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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2012
Satya Prakash Sharma, East Setauket, NY (US);
Robert James Hart, Frisco, TX (US);
Satya Prakash Sharma, East Setauket, NY (US);
Robert James Hart, Frisco, TX (US);
Zortag Inc, Great Neck, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method for securing articles of commerce passing through points along a supply chain against theft, diversion, product overruns, counterfeiting and like unauthorized activity, capture authentication information and identification information associated with the articles with an interrogation device at one or more points in the supply chain. The articles may be authenticated from the captured authentication information as being authorized or unauthorized at each point, and may be identified from the captured identification information at each point. Transactional information about the article, e.g., authorized/unauthorized status and a time and place of the authentication, is reported to a brand manager/law enforcement.