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The following list patents that have been submitted by the RFID Center of Excellence and have been approved by the US Patent and Trademark Office. To view the patents, click the corresponding links.

Apparatus for Energizing a Remote Station and Related Method, Marlin H. Mickle, Minhong Mi, Dmitry Gorodetsky, Leonid Mats, Lorenz Neureuter, 2003, U.S. Patent No. 6,615,074

Method of Data Communication with Implanted Device and Associated Apparatus, Mingui Sun, Robert Sclabassi, Marlin H. Mickle, U.S. Patent No. 6,847,844

Recharging Method and Associated Apparatus, Marlin H. Mickle, Christopher C. Capelli, Harold Swift, U.S. Patent No. 7,373,133, May 13, 2008.

Methods and Apparatus for Reducing Power Consumption of an Active Transponder, Marlin H. Mickle, Peter J. Hawrylak, Raymond R. Hoare, Alex K. Jones, James T. Cain, Chuba Oyolu, Shenchih Tung, U.S. Patent No. 7,375,637, May 20, 2008.

Recharging Method and Associated Apparatus, Marlin H. Mickle, Christopher C. Capelli, Harold Swift, U.S. Patent Number 7,383,064, June 3, 2008.

Recharging Method and Associated Apparatus, Marlin H. Mickle, Christopher C. Capelli, Harold Swift, U. S. Patent No. 7,403,803, July 22, 2008.

Recharging Method and Associated Apparatus, Marlin H. Mickle, Christopher C. Capelli, Harold Swift, U. S. Patent No. 7,440,780, October 21, 2008.

Method and Software Tool for Automatic Generation of Software for Integrated Circuit Processors, Marlin H. Mickle, James T. Cain, Swapna Dontharaju, Raymond R. Hoare, and Alex K. Jones, Patent No. 7,469,390, December 23, 2008.

Method and Software Tool for Designing an Integrated Circuit, Marlin H. Mickle, Swapna Dontharaju, Raymond R. Hoare, James T. Cain and Alex Jones, U. S. Patent No. 7,480,876, January 20, 2009.

Apparatus for Energizing a Remote Station and Related Method, Marlin H. Mickle, et al, Japanese Patent No. 4,271, 868, March 6, 2009.

Methods and Apparatus for Reducing Power Consumption of an Active Transponder, Marlin H. Mickle, Peter J. Hawrylak, Raymond R. Hoare, Alex K. Jones, James T. Cain, Chuba Oyolu, Shenchih Tung, U.S. Patent No. 7,525,436, April 28, 2009.

Determining the Three Dimensional Read Accuracy of an RFID Tag Using a Power Scaling Factor, Marlin H. Mickle and Charles E. Greene, U. S. Patent No. 7,528,696, May 5, 2009.

Multiple Antenna Energy Harvesting, Marlin H. Mickle, Minhong Mi and Leonid Mats, U. S. Patent No. 7,528,698, May 5, 2009.

Recharging Method and Apparatus, Marlin H. Mickle, Christopher C. Capelli, Harold Swift, Leonid Mats, Minhong Mi and Charlie Greene, U. S. Patent No. 7,567,824, July 28, 2009.

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