- Walton’s first patent to mention RFID was filed in 1983, but the first patent that he got on the technology (No. 3752960) was granted in August 1973. That patent was later reference by dozens of later inventions.<br />The invention earned Walton some recognition. He appeared on the TV quiz show “What’s My Line? And his invention was mentioned in articles about electronic locks in Business Week and Popular Science in 1973.<br />- In some ways, Walton’s RFID patents were bittersweet. His last royalty-bearing patent expired in the mid-1990s. That meant that he wasn’t able to cash in on a giant windfall as big entities such as Wal-Mart and the Department of Defense began in the past decade to require supplies to put RFID tags on millions of warehouse goods. Patents, by law, run out after 17 years. The old bar code rivals are still around, but RFID is here to stay.<br />- Charlie Walton, the inventor of an ubiquitous wireless technology known as RFID, has passed away at 89.<br />Walton, who lived in Los Gatos, died on Nov. 6, according to his wife Ann Walton. I once wrote an article about Walton while at the San Jose Mercury News and his efforts to proselytize RFID, known in long form as radio frequency identification.<br />- Read article: <a href="https://venturebeat.com/business/charlie-walton-inventor-of-rfid-passes-away-at-89/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://venturebeat.com/business/charlie-walton-inventor-of-rfid-passes-away-at-89/</a><br />***<br />Related playlists:<br />- Revelation 13:16-17: The Mark of The Beast: <a href="https://odysee.com/$/list/ae41bea397c87d0b60958b82729432ba72923da0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://odysee.com/$/list/ae41bea397c87d0b60958b82729432ba72923da0</a><br />- The Metaverse & Transhumanism Exposed: <a href="https://odysee.com/$/list/0ee80ee37883818cae9fc7dba72395fbb89e7b4c" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://odysee.com/$/list/0ee80ee37883818cae9fc7dba72395fbb89e7b4c</a><br />- Social Credit System and Mass Surveillance Plan Exposed: <a href="https://odysee.com/$/list/1a92150602521a04f7a88afbe64d6e3b2b406675" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://odysee.com/$/list/1a92150602521a04f7a88afbe64d6e3b2b406675</a><br />- Population Control Methods Exposed: <a href="https://odysee.com/$/list/d93831b3ffec0ebd99e225ddfbc542ab0977eefc" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://odysee.com/$/list/d93831b3ffec0ebd99e225ddfbc542ab0977eefc</a><br />- Population Control: Early Warnings Revealed: <a href="https://odysee.com/$/list/03539bb14f38195e5a15a245bd5cb1647c7ea151" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://odysee.com/$/list/03539bb14f38195e5a15a245bd5cb1647c7ea151</a><br />