US 12,265,870 B2
Combination RFID/EAS tags and methods of manufacture
Yichang Liu, Holly Springs, NC (US); Mohammed Ramzan, Halifax (GB); and Mark Anton Abraham, Northamptonshire (GB)
Assigned to SML Intelligent Inventory Solutions LLC, Plano, TX (US)
Filed by SML Intelligent Inventory Solutions LLC, Plano, TX (US)
Filed on Mar. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/186,352.
Application 18/186,352 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/595,688, granted, now 11,610,090, issued on Mar. 21, 2023, previously published as PCT/US2020/070032, filed on May 7, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/852,181, filed on May 23, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0244898 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06K 19/077 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 19/07722 (2013.01) 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of producing combination radio frequency identification (RFID) and electronic article surveillance (EAS) tags, comprising the steps of:
feeding a first plurality of first type inlays and a second plurality of second type inlays into a laminating machine, wherein each of said first and second type inlays are formed on first and second substrates, respectively;
laminating said first type inlays to said second type inlays, thereby forming a plurality of pairs of said first and second type inlays physically isolated by at least one of said first and second substrates, each of said pairs comprising an RFID inlay and an EAS inlay, wherein said RFID inlay and said EAS inlay of each of said pairs are functionally independent.