The program enables vendors of UHF passive RFID tags and readers to purchase licenses through a patent pool, reducing the time and cost associated with negotiating individual patent agreements, and potentially enabling them to introduce new products sooner.
The agency’s San Dimas Technology Development Center headed up a test burn in California that demonstrated how a system using RFID temperature sensors could support an early and rapid response to wildfires, thereby saving lives and reducing damage.
The bill, now awaiting the signature of the state’s governor, would codify how transit agencies should handle data collected from FasTrak transponders.