Radiofrequency identification shielding
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1. An item of luggage, file container, or accessory clothing item comprising a compartment sized for holding a passport and shielded from radio frequency radiation, the shielded compartment being lined with a pliable conductive material.
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Abstract
Conductive materials, such as conductive paper, paperboard or plastic, are incorporated in a variety of known products such as luggage, file containers, bags, wrappings, stationery, men'"'"'s and women'"'"'s accessory clothing and other devices for carrying or storing papers and objects, so as to form a Faraday cage around the contents thereof to reduce the likelihood that those contents can be interrogated by RF-ID.
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- 1. An item of luggage, file container, or accessory clothing item comprising a compartment sized for holding a passport and shielded from radio frequency radiation, the shielded compartment being lined with a pliable conductive material.
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- 26. An enclosure for a document or object bearing an RF-ID tag, the enclosure arranged to permit for temporary delivery thereof to a third party for transportation or handling while shielding the RF-ID tag from interrogation, the enclosure comprising a compartment shielded from radio frequency radiation, the shielded compartment being lined with a pliable conductive material
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31. A method of shielding an RF-ID tag and/or antenna from interrogation during second party handling, comprising
enclosing said RF-ID tag and/or antenna within an enclosure comprising a compartment shielded from radio frequency radiation, delivering said enclosure containing said tag and/or antenna from a first party to a second party for handling, retrieving said enclosure containing said tag and/or antenna from said second party to said first party, and removing said RF-ID tag and/or antenna from said enclosure.
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