An RFID transponder comprising: a substrate; an antenna structure formed on the substrate; and an RFID integrated circuit chip which is electrically coupled to the antenna structure,wherein the RFID integrated circuit chip is encoded with a unique object number, the unique object number comprising an object class information space and a unique serial number space,wherein the unique serial number space is encoded with one serial number instance from an allocated block of serial numbers, the allocated block being assigned a limited number of most significant bits, andwherein the unique serial number space comprises the limited number of most significant bits corresponding to the allocated block and remaining bits of lesser significance that together comprise the one serial number instance. view more

The RFID transponder of claim 1, wherein the object class information space is encoded with information comprising a company prefix, an item reference, a partition value, and a filter value.

The RFID transponder of claim 1, wherein the unique object number is a portion of a serialized global trade item number.

The RFID transponder of claim 3, wherein the serialized global trade item number is an EPC SGTIN-96 encoding.

The RFID transponder of claim 1, wherein the unique serial number space is at least 38 bits.

The RFID transponder of claim 1, wherein the allocated block is defined by at least 3 most significant bits.

The RFID transponder of claim 1, wherein the limited number of most significant bits that correspond to the allocated block further correspond to an encoder that encodes the RFID transponder.

A RFID transponder comprising: a substrate; an antenna structure formed on the substrate; and an RFID integrated circuit chip which is electrically coupled to the antenna structure, wherein the RFID integrated circuit chip is encoded with a global trade item number including a unique object number, the unique object number comprising an object class information space including a block of at least 50 bits and a unique serial number space including a block of at least 38 bits, wherein the unique serial number space has one serial number instance from an allocated block of serial numbers, the allocated block being assigned a limited number of most significant bits, and wherein the unique serial number space comprises at least 3 most significant bits corresponding to the allocated block. view more

The RFID transponder of claim 13, wherein the unique serial number space further comprises remaining bits of lesser significance that together with the at least 3 most significant bits comprise the one serial number instance.

The RFID transponder of claim 13, wherein the at least 3 most significant bits that correspond to the allocated block further correspond to an encoder that encodes the RFID transponder.