Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Product authentication
- Patent Title (中): 产品认证
-
Application No.: US13011481Application Date: 2011-01-21
-
Publication No.: US08220716B2Publication Date: 2012-07-17
- Inventor: Thomas J. Mercolino
- Applicant: Thomas J. Mercolino
- Applicant Address: US NC Chapel Hill
- Assignee: Authentiform Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Authentiform Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Chapel Hill
- Agency: Moore & Van Allen, PLLC
- Agent Deborah Hill Spencer; Andrew Gerschutz
- Main IPC: G06K19/06
- IPC: G06K19/06

Abstract:
The present invention provides methods, reagents, and apparatus for authenticating products. Methods of the invention are easy to implement but difficult to replicate, simulate, alter, transpose, or tamper with. In particular, the present invention relates to a product authentication code defined by a signature array of a population of entities, and its use thereof.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110190920A1 PRODUCT AUTHENTICATION Public/Granted day:2011-08-04
Information query