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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2015
Applicant:
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, Llc, Aiken, SC (US);
Inventor:
John T. Bobbitt, III, Evans, GA (US);
Assignee:
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC., Aiken, SC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06K 19/06 (2006.01); B41M 3/14 (2006.01); B29C 67/00 (2017.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 19/06037 (2013.01); B29C 67/0055 (2013.01); B29C 67/0077 (2013.01); B29C 67/0081 (2013.01); B41M 3/14 (2013.01); G06K 7/10722 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12);
Abstract
Methods for forming an identifying mark in a structure are described. The method is used in conjunction with an additive manufacturing method and includes the alteration of a process parameter during the manufacturing process. The method can form in a unique identifying mark within or on the surface of a structure that is virtually impossible to be replicated. Methods can provide a high level of confidence that the identifying mark will remain unaltered on the formed structure.