# US 12,223,382 B2 · Identification tag, identification tag accessory, and methods and systems for using an identification tag and identification tag accessory

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- Number: US 12,223,382 B2
- Document ID: US12223382B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/039,200
- Filed: 2021-11-29
- Published: 2024-01-04
- Granted: 2025-02-11
- Earliest claimed: 2020-11-27
- Applicants: Gochip Pet Technology Inc.
- Inventors: Alexander Von Kaldenberg; Adam Turnbull; Patrick Ozenne; Cristina Llabres Llambias
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12223382B2

## CPC

- G06K 7/10366: {the interrogation device being adapted for miscellaneous applications}
- G06K 19/0724: {the arrangement being a circuit for communicating at a plurality of frequencies, e.g. for managing time multiplexed communication over at least two antennas of different types}
- A01K 11/006: {Automatic identification systems for animals, e.g. electronic devices, transponders for animals (identification systems for access to feeding pens A01K1/0209; ear tags with electronic identification means A01K11/004)}
- G06K 19/07758: {arrangements for adhering the record carrier to further objects or living beings, functioning as an identification tag}
- G06K 19/07767: {the first and second communication means being two different antennas types, e.g. dipole and coil type, or two antennas of the same kind but operating at different frequencies}
- G06K 19/07773: {Antenna details (antennas for wireless devices, e.g. RFID tags, in general H01Q1/22)}
- G06K: GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
- A01K: ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS

## Abstract

Disclosed herein is a tag suitable for use with pets and other animals. The tag may be a glass tag that includes an antenna, a first circuit block and a second circuit block. The antenna has a common core having a coil wound around the core. The coil interconnects a first antenna pad, a second antenna pad and a third antenna pad; a first circuit block having a first and a second contact pad, the first and second antenna pads interconnected to the first and second contact pads respectively. The second circuit block has a third and a fourth contact pads. The second and third antenna pads interconnected to the third and fourth contact pads respectively. The first circuit block may be an RFID integrated circuit and the second circuit block may be an NFC IC.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An identification tag, comprising:
an antenna comprising a common core having a coil wound around the core, the coil connected to a first antenna pad, a second antenna pad, and a third antenna pad, the first antenna pad and the second antenna pad defining a first antenna portion therebetween, the third antenna pad and one of the first antenna pad and the second antenna pad defining a second antenna portion therebetween;
a first circuit block having a first contact pad and a second contact pad, the first antenna pad and the second antenna pad being connected to the first contact pad and the second contact pad respectively, the first circuit block having a first storage medium storing first data therein; and
a second circuit block having a third contact pad and a fourth contact pad, the third antenna pad and the one of the first antenna pad and the second antenna pad connected to the third contact pad and the fourth contact pad respectively, the second circuit block having a second storage medium storing first data therein.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The identification tag of claim 1, further comprising a glass housing in which the antenna, the first circuit block, and the second circuit block are enclosed.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The identification tag of claim 1, wherein the core comprises ferrite.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The identification tag of claim 3, wherein the core is a ferrite core.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The identification tag of claim 1, wherein the first circuit block includes a near field communication (NFC) integrated circuit (IC) and the second circuit block includes a radio frequency identification (RFID) IC.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The identification tag of claim 1, further comprising an isolation block positioned to isolate the RFID IC from the NFC IC.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The identification tag of claim 6, wherein the first circuit block includes a first storage medium storing first identification data, and wherein the second circuit block includes a second storage medium storing second identification data.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The identification tag of claim 1, wherein the first circuit block and the second circuit block are provided on a single die.