Patent ID: 6297727
Filing Date: 2001-10-02
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
A transponder identification and record assembly suitable for associating an identification code with a code recipient and for maintaining an independent record of the identification code associated with the code recipient, comprising:a carrier element;a patch releasably disposed on the carrier element, wherein the patch is provided with an adhesive coating such that the patch is adherable to the code recipient after the patch is removed from the carrier element, wherein the patch comprises a transponder which stores information comprising the identification code, and wherein the transponder can be remotely interrogated to obtain the identification code; anda data record disposed on the carrier element separate from the patch such that the data record is retained on at least a portion of the carrier element after the patch is removed from the carrier element, said data record including information which comprises a copy of the identification code such that, after the patch is removed from the carrier element and adhered to the code recipient, the carrier element bearing said data record can be separately stored from the code recipient bearing the patch to provide a tangible, separate record of the identification code associated with the code recipient wherein the data record further comprises substantive information relating to the code recipient associated with the identification code, wherein the carrier element serves as both a release liner for the patch and a separately storable document after the patch is removed.