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(RFID 2004 - - - *Sample* *Sample* *Sample*)

 

Table of Contents

 

The Technology Summary

Because of the substantial amount of information provided by this report, the report sections are broken up into separate files.  The file names are coded so that a file tree appears in Microsoft Word with the same organization as this table of contents.  This provides two immediate benefits:

  • No matter where you are in the document, you can get an instant table of contents by just selecting the open file command.
  • You can jump immediately to any section you wish by opening its file.

  ( Other considerations are discussed in the section on Microsoft Word. )

The table of contents is provided here for convenience. It contains more information than the file tree and provides both section headings and subheadings.

 

  Section Title                                           Number of pages

Technology Summary

A 01 Title, Legal Statement and Introduction                                                               9

Title Page

Legal Issues

Introduction                                                                                                                         

This Report

        The Technology Summary
        The Data Base  Appendix
        The Translated Patents

A 02 Table of Contents                                                                                                       4             

A 03 What is RFID?                                                                                                              6

The Basics
        The RFID Code
        Reliability
        Common Practice in Automatic Identification
        RFID Technology
       
RFID Components

A 04 Selecting Patents for the RFID Patent Data Base                                               2

        Basic approach
        Keywords
        Prescreening

A 05 Organization of the RFID Patent Information                                                       2

        RFID Technology and Application Categories
        Passive RFID Tags
        Commercial Categories

A 06 Use of the Material Provided in This Report                                                        3

        Corporate Use of the Material in the Report

        Legal Firm Use of the Material
        Information Company Use of the Material
        Research Organizations
        How Will the Material Be Used
        How the Report Addresses these Uses

A 07 Benefits of the Report                                                                                               3

        Saving time – time to market

        Reduced patent search costs
        Reduced reading costs
        Reduced analysis costs
        Reduce administrative cost
        Reduce risk
        Improve accuracy
        Summary

A 08 RFID Market Overview                                                                                            6

        History
        When
        Who
        What
        Where

A 09 Using Microsoft Word                                                                                              2

        File format considerations
        File organization and naming
        Views
        Styles

A 10 About the Author                                                                                                       2

 

B 01 Introduction - Patent Graphs, Maps, Tables and Outlines                               1

B 02 Graph of Number of RFID Related Patents                                                           1

B 03 Graph of RFID Applications in year 2003 patents, by Category                       1

B 04 Outline of RFID Applications in Year 2003 Patents, by Category                     7

        General RFID Applications
        What is tagged
        Where identification takes place
        Passive RFID

B 05 Outline of RFID Interest by State                                                                           7

B 06 Table of RFID Related Patent Classifications

B 07 Map of 2003 Interrogator Technology                                                                  1

B 08 Outline of 2003 Interrogator Technology                                                            2

        Antennas
        Antenna arrays
        Receive / transmit switch
        Input Attenuator / Amplifier
        Demodulator
        Power supply
        Processor
        Modulator
        Transmit Amplifier
        Packaging
        Data handling

B 09 Map of 2003 Tag Technology                                                                                  1

B 10 Outline of 2003 Tag Technology                                                                            3

        Antennas
        Antenna Arrays
        Receive / transmit switch
        Input Attenuator / Amplifier
        Demodulator
        Power supply
        Processor
        Modulator
        Transmit Amplifier
        Packaging – basic assembly
        Packaging –  installation considerations
        Packaging – materials
        Tag Fabrication methods
        Data handling

B 11 Table of Assignees with Multiple RFID related Assignments in 2003           1

B 12 Map – Number of Patent Assignees by State in 2003                                        1

B 13 Graph – Number of US Assignees by State in 2003                                           1

B 14 Table – Number of US Patent Assignees by State in 2003                                1

B 15 Map – Number of Patent Assignments by State                                                  1

B 16 Graph of Number of Patent Assignments by State                                              1

( For the sample, the following are not shown. They are just listed by title.)

B 17 Table – Number of US Patent Assignments by State                                          1

B 18 Table of Number of Patent Assignees by Country for 2003                              1

B 19 Table of Number of Patent Assignments by Country for 2003                         1

B 20 Outline Showing Assignee Interest in Technologies or Applications            6

B 21 Table of Inventors with Multiple RFID related Inventions in 2003                    2

B 22 Map of the Number of US RFID Inventors by State                                             1

B 23 Graph – Number of US Inventors by State                                                            1

B 24 Table - Number of U.S. Inventors by State                                                            1

B 25 Map of Number of Inventor Actions by State                                                        1

B 26 Graph – Number of Inventor Actions by State                                                     1

B 27 Table - Number of Inventor Actions by State                                                       1

B 28 Table of US Inter-State Patent Actions                                                                 2

B 29 Table - Number of Inventors by Country                                                               1

B 30 Table - Number of Inventor Actions by Country                                                  1

B 31 World Inter-Country Patent Actions                                                                      2

B 32 Table of Attorneys with Multiple RFID Related Prosecutions in 2003           1

 

B 33 Abbreviations                                                                                                             6

        Technical Terms
        US State Postal Abbreviations
        World Country Codes

Total                                                                                                                                      99 pages

 

                                                                                                                                               

Data Base Appendix

C 01 Appendix Header                                                                                                       1
C 02 Year 2003 Patents                                                                                                   22
C 03 Pre-2003 Patents                                                                                                  114
C 04 Tables for Inventors in 2003                                                                                 38
C 05 Tables for Assignees 2003                                                                                     8
C 06 Table of Attorneys 2003                                                                                          3
C 07 Composite Table                                                                                                     23
C 08  RFID Information Sources                                                                                   30
C 09  Abbreviations                                                                                                           7
C 10 Use of Microsoft Word                                                                                            2

Total                                                                                                                                   248 pages             

 

 

Translated Patents

RFID 2004 Introduction                                                                                                          6             
RFID 2004 Translated Patent Selection Criterion                                                           2
RFID 2004 What is RFID                                                                                                         6
RFID-A Translated Patents - Technical Summary                                                      138
RFID-A Translated Patents – Verbatim                                                                         250

Total                                                                                                                                       402 pages

 

 

 

 

 

©2004 Bruce Nappi