Gentag patents disposable NFC sensors
24 August, 2011
category: NFC
Gentag has announced the receipt of a patent for its disposable NFC wireless sensors.
Patent 7,969,307 covers Gentag’s disposable wireless skin patches as well as other NFC sensors for consumer applications, such as payments, medication, food safety, pathogen detection, cosmetics and M2M markets.
With the issuance of this patent, Gentag says it is in good position capitalize on the emerging global market of NFC and web-based transactions.
“Our technologies will allow Groupon-type cell phone transactions for any consumer market or application,” said John P. Peeters, founder of GENTAG.