An ultrathin reflective metalens, that is particularly suitable for being manufactured by roll-to-roll nanoimprint lithography processes, comprises a plurality of plasmonic meta-atoms. The meta-atoms have a maximum dimension of 500 nanometers. The meta-atoms are arranged to form a multi-zone Fresnel-type lens having a short focal length of less than one hundred microns. In one example, in addition to the metalens, a reflective pixel object is disposed above the metalens so that the principal axis of the metalens passes through the reflective pixel object. The reflective pixel object in one example has a plurality of different color-shifting portions so that a viewer, when looking at the overall structure, perceives different images depending on viewing angle. The metalens and associated reflective pixel object see particular use as a security feature, such for example on a security document such as a banknote.
The present disclosure provides an improved stamping foil and process for preparing the same, the process including depositing a first resin material to a surface of a substrate to form a first resin layer on the surface of the substrate, curing the first resin material of the first resin layer, depositing a second resin material on a surface of the cured first resin layer to form an embossing layer, forming one or more physical structures onto a surface of the second resin material of the embossing layer, curing the second resin material of the embossing layer, deposit a reflective material on the surface of the embossing layer to form a reflective layer, and depositing an adhesive material on the reflective layer to form an adhesive layer.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Optical devices in the nature of labels and holographic
overlays for documents, carrying optically recorded or
encoded information consisting of plasmonic nano-scale
structures applied to government issued identification
documents that create a visible optically variable effect
and include machine readable technologies that facilitate
visual authentication, tracking and preventing falsification
and counterfeit.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
(1) Optical devices in the nature of labels and holographic overlays for documents, carrying optically recorded or encoded information consisting of plasmonic nano-scale structures applied to government issued identification documents that create a visible optically variable effect and include machine readable technologies that facilitate visual authentication, tracking and preventing falsification and counterfeit.
5.
OPTICAL GRATING STRUCTURE HAVING STAIRSTEP BLAZED GRATING UNIT CELLS
An optical grating structure comprises Stairstep Blazed Grating unit cells. Each unit cell includes a stairstep-shaped dielectric portion. Disposed on this dielectric is a thin layer of metal, thereby forming a floor level surface of metal, a bottom step level surface of metal, an optional middle step level surface of metal, and a top step level surface of metal. Either the bottom or the top metal surface is of a different shape than the other metal surface(s). The bottom step and its metal surface is triangular in one example, whereas the top step and its metal surface is rectangular. Disposed over the entire stairstep structure is transparent dielectric material. The unit cell is sized and fashioned to operate on visible light, suppressing m=0 light while maintaining diffraction efficiency for m=-1 order light.
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EFFICIENT, CUSTOMIZABLE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)-DRIVEN PROGRAM CODE GENERATION FROM NATURAL LANGUAGE INPUT PROMPTS BASED ON LARGE-LANGUAGE MODELS (LLMS)
A computer-implemented method for providing artificial intelligence (AI)-driven program code generation from a natural language input prompt, the method comprising initiating an LLM process to generate first code for accomplishing a task, wherein the initiating comprises providing, to a first LLM, a sequence of steps in natural language and a reference to a code datastore comprising functions; receiving, from the first LLM, the first code; evaluating the first code to determine whether the first code satisfies criteria; and reinitiating the LLM process to generate second code for accomplishing the task based on the first code failing to satisfy the criteria, wherein the reinitiating the LLM process comprises providing, to a second LLM, the sequence of steps in natural language, the reference to the code datastore, and feedback; receiving, from the second LLM, the second code; and outputting the second code based on the second code satisfying the criteria.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Optical devices in the nature of labels and holographic overlays for documents, carrying optically recorded or encoded information consisting of plasmonic nano-scale structures applied to government issued identification documents that create a visible optically variable effect and include machine readable technologies that facilitate visual authentication, tracking and preventing falsification and counterfeit
8.
A Focusing Metasurface-Based Reflector For Image Rendering
An ultrathin reflective metalens, that is particularly suitable for being manufactured by roll-to-roll nanoimprint lithography processes, comprises a plurality of low aspect ratio (height/width<2) plasmonic meta-atoms. The meta-atoms have a maximum dimension of 500 nanometers. The meta-atoms are arranged to form a multi-zone Fresnel-type lens having a short focal length of less than one hundred microns. In one example, in addition to the metalens, a reflective pixel object is disposed above the metalens so that the principal axis of the metalens passes through the reflective pixel object. The reflective pixel object in one example has a plurality of different color-shifting portions so that a viewer, when looking at the overall structure, perceives different images depending on viewing angle. The metalens and associated reflective pixel object see particular use as a security feature, such for example on a security document such as a banknote.
