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US 8,786,443 B2Granted
RFID tag for direct and indirect food contact
AssigneeAvery Dennison Corporation
InventorsBernd Selgrath, Ian James Forster
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an RFID device that is intended to be used in connection with direct or indirect packaging of consumer food products, such as with the use of food trays, totes and other transport packaging for perishable items. The RFID device may include a RFID inlay assembly that has been encased in a laminate that is safe for use with food products.
Claims18
An RFID device for use in direct or indirect food packaging applications, comprising;
- an RFID inlay having a chip encoded with product information and an antenna bonded to said chip and a portion of the antenna is covered with fire resistant or fire retardant materials;
- first and second substrates, each of said substrates having first and second surfaces, and first and second transversely extending edges and first and second longitudinally extending sides and each of said substrates being GRAS;
- wherein said RFID inlay is disposed between each of said first and second substrates and each of said first and second longitudinally extending sides and each of said first and second transversely extending edges are sealed to one another so as to create a sealed enclosure for said RFID inlay;
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- wherein said second substrate has an area that is greater than an area of said first substrate.
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A GRAS RFID device, comprising:
- a first laminated structure having a integrated circuit encoded with product information relating to a consumer good, said integrated circuit connected to an antenna, said antenna and said integrated circuit disposed between first and second substrates to create a first laminate assembly;
- a second structure having first and second GRAS films with each of said first and second GRAS films having first and second end edges and first and second side edges;
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- wherein said first laminated assembly is disposed between said first and second GRAS films to create a second laminated assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.