Patent ID: 8864039

Claim:
Transponder tagged object, the object comprising: a conductive structure being at least a portion of a metal housing of the object; an insulating region galvanically isolating a first portion of the conductive structure from a second portion of the conductive structure wherein the insulating region forms a gap between the first portion and the second portion; and a transponder tag comprising a first antenna pad and a second antenna pad, wherein the transponder tag is fixed to the object such that the first portion of the conductive structure capacitively couples to the first antenna pad and such that the second portion of the conductive structure capacitively couples to the second antenna pad; and wherein at least a part of the first antenna pad of the transponder tag is placed in register with at least a part of the first portion and is spaced apart from the conductive structure in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the conductive structure and/or at least a part of the second antenna pad of the transponder tag is placed in register with at least a part of the second portion and is spaced apart from the conductive structure in the direction perpendicular to the surface of the conductive structure.