Merck Patent Gmbh

Merck Kgaa

Sven Erfurth

Jeffrey Whitford

Christian Kuechenthal

Roja Azees

Dan Kvelstad

Christian-Hubertus Kuechenthal

Described herein is a labelfor marking containers or equipment by adhering the label to a surface thereof. The labelincludes a support material base, at least one RFID microelectronic deviceincluded in the support material base, and a plurality of antennasfor different frequency ranges connected with the at least one RFID microelectronic deviceand included in the support material base. The plurality of antennasinclude a first antennafor the frequency range of 860 to 960 MHz and having a theoretical read range peak of more than 4 m when provided on a glass surface, and the label has a dimension of 40 mm*20 mm or less.

Smart consumables/identifier label and antenna for smart consumables/identifier label

The invention concerns a RFID label for marking containers or equipment, preferably in a laboratory environment and including in particular cylindrical bottles, vials, syringes, etc., by adhering the RFID layer to a surface thereof. The RFID label has a flat flexible support material base (), at least one RFID microelectronic device () included in the flat support material base (), and at least one antenna () connected with the at least one RFID microelectronic device () and included in the flat support material base (). The flat support material base () has a number of predefined cuts () distributed about its outer periphery and/or the at least one RFID microelectronic device () includes a tamper detection function and a conductive loop () connected with tamper detection function terminals of the RFID microelectronic device () is included in the flat support material base ().

RFID label

Label

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Darmstadt, Germany

Sven Erfurth