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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2014
Apdn (B.v.i.) Inc., Tortola, VG;
Judith Murrah, Saint James, NY (US);
Phidung H. Tran, East Setauket, NY (US);
Maciej B. Szczepanik, Mount Sinai, NY (US);
MingHwa Benjamin Liang, East Setauket, NY (US);
James A. Hayward, Stony Brook, NY (US);
APDN (B.V.I.) INC., , VG;
Abstract
A multi-mode reader instrument capable of detecting and determining digital data from a signal from one or more markers, indicia or taggants on an object, the markers, indicia or taggants such as a bar code, a QR code, an RFID, an optical compound, a fluorescent compound, a phosphorescent compound, a DNA taggant, an upconverting phosphor (UCP), a chemical dye, a digitized image, a radioactive compound, an olfactory compound or a thermal attribute of the object is provided. Also, provided is a method and a system for identifying an object, the system includes: a multi-mode reader instrument for detecting data from a signal from one or more markers, indicia or taggants on an object and assignment of digital code for the marker and a database for securing and retrieving information relevant to the item.