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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2018
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Dirk Pfeiffer, Croton-on-Hudson, NY (US);
Joshua T Smith, Croton-on-Hudson, NY (US);
Benjamin H Wunsch, Mount Kisco, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/58 (2006.01); G01N 21/64 (2006.01); G01N 27/447 (2006.01); B82Y 30/00 (2011.01); B82Y 15/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/587 (2013.01); B01L 3/502715 (2013.01); G01N 21/6486 (2013.01); G01N 27/44791 (2013.01); B01L 2300/02 (2013.01); B82Y 15/00 (2013.01); B82Y 30/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A composition system which is a mixture of colloids forming a physical code is implanted into a product and later extracted and read to authenticate the product thus providing secure means to check the authenticity of the product against counterfeiting.