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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2005
Applicants:
Erik C. Scher, San Francisco, CA (US);
Stephen A. Empedocles, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventors:
Erik C. Scher, San Francisco, CA (US);
Stephen A. Empedocles, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Nanosys, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/48 (2006.01); G01N 31/00 (2006.01); C12Q 1/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The compositions, methods and systems of the invention provide nanocrystal taggants for unobtrusive monitoring of objects. Objects can be tagged with nanocrystal taggant compositions for detection of informative invisible emissions on illumination with appropriate excitation wavelengths. Authentication schemes are also provided that takes advantage of the unique emission and absorption characteristics of nanocrystals to create a unique spectral code that is far more difficult to decode and replicate than those previously employed.