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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Aharon Zidon, Givatayim, IL;
Assignee:
Authentic Ltd., Ramat Gan, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 1/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 1/900 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for marking objects is disclosed. The apparatus comprises (a) a source device including a mother isotope for emitting daughter isotopes by radioactive decay; preferably (b) a positioning mechanism for positioning an object in close proximity to the source device; and (c) a patterning mechanism for restricting implantation of the daughter isotopes into a surface of the object, so as to create a detectable pattern of the daughter isotopes on the object.