Patents

For more than 30 years, Vanguard ID Systems has pioneered industry-leading innovations that enhance the quality of its products and processes and, ultimately, resolve customers’ business and application challenges.

1990
- U.S. Patent #4,978,146— Label and bar code manufacturing process
1996
- U.S. Patent #5,495,981— Transaction card mailer and the manufacturing process
1998
- U.S. Patent #5,743,567— Integral printed sheet products
- U.S. Patent #5,769,457— Printed sheet mailers and the manufacturing process
1999
- U.S. Patent #5,863,076— Time tags with data storage
2000
- U.S. Patent #6,010,159— Integral printed self-mailer sheet products
- U.S. Patent #6,039,356— FamilyPak™ printed sheet products
2001
- U.S. Patent #6,305,716— FamilyPak™ printed sheets with coupons, and the manufacturing process
2004
- U.S. Patent #6,769,718— Mag cards with unique printed codes
- U.S. Patent #6,779,727— Voter ballots and authentication system
2006
- U.S. Patent #6,994,262— Printed sheet products with integral, removable radio frequency identification elements
2007
- U.S. Patent #7,204,652— Printed planar radio frequency identification elements
- U.S. Patent #7,225,993— Printed sheet products with integral, removable radio frequency identification elements
2009
- U.S. Patent #7,584,896— Printed planar radio frequency identification elements
2010
- U.S. Patent #7845569— Permanent RFID luggage with security features
- U.S. Patent #RE41,925— Integral printed self-mailer sheet products
2011
- U.S. Patent #7,909,955— Printed Planar RFID Elements
- U.S. Patent #8,052,061 — Permanent RFID Luggage Tag with Security Features
2012
- U.S. Patent #8,235,300— Printed Sheet Products with Integral, Removable Radio Frequency Identification Elements
2013
- U.S. Patent #8,585,852— Methods of making Printed Planar Radio Frequency Identification Elements
2014
- U.S. Patent #8,622,434— Printed Sheet Mailers and Methods of Making
- U.S. Patent #8,654,018— Printed Planar RFID Element Wristbands and Like Personal Identification Devices
- U.S. Patent #8,636,220— Printed Planar RFID Element Wristbands and Like Personal Identification Devices
- Patent #2,603,994— Canadian Patent - Printed Sheet Products with Integral, Removable Radio Frequency Identification Elements
2015
- — EP Registered Community Design No. 002619262-0001/-0003 - Electronic Luggage Tag
- — German Utility Model Registration No. 202014106266.1 - Programmable Electronic Luggage Tag
- — Chinese Utility Model Patent No. ZL201420833378.5
- U.S. Patent #9,224,084— Smart Device Programmable Electronic Luggage Tag
2016
- U.S. Patent #D765,785— Electronic Luggage Tag
2018
- U.S. Patent #9,918,537— Smart Device Programmable Electronic Luggage Tag and Bag Mountings Therefore
- U.S. Patent #10,121,101— Electronic Luggage ID Tag