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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2005
Joel A. Kubby, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Joel A. Kubby, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
Various document tracking techniques may provide an RFID tag for attaching a document that has obverse and reverse faces with the tag disposed on the obverse face. The tag may include a board and an antenna that may connect to the board and may be disposed on the obverse face of the document. The board may include a transceiver and a transponder. The transponder may include an integrated circuit. The antenna may include at least one extending member that extends from the board. The extending member may include a plurality of end segments that may flex so as to be disposed on the reverse face around an edge of the document. The antenna may include an extending member that extends from the board and may be secured to the document by connecting to a deforming staple member. The staple member may include stapling ends disposed on the reverse face by extending the stapling ends through the document and bending along the reverse face. The staple member may be attached to the document subsequent to and independent of the RFID tag being disposed thereon, with the extending member disposed therebetween. Alternatively, the stapling ends may be end segments of the extending member.