There are many ways in which serial numbers are assigned to tags. For read-only tags, a chip manufacturer burns serial numbers into the tags that it produces. For proprietary read-write tags, a user ...

Product counterfeiting has long plagued manufacturers in many industries, and from all accounts, the problem is growing worse. That’s due, in large part, to more outsourcing of manufacturing in Asia ...

Many applications are now using radio frequency (RF) chip technology to automatically identify objects or people. These applications range from tracking animals and tagging goods for inventory control ...