Patent ID: 8297514

Claim:
An electronic tag comprising: an electrically-insulating substrate comprising a consumer product, packaging for a product or printed material, a first set of independent and spaced electrically-conductive lines comprising electrically-conductive ink printed on a face of the electrically-insulating substrate, an electrically-insulating layer printed on at least a portion of the first set of lines and the face of the substrate, and a second set of independent and spaced electrically-conductive lines comprising electrically-conductive ink printed on the insulating layer, the first set of lines and the face of the substrate and arranged to cross the first set of lines transversely, wherein the electrically-insulating layer is configured to provide at least one region of electrical insulation between at least one line in the first set of conductive lines and at least one line in the second set of lines and to provide at least one region of electrical contact between at least one line in the first set of the conductive lines and at least one line in the second set of lines.