board or corrugated board.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

A cigarette pack according to claim 1, wherein the distance layer has a thickness of at least 1 mm.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

A cigarette pack according to claim 1, wherein the distance layer has a thickness in the range 1-5 mm.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

A cigarette pack according to claim 1, wherein an antenna of the RFID/NFC tag is interfered by the aluminum layer, when the lid is in a closed position.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

A cigarette pack according to claim 1, wherein the RFID/NFC tag cannot engage with an NFC equipped device in the closed position.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

A cigarette pack according to claim 1, wherein an antenna of the RFID/NFC tag is not interfered by the aluminum layer, when the lid is in an opened position.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

A cigarette pack according to claim 1, wherein the RFID/NFC tag is able to engage with an NFC equipped device in the opened position.