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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:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/00 (2012.01); C12Q 1/6874 (2018.01); G06K 7/01 (2006.01); G06K 15/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0185 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6874 (2013.01); G06K 7/01 (2013.01); G06K 15/102 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of preparing a complex microscopic colloidal mixture formulation and a method of authenticating a product containing a code attached thereto which code is a mixture of different hard bodied colloidal particles and polymeric particles having different properties, which are present in set ratios. The code is extracted from the product and is checked with data that was originally applied to the product to determine its authenticity.