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Radio frequency identification labels are made in a high speed and effective manner in a variety of different ways utilizing a number of different sources of RFID inlets, each inlet including an antenna and a chip. A plurality of webs are matched together and RFID labels are die cut from the webs, t

Radio frequency identification labels are made in a high speed and effective manner in a variety of different ways utilizing a number of different sources of RFID inlets, each inlet including an antenna and a chip. A plurality of webs are matched together and RFID labels are die cut from the webs, to produce lined RFID labels. Alternatively linerless RFID labels are produced from a composite web with a release material on one face and pressure sensitive adhesive on the other, the labels formed by perforations in the web.

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1. A method of making RFID labels, comprising:(a) providing a plurality of RFID inlets, each including a chip, on a first web; (b) covering the RFID inlets with a second web to provide a composite web; (c) providing pressure sensitive adhesive on a portion of one of the webs that will be an exterior

1. A method of making RFID labels, comprising:(a) providing a plurality of RFID inlets, each including a chip, on a first web; (b) covering the RFID inlets with a second web to provide a composite web; (c) providing pressure sensitive adhesive on a portion of one of the webs that will be an exterior portion of a label once ultimately formed; (d) at least one of verifying the functionality of, or programming, the chips prior to formation of the composite web; and (e) acting on the composite web so as to provide the composite web into labels having a top face, and a bottom face with pressure sensitive adhesive, wherein (b) is practiced by laminating the first and second webs by passing them between laminating rolls without harming the inlets, wherein (b) is practiced without harming the chips by providing a recess in at least one of the laminating rolls in alignment with the inlets.