Radio frequency identification tag antenna assembly

- Impinj, Inc.
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Description

The present application may be considered to be related to co-pending U.S. Design patent application Ser. No. 29/220,504 filed Dec. 30, 2004, in the name of inventor Ronald A. Oliver, entitled “Radio Frequency Identification Tag Antenna Assembly”, commonly owned herewith, which is a continuation-in-part U.S. Utility patent application Ser. No. 10/812,493 filed Mar. 29, 2004, in the same of inventors Ronald A. Oliver, Christopher J. Diorio and Todd E. Humes, entitled “Circuits for RFID Tags with Multiple Non-Independently Driven RF Ports”, now abandoned, and a continuation-in-part of U.S. Utility patent application Ser. No. 10/815,474 filed Mar. 31, 2004, in the same of inventors John D. Hyde, Omer Onen and Ronald A. Oliver, entitled “RFID Tags Combining Signals Received from Multiple Ports”, now abandoned.

The present application may also be considered to be related to co-pending U.S. Design patent application Ser. No. 29/220,493 filed Dec. 30, 2004, in the name of inventor Ronald A. Oliver, entitled “Radio Frequency Identification Tag Antenna Assembly”, commonly owned herewith, which is also a continuation-in-part U.S. Utility patent application Ser. No. 10/812,493.

The present application may also be considered to be related to co-pending U.S. Design patent application Ser. No. 29/220,496 filed Dec. 30, 2004, in the name of inventor Ronald A. Oliver, entitled “Conductor for Radio Frequency Identification Tag Antenna Assembly”, commonly owned herewith.

The present application may also be considered to be related to co-pending U.S. Design patent application Ser. No. 29/254,156 filed Feb. 17, 2006, in the name of inventor Ronald A. Oliver, entitled “Radio Frequency Identification Tag Antenna Assembly”, commonly owned herewith.

The present application may also be considered to be related to co-pending U.S. Design patent application Ser. No. 29/254,159 filed Feb. 17, 2006, in the name of inventor Ronald A. Oliver, entitled “Radio Frequency Identification Tag Antenna Assembly”, commonly owned herewith.

The present application may also be considered to be related to co-pending U.S. Design patent application Ser. No. 29/254,158 filed Feb. 17, 2006, in the name of inventor Ronald A. Oliver, entitled “Radio Frequency Identification Tag Antenna Assembly”, commonly owned herewith.

The present application may also be considered to be related to co-pending U.S. Design patent application Ser. No. 29/254,157 filed Feb. 17, 2006, in the name of inventor Ronald A. Oliver, entitled “Radio Frequency Identification Tag Antenna Assembly”, commonly owned herewith.

The present application may also be considered to be related to co-pending U.S. Design patent application Ser. No. 29/254,143 filed Feb. 17, 2006, in the name of inventor Ronald A. Oliver, entitled “Radio Frequency Identification Tag Antenna Assembly”, commonly owned herewith.

The FIGURE is a top plan view of a radio frequency identification tag antenna assembly showing my new design.

The broken line showing of a square integrated circuit chip is included for the purpose of illustrating environment and forms no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for a radio frequency identification tag antenna assembly, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D546819
Type: Grant
Filed: Feb 17, 2006
Date of Patent: Jul 17, 2007
Assignee: Impinj, Inc. (Seattle, WA)
Inventor: Ronald A. Oliver (Seattle, WA)
Primary Examiner: Louis S. Zarfas
Assistant Examiner: John Windmuller
Attorney: Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP
Application Number: 29/254,144
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Antenna Or Component Thereof (27) (D14/230)