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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018

Filed:

Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:

Fiber Mountain, Inc., Cheshire, CT (US);

Inventors:

John David Downie, Painted Post, NY (US);

Leo Nederlof, Kapelle-op-des-Bos, BE;

James Scott Sutherland, Corning, NY (US);

Mark Peter Taylor, Montour Falls, NY (US);

Richard Edward Wagner, Painted Post, NY (US);

Matthew Scott Whiting, Lawrenceville, PA (US);

Assignee:

Fiber Mountain, Inc., Cheshire, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 21/06 (2006.01); G06K 19/07 (2006.01); G06K 19/077 (2006.01); G02B 6/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 19/0704 (2013.01); G06K 19/0709 (2013.01); G06K 19/0717 (2013.01); G06K 19/07749 (2013.01); G02B 6/3895 (2013.01);
Abstract

Excess radio-frequency (RF) power storage in RF identification (RFID) tags, and related systems and methods are disclosed. The RFID tag is configured to operate with RF power received in wireless RF signals from a RFID tag antenna if received RF power meets or exceeds an operational threshold power for the RFID tag. The RFID tag is also configured to store excess energy derived from excess received RF power in an energy storage device if the received RF power exceeds the operational threshold power for the RFID tag. Thus, when RF power received by the RFID tag is not sufficient for operation, the RFID tag can operate from power provided by previously stored excess energy in the energy storage device.


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