Deactivatable RFID labels and tags and methods of making same
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1. Method of making a web of deactivatable RFID tags, comprising:
- providing a longitudinally extending first web of tag stock,applying RFID transponders at spaced apart locations on the web,applying a tear strip web across all the transponders, andthereafter laminating a second web of tag stock the first web with the transponders and the tear strip web sandwiched between the first and second webs to provide a web of tags,wherein each tag includes a tear strip formed from a portion of the tear strip web and at least one of the RFID transponders, said tear strip being selectively torn from the tag and thereby physically tearing the RFID transponder included in the tag to deactivate the RFID transponder.
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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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1. 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 on the web, applying a tear strip web across all the transponders, and thereafter laminating a second web of tag stock the first web with the transponders and the tear strip web sandwiched between the first and second webs to provide a web of tags, wherein each tag includes a tear strip formed from a portion of the tear strip web and at least one of the RFID transponders, said tear strip being selectively torn from the tag and thereby physically tearing the RFID transponder included in the tag to deactivate the RFID transponder. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A web of deactivatable RFID tags, comprising:
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a layer of tag stock formed into a plurality of individual tags, a web of tag stock to which the tags are laminated, a plurality of spaced apart RFID transponders sandwiched between the layer of tag stock and the web of tag stock, said RFID transponders being spaced apart from one another such that each individual tag includes at least one RFID transponder, and a plurality of tear strips formed from a tear strip web crossing all the transponders, each individual tag including at least one tear strip, said tear strip being selectively torn from the tag and thereby physically tearing the RFID transponder included in the tag to deactivate the RFID transponder. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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