MUMBAI, India, Sept. 7 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617084994 A) filed by International Business Machines Corporation on July 10, 2026, for A Tracking Device With Multiple Radio Frequency Identification Tags And Associated Methods.
Inventors include Lumsdon, Martin; Route, Saritha; Raisch, Christoph; and Ghoraishi, Mike.
The application for the patent was published on September 04, 2026, under issue no. 36/2026.
Abstract: A tracking device is provided including a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags each having an integrated circuit and a support member having a plurality of detachable portions each detachable portion supporting one of the plurality of RFID tags. Each of the RFID tags has a physical data connector to at least one other of the RFID tags with a physical data connector extending across a boundary of the detachable portion supporting a RFID tag that separates that RFID tag from the other RFID tags with the physical data connector being configured to break when detaching a detachable portion. The physical data connectors provide a data link between the integrated circuits of the plurality of RFID tags so that the integrated circuits have a status activated when one of the physical data connectors is broken.
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