Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for detecting counterfeit pharmaceutical drugs at the point of retail sale
- Patent Title (中): 在零售销售点检测假冒药品的制度和方法
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Application No.: US10702253Application Date: 2003-11-05
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Publication No.: US08543411B2Publication Date: 2013-09-24
- Inventor: Karl H. Koster
- Applicant: Karl H. Koster
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
- Current Assignee: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Agency: Alston & Bird LLP
- Main IPC: G06Q50/00
- IPC: G06Q50/00

Abstract:
A system including capabilities for identifying, authenticating and/or tracking pharmaceutical drugs contained in a package from the point of manufacture to the point of retail sale or dispensing. One embodiment utilizes radio frequency (RFID) tags imbedded into the packaging, the RFID tags containing information identifying at least the package to the manufacturer of the package. A computer system uses an encryption algorithm to produce a machine readable indicia affixed to the packaging after the contents are sealed. Thereafter, various systems can read the RFID tag and the encrypted data at various points in the supply chain and may initiate a query to a manufacturer's database to determine whether the packaging and encrypted data match values stored in the database. This can be used in part to verify the authenticity of the package as well as indicate other functions affecting the sale of the package or dispensing the contents.
Public/Granted literature
- US20050108044A1 Systems and methods for detecting counterfeit pharmaceutical drugs at the point of retail sale Public/Granted day:2005-05-19
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