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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2016
Applicant:
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
Ronald K. Thery, New Brighton, MN (US);
Shawn P. Crosby, Minneapolis, MN (US);
George G. Gentes, Lakeland, MN (US);
Rebecca C. Lee, Eagan, MN (US);
Timothy W. Thornton, Woodbury, MN (US);
Assignee:
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G09F 3/00 (2006.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09F 3/0297 (2013.01); G06F 3/002 (2013.01); G06K 7/1404 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates in general to methods for tracking web-based articles and methods of authenticating the origin of web-based articles. Other aspects of the present disclosure relate to a tracking system for web-based articles and to web-based articles having identifying marks that allow tracking and authentication of its origin.