DEACTIVATABLE RFID LABELS AND TAGS AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME
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Abstract
Disclosed are deactivatable RFID labels and tags in individual and web form, and methods of making same. When it is desired to deactivate the label or tag, the tag or label is subjected to tearing. One arrangement involves providing the label or tag with a tear strip by which the RFID transponder in the label or tag is destroyed, and in another arrangement a tag can be torn along a weakening line to destroy the RFID transponder.
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Citations
21 Claims
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1-17. -17. (canceled)
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18. Method of making a web of deactivatable RFID tags, comprising:
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providing a longitudinally extending first web of tag stock, applying RFID transponders at spaced apart locations to the web, applying a tear strip web across all the transponders, and thereafter laminating a second web of tag stock to the first web with the transponders and the tear strip web sandwiched between the first and second webs to provide a web of tags. - View Dependent Claims (19, 21)
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20. A web of deactivatable RFID tags, comprising:
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a first web of tag stock, a second web of tag stock laminated to the first web, spaced RFID transponders between the first and second webs, and a tear strip crossing the transponders.
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Specification