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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2015
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Jung-joon Ahn, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Yaw S. Obeng, Frederick, MD (US);
Joseph J. Kopanski, Bethesda, MD (US);
Jung-Joon Ahn, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
An authentication article includes: a substrate including: a first surface; a second surface disposed laterally to the first surface and at a depth below the first surface; and a plurality of indentations including the depth at the second surface of the substrate; and an array disposed on the substrate and including a plurality of analytes, the analytes being disposed in the indentations at a depth below a first surface of the substrate and provided to emit an authentication signature in response to being subjected to a probe stimulus. A process for authenticating the authentication article includes: providing the authentication article; subjecting the analytes to a probe stimulus; acquiring a response from the plurality of analytes in response to being subjected to the probe stimulus; and determining whether the response is the authentication signature to authenticate the, wherein the authentication article is not authenticated if the response is not the authentication signature for the array.