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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2016
Applicant:
Illumina, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Dustin Blair, Escondido, CA (US);
Nitin Udpa, San Diego, CA (US);
Linh Tran, San Diego, CA (US);
Nicholas Scheidler, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
ILLUMINA, INC., San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/14 (2006.01); G06K 19/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/1417 (2013.01); G06K 7/1413 (2013.01); G06K 19/06159 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for tracking an item that includes the steps of (a) providing an item having a solid polymer material; (b) irradiating the item to create a spatial pattern of optical modifications in the polymer material, wherein the spatial pattern of optical modifications includes a code that indicates information; and (c) detecting the pattern of optical modifications, thereby determining the information.