# US 12,602,565 B1 · Sewable identifier tag > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,602,565 B1 - Document ID: US12602565B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 19/213,585 - Filed: 2025-05-20 - Granted: 2026-04-14 - Earliest claimed: 2025-05-20 - Assignees: Scannable NZ Limited - Applicants: Scannable NZ Limited - Inventors: Robert Partridge - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12602565B1 ## CPC - G06K 19/07762: {the adhering arrangement making the record carrier wearable, e.g. having the form of a ring, watch, glove or bracelet (record carriers for insertion in the human body for medical purposes A61B90/00; record carriers adapted for attachment to animals A01K11/00)} - G06K 19/0723: {the record carrier comprising an arrangement for non-contact communication, e.g. wireless communication circuits on transponder cards, non-contact smart cards or RFIDs} - G06K: GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS ## Abstract Described herein is a sewable identifier label, an item with a sewable identifier label, and methods of manufacture and assembly. The sewable identifier label may be a laminate enclosing an identifier tag that is relatively thin, highly pliable, and highly resilient. The item to which the sewable identifier label may be fixed may be an item that is also pliable and which in use may be moved in multiple directions and/or dimensions. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A sewable identifier label configured to be sewn to an item comprising: an identifier tag comprising first and second faces, the identifier tag enclosed within a laminate; and wherein the laminate comprises: a first porous fabric layer configured to cover the first face of the identifier tag and an area surrounding the identifier tag; a second porous fabric layer configured to cover the second face of the identifier tag and an area surrounding the identifier tag; and an adhesive applied between: the first porous fabric layer and the first face of the identifier tag; the second porous fabric layer and the second face of the identifier tag; or both the first porous fabric layer and the first face of the identifier tag and the second porous fabric layer and the second face of the identifier tag; wherein, when laminated, the adhesive is located at least partly through pores of the first porous fabric layer and pores of the second porous fabric layer and encloses the identifier tag between the first porous fabric layer, the second porous fabric layer and the adhesive. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The sewable identifier label as claimed in claim 1 wherein, the sewable identifier label has a thickness of less than 1 mm about an area surrounding the identifier tag within. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The sewable identifier label as claimed in claim 1 wherein, the identifier tag is a Near Field Communication (NFC) tag. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The sewable identifier label as claimed in claim 1 wherein, the identifier tag is a UHF RFID tag. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The sewable identifier label as claimed in claim 1 wherein the identifier tag is a flexible printed circuit (FPC) RFID or NFC tag. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The sewable identifier label as claimed in claim 1 wherein the identifier tag is not an inlay. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The sewable identifier label as claimed in claim 1 wherein, a porosity, prior to lamination, of the first porous fabric layer and the second porous fabric layer is from 200-800 cm3/cm2/sec at a pressure differential of 125 Pa. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The sewable identifier label as claimed in claim 1 wherein, a mass density, prior to lamination, of the first porous fabric layer and the second porous fabric layer is 40-800D. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The sewable identifier label as claimed in claim 1 wherein, a fabric weight, prior to lamination, of the first porous fabric layer and the second porous fabric layer is 5-400 g/m2. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The sewable identifier label as claimed in claim 1 wherein, the first porous fabric layer and the second porous fabric layer are woven fabrics. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The sewable identifier label as claimed in claim 1 wherein, the first porous fabric layer and the second porous fabric layer are non-woven fabrics. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The sewable identifier label as claimed in claim 1 wherein, the first porous fabric layer and the second porous fabric layer are manufactured from: polypropylene (PPE), polyester, polyaramid, or nylon. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The sewable identifier label as claimed in claim 1 wherein, the adhesive is a thermoplastic adhesive that is moisture resistant and non-permeable. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The sewable identifier label as claimed in claim 1 wherein, the adhesive is a hot melt adhesive. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) A reel comprising multiple sewable identifier labels as claimed in claim 1, the multiple sewable identifier labels connected in series and rolled to form a reel shape. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) An item comprising sewn thereon, a sewable identifier label as claimed in claim 1. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The item as claimed in claim 16 wherein, a single stitch line or bar tack is used to sew the sewable identifier label to the item. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The item as claimed in claim 16 wherein, the Item is selected from: a fabric item, sling, webbing. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The item as claimed in claim 16 wherein, the sewable identifier label is sewn to: edge binding, webbing, a strap, a hem, an internal part of the item.