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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:
Apr. 23, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2007
Applicants:
Thomas Kwok, Miller Place, NY (US);
Ming-hwa Liang, Stony Brook, NY (US);
Stephane Shu Kin SO, Middle Island, NY (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Kwok, Miller Place, NY (US);
Ming-Hwa Liang, Stony Brook, NY (US);
Stephane Shu Kin So, Middle Island, NY (US);
Assignee:
APDN (B.V.I.), Inc., Stony Brook, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); C12Q 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This invention pertains to methods for authenticating an article comprising tagging the article with light emitting optical reporter particles, and more specifically tagging the articles with up-converting phosphor particles (UCP), linked to nucleic acids of detectable sequence.