Berntsen International Receives US Patent for UHF RFID Technology

Madison, Wisconsin–Berntsen International Inc. has received a US patent for the company’s Ultra-High Frequency (UHF) RFID technology that is the centerpiece of its connected infrastructure locating and asset management solutions. “We’re excited about this advance in our evolution of UHF RFID marking products for underground utility management,” said Mike Klonsinski, president of Berntsen, a global leader in next-generation survey monuments and marking products.

UHF RFID, the global standard for product tracking in retail and manufacturing, has had slower adoption for underground utility marking products because of its perceived challenges of “reading” through subsurface environments.  Berntsen’s newly-patented underground marker optimizes the design to boost UHF RFID performance through mediums such as soil or concrete beyond the capabilities of RFID-enabled products on the market today.