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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2004
Filed:
May. 20, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ali Afzali-Ardakani, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Claudius Feger, Croton-on-Hudson, NY (US);
Marco Martens, Chappaqua, NY (US);
Paul Andrew Moskowitz, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Alejandro Gabriel Schrott, New York, NY (US);
Charles P. Tresser, Mamaroneck, NY (US);
Robert Jacob von Gutfeld, New York, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 1/906 ; B44F 1/12 ; B42D 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 1/906 ; B44F 1/12 ; B42D 1/500 ;
Abstract
A system and method for detecting parallel marketing of an item, include forming at least one of a coating and a code on the item, interrogating the at least one of the coating and said code, and determining from the interrogating whether the item has been transferred from an authorized merchant to an unauthorized merchant.