InkSure Technologies patents chipless RF tags

InkSure Technologies patents chipless RF tags
InkSure Technologies of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, has received two patents which it claims represent a milestone in the development of affordable item-level tagging for secure, traceable logistics. The two patents are entitled “Chipless RF Tags” and “Radio Frequency Data Carrier and System for Reading Data Stored Therein”. “While RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology enables automatic non-contact and non-line-of-sight conveyance of product and logistic information, current RFID applications require that relatively expensive chips be imbedded in the ID tags, making item-level tagging impractical for most products,” stated Elie Housman, CEO of InkSure Technologies Inc. “Our goal is to develop multi-bit ‘chipless’ RFID tags that can be manufactured and applied to product labels at a cost of well below one cent each. Such tags offer far more speed, functionality and ease-of-use than traditional barcodes and have the potential to revolutionize brand protection and supply chain management on a global scale.”

According to IDTechEx Ltd, a consultancy in smart labels and smart packaging, global revenues from RFID systems should exceed $10 billion by 2010, with ‘Chipless RFID” accounting for at least 30 per cent of the total. “The issuance of these patents confirms InkSure’s ownership of these important chipless RFID innovations and will allow us to accelerate our development of an ultra-low-cost printable RFID tag,” continued Housman. “We have established a separate subsidiary, InkSure RF, Inc., to pursue and commercialize our RFID technology, and we have applied for additional U.S. and European patents.” InkSure Technologies Inc., with its corporate headquarters in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and its R&D center in Science Park, Rehovot, Israel, specializes in comprehensive, covert security solutions designed to protect high profile brands and documents of value from counterfeiting, fraud and diversion.