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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2021
Applicant:
Sicpa Holding SA, Prilly, CH;
Inventor:
Frédéric Deguillaume, Geneva, CH;
Assignee:
SICPA HOLDING SA, Prilly, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/018 (2023.01); H04L 9/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0185 (2013.01); H04L 9/0618 (2013.01); H04L 9/0668 (2013.01); G06Q 2220/00 (2013.01); H04L 2209/56 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for serialization of items, comprising encrypting a serial number of each item using an encryption key k to obtain unique serial numbers and marking the unique serial numbers on the items. The unique serial numbers having a length L are included into a string of symbols having a length L', with L′ larger than L, and marked on the items. A corresponding method for recovering a unique code and corresponding serial number from a string of symbols marked on an item, as well as corresponding serialization and recovering systems are disclosed.