Michele L Maasberg

Title: Michele L. Maasberg and Secure Component Provenance

Introduction

Michele L. Maasberg is an inventor associated with Baton Rouge, Louisiana. His work includes a patent addressing counterfeit detection and secure provenance for manufactured components. He is credited with 1 patent.

Latest Patents

Maasberg’s patent, “Counterfeit Detection and Provenance with Grating Interferometry, Blockchain, and Smart Contracts,” describes a method and apparatus for distinguishing authentic items from counterfeits and tracking components throughout their lifecycle.

The invention uses laser power modulation to create selective porosity in a component, encoding digital information through programmable invisible ink. X-ray grating interferometry reads this information alongside the component’s distinctive texture. A QR code and other anti-counterfeiting features can support efficient identification, while a smart contract links X-ray radiography instruments with a blockchain database to establish provenance.

The approach is designed to have minimal impact on fabrication and to detect counterfeiting or sabotage. Its programmable invisible ink is compatible with additive manufacturing, injection molding, and casting, and the system is intended to conform to existing item-identification standards.

Career Highlights

The supplied career information associates Maasberg with the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, as well as Louisiana Tech Research Corporation. His patent brings together manufacturing methods, X-ray measurement, and blockchain-based records to address component authentication and lifecycle tracking.

Collaborations

The supplied information identifies Leslie G. Butler and Charles Hartman as Maasberg’s coworkers.

Conclusion

Michele L. Maasberg’s patented work combines embedded component identifiers, grating interferometry, and blockchain records to support authentication and provenance across manufacturing and product lifecycles.