RegardingID Archive | RFID Consortium to Focus on 'Patent Pooling'

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

The RFID Consortium first August 2005, on Tuesday unveiled its seven members, which included LG Electronics, ThingMagic, and Zebra Technologies, and said it will focus on ultra-high frequency (UHF) RFID, Red Herring reports.

France Telecom, Hewlett-Packard, 3M Innovative Properties, and Motorola in a consortium of seven companies will reportedly attempt to push RFID technology into high tech’s fast lane by using a licensing arrangement called patent pooling.

OTI granted U.S. patent for contactless 'Smart SIM'

On Track Innovations has received a U.S. patent for adding contactless capability to existing mobile handsets through contactless SIM technology.

U.S. Patent No. 8,090,407, aka “Contactless Smart SIM,” covers the capabilities necessary to turn existing mobile handsets into NFC-enabled devices through the use of a SIM card and a specifically designed antenna, all while keeping the phone and operating system “fully agnostic,” says OTI.

VeriTeQ acquires VeriChip implantable microchip, focuses on patient and animal ID

VeriTeQ announced it has acquired the VeriChip implantable microchip and related technologies and Health Link Web-based personal health record (PHR) from Positive ID. VeriChip is the FDA-cleared RFID implantable microchip for humans and patient identification.

North Dakota State Univ. research team develops antennaless RFID tag

A research team at the Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) at North Dakota State University (NDSU) has developed an antennaless RFID tag designed to offer enhanced tracking of metal and liquids.

Dolcera publishes first NFC patent repository

Dolcera Corporation has released a patent repository for NFC technology.

According to Dolcera, the new report provides a layout of “essential patents” that enable the use of the NFC technology based on ISO/IEC 14443, ECMA-340 and ECMA-352 standards, as well as the patents that are used to deliver NFC-enabled applications to consumers.

HID granted NFC-related patent

HID Global announced that the company and its parent, ASSA ABLOY, have been notified by the United States Patent Office that their patent, US 2008/0163361, titled “Method and Apparatus for Making a Decision on a Card,” has been allowed and will issue shortly.

Japan's NFC Consortium to expand, standardize services

Japan’s three main cell phone providers, NTT DoCoMo, KDDI and Softbank, have joined forces to create the NFC Consortium in hopes of advancing Japan’s contactless payments platform toward international standards.

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RFID Consortium to Focus on 'Patent Pooling'