Articles containing chipless radio frequency identification elements
AssigneeAbbott Laboratories
InventorTahua Yang
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Abstract
A container comprising a body having embedded therein a plurality of chipless radio frequency identification elements. The chipless radio frequency identification elements comprise a plurality of categories of resonant elements. The resonant elements can be utilized in a system having a binary code feature. The combination of different resonant elements can be read and translated to identify the features of a particular product. The container can be prepared by compounding moldable compositions with the resonant elements and molding the moldable compositions containing the resonant elements into the final product. The invention also provides a system and a method for reading the binary code provided by the chipless radio frequency identification elements.
Claims8
A container comprising a body and an opening, said body having embedded therein a plurality of categories of chipless radio frequency identification elements;
- wherein each category of radio frequency identification element emits a distinct radio frequency and a combination of frequencies of the plurality of categories of chipless radio frequency identification elements is operable to represent a binary number based on the presence or absence of at least one of the categories of radio frequency identification elements within the container, said container capable of containing a reagent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.