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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
May. 15, 2013
Fraunhofer-gesellschaft Zur Foerderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.v., Munich, DE;
Jennifer Schmidt, Maxhuette-Haidhof, DE;
Anna Hezinger, Regensburg, DE;
Matthias Stich, Regensburg, DE;
Gerhard J. Mohr, Knittelfeld, AT;
Sabine Trupp, Saalfeld, DE;
Abstract
A security tag for being mounted to a container seal includes a sensor element having a sensor volume which is filled at least partly with an indicator material, an indication area arranged at the sensor volume, and a manipulator element configured to cause, with an abrupt mechanical deformation at the container seal, when opening same, an irreversible, physical and/or chemical alteration of the indicator material which may be perceived visibly or in a tactile manner in the indication area.