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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2013
Authentiform, Llc, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Thomas J. Mercolino, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Darrell Jerome Freeman, Jr., Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Robert Brooks Stephenson, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Hersh Ashok Tapadia, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Authentiform, LLC, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides methods, reagents, and apparatus for authenticating and identifying products. Methods of the disclosure are easy to implement but difficult to replicate, simulate, alter, transpose, or tamper with. In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to a method of authenticating products using a product authentication code defined by a frequency array of a population of entities, and an item identifier defined by the specific manifestation of the product authentication code.