The present disclosure provides a diffractive display for displaying a diffracted image, an article, comprising the diffractive display, and methods of forming a display for displaying a diffracted image.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
17 - Rubber and plastic; packing and insulating materials
Goods & Services
Optical devices in the nature of machine-readable holograms and labels, carrying optically recorded or encoded information consisting of plasmonic nano-scale structures applied to documents, namely, banknotes, currency, travelers' checks, personal checking account checks, identification documents, passports, and drivers' licenses, that create a visible optically variable effect and include machine readable technologies that facilitate visual authentication, tracking and preventing of falsification and counterfeiting of the documents. Chemical fiber, semi-processed plastic ribbon, semi-processed plastic ribbon with an etched metal coating, polymeric and metallized polymeric threads, none for textile use, namely, plastic threads for use in currency and security documents.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
17 - Rubber and plastic; packing and insulating materials
Goods & Services
(1) Optical devices, namely machine-readable holograms comprising plasmonic nano-scale structures applied to or into banknotes, currency, travelers' checks, and personal checking account checks, which generate optically variable diffractive image effects for authentication and anti-counterfeiting purposes.
(2) Chemical fiber, semi-processed plastic ribbon, semi-processed plastic ribbon with an etched metal coating, polymeric and metallized polymeric threads, none for textile use, namely, plastic threads for use in currency and security documents
14.
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATING LIEN DISPUTE WORKFLOWS FOR MEDICAL ENTITIES WITH MACHINE LEARNING GENERATED RESOLUTIONS
Systems and methods including generating, by a legal entity, via a lien reduction interface, a request to decrease a lien amount for a patient. In addition, the systems and methods may include receiving, by a medical entity, the request to decrease the lien amount. The systems and methods may include reviewing, by a user associated with the medical entity, via a lien resolution interface, the request to decrease the lien amount. Moreover, the systems and methods may include calculating, based on one or more resolved lien reductions associated with the legal entity, via a medical billing database, a predicted lien resolution dataset. Also, the systems and methods may include displaying, based on the predicted lien resolution dataset, via the lien resolution interface, a lien reduction response. Further, the systems and methods may include sending, by the user associated with the medical entity, to the legal entity, the lien reduction response.
A method for authenticating a liquefied gas by exposing a sample of the liquefied gas to a specific excitation wavelength of electromagnetic radiation and detecting a resulting signal with a detector, wherein the specific excitation wavelength is a wavelength at which a marker in an authentic liquefied gas exhibits a distinguishable signal detected by the detector; authenticating said liquefied gas when the resulting signal corresponds to an expected signal provided by the authentic liquefied gas having an authentic marker concentration; and identifying the liquefied gas as suspect or counterfeit when the resulting signal deviates from the expected signal by more than an amount provided by an authentication standard.
G01N 21/66 - Systems in which the material investigated is excited whereby it emits light or causes a change in wavelength of the incident light electrically excited, e.g. electroluminescence
A patterned composite material and a method for forming the material is disclosed. In one example, the method includes making a copy mold having a patterned mold surface, metallizing elevated structures and trenches, and removing caps from the structure to create the patterned composite material.
G03F 7/00 - Photomechanical, e.g. photolithographic, production of textured or patterned surfaces, e.g. printed surfacesMaterials therefor, e.g. comprising photoresistsApparatus specially adapted therefor
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
17 - Rubber and plastic; packing and insulating materials
Goods & Services
Optical devices in the nature of machine-readable hologram apparatus and labels carrying optically recorded or encoded information, where the information is recorded and encoded via labels comprised of plasmonic nano-scale structures and where the labels are applied to documents, namely, banknotes, currency, travellers' checks, personal checking account checks, identification documents, passports, and drivers' licenses, and where the labels create a visible optically variable effect and include machine readable technologies that facilitate visual authentication, tracking and preventing of falsification and counterfeiting of the documents Threads of plastic materials, not for textile use, where the plastic threads comprise chemical fibers, semi-processed plastic ribbon threads, semi-processed plastic ribbon threads with an etched metal coating, polymeric and metallized polymeric plastic threads, all for use in currency and security documents
18.
STABLE NIR ABSORBANCE AND FLUORESCENCE REFERENCE STANDARDS
A method of preparing a reference material for fluorescence spectroscopy by impregnating or otherwise placing one or more fluorophores into a solid polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) matrix. The method can include impregnating or otherwise placing the one or more fluorophores into the solid PMMA matrix by melt mixing a powder of each of the one or more fluorophores with the solid PMMA matrix to provide a mixed product comprising a homogeneous distribution of the one or more fluorophores in the PMMA and injection molding the mixed product to provide the reference material having a final shape; and/or polymerizing MMA in the presence of one or more fluorophores to form the solid PMMA matrix.
A method for patterning a substrate involves depositing a layer of resist material on a surface of the substrate, lithographically patterning (electron beam exposing and then developing) the layer of the resist material to form a patterned resist layer having a pattern multi-faceted microscale structures with a depth profile that varies over an area of the layer of resist material, and using the patterned resist layer in an etching step to transfer the pattern of multi-faceted microscale structures from the patterned resist layer to the substrate.
G03F 7/00 - Photomechanical, e.g. photolithographic, production of textured or patterned surfaces, e.g. printed surfacesMaterials therefor, e.g. comprising photoresistsApparatus specially adapted therefor
An optical security feature has pixels with faceted microstructures supporting nano-patterned optical filters. Each of the pixels includes a substrate and a nanostructure. The substrate is configured to emit light of at least a first wavelength and a second wavelength different than the first wavelength. The microstructure includes a first facet, a second facet non-parallel to the first facet, a first nano-patterned optical filter disposed on the first facet, and a second nano-patterned optical filter disposed on the second facet. The first nano-patterned optical filter includes a first stopband that includes the first wavelength and excludes the second wavelength. The second nano-patterned optical filter includes a second stopband that includes the second wavelength and excludes the first wavelength. For each pixel, the first nano-patterned optical filter inhibits emission of light at the first wavelength from the pixel via the first facet.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Scientific equipment and instruments for authentication, traceability, security, filtering, certification, protection, immutable marking, fingerprint collection, customization, content recognition, pirated copy detection and anticounterfeiting, namely, imaging sensors incorporating a combination camera and image evaluation processor; data processing equipment and computers for high-speed, high-resolution imaging and image evaluation for detection of denomination, series and orientation of notes and currency and for fitness evaluation of notes and currency; downloadable computer software for high-speed, high-resolution imaging and image evaluation for detection of denomination, series and orientation of notes and currency and for fitness evaluation of notes and currency; downloadable computer software for CDI2 compliant image/data streaming of notes and currency for use by other sensing processors and evaluation systems and for storage of combined data for research, analysis and system enhancements over time; electronic and optical apparatus and instruments for protecting documents against counterfeiting, namely, imaging sensors incorporating a combination camera and image evaluation processor; tools for checking, identifying and authenticating products, namely, imaging sensors incorporating a combination camera and image evaluation processor for checking, identifying, and authenticating denomination, series and orientation of notes and currency and for checking, identifying, and authenticating fitness of notes and currency; tools for checking, identifying and authenticating products, namely, imaging sensors producing CDI2 compliant image/data streaming of notes and currency for use by other sensing processors and evaluation systems and for storage of combined data for research, analysis and system enhancements over time; detectors for detecting denomination, series and orientation of notes and currency; detectors for evaluating fitness of notes and currency; apparatus for checking the authenticity of banknotes
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
37 - Construction and mining; installation and repair services
Goods & Services
Apparatus for checking the authenticity of banknotes; Counterfeit money detector markers; Electric or electronic sensors for authenticating currency when used with high speed Banknote Sorting Machines (BSMs); Downloadable computer application software for use with high speed Banknote Sorting Machines (BSMs), namely, software for authenticating currency; Recorded computer application software for use with high speed Banknote Sorting Machines (BSMs), namely, software for authenticating currency Installation, maintenance and repair of apparatus for checking the authenticity of banknotes
01 - Chemical and biological materials for industrial, scientific and agricultural use
02 - Paints, varnishes, lacquers
05 - Pharmaceutical, veterinary and sanitary products
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
35 - Advertising and business services
38 - Telecommunications services
39 - Transport, packaging, storage and travel services
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
45 - Legal and security services; personal services for individuals.
Goods & Services
Chemicals, chemical compounds, isotopically labeled chemical
compounds, and biochemicals used as trace additives to
indicate ownership or origin of tagged fluids and materials;
chemical and biochemical reagents for non-medical purposes,
namely, for use in authenticating goods in the oil and gas,
banking, currency, paper, coin and bank note manufacture,
pharmaceutical, alcohol, tobacco, consumer goods, medical,
pharmaceutical, explosives, and agrochemical industries;
chemicals for use in industry, namely, chemical markers for
use in industrial oils and greases, lubricants, fuels,
illuminants, gas, natural gas, and liquefied natural gas;
ingestible and edible organic compounds in the nature of
proteins, saccharides, oligonucleotides and DNA markers for
authenticating goods for use in the manufacture of spirit
drinks, pharmaceuticals, nutriceuticals and food products. Polychromatic color shifting printing inks; fluorescent dyes
for general industrial use, printing inks, and security
coatings in the nature of colorants; dyes and inks, namely,
dyes and inks used as colorants in the manufacture of
markers; printing inks, coatings, pigments and dispersions
for use on labels, cartons and packaging (term considered
linguistically incorrect by the International Bureau - Rule
13 (2) (b) of the Regulations). Herbicides, pesticides, and fungicides. Computer software for applying anti-counterfeiting and
authentication technologies to customer goods, documents,
product packaging, digitally produced images, and labels for
use in the field of labeling, serialization, tracing, or
tracking of same; computer software for detecting
counterfeits and verifying the authenticity of customer
goods, documents, product packaging, digitally produced
images, and labels; software used for verifying banknote
fitness and bank note authentication; RFID (Radio Frequency
Identification) cards; blank and encoded electronic chip
cards for security, access control, and item and people
tracking purposes; database management software for
organization and presentation of data related to products
marked for purposes of product authentication, namely,
chemicals, pharmaceuticals, alcohol, petroleum products,
fuels and oils, product packaging and product labeling, and
for organization and presentation of data related laboratory
analysis of samples for authentication, chain of custody
verification, and marker identification and use; holographs,
namely, electronic machines used to apply holographic
overlay and to set up and control holograms and their
verification; integrated circuits for holographic recordings
embedded into plastic cards; magnetically encoded credit
cards; apparatus and instruments for marking and labeling of
products for purposes of product authentication and chain of
custody verification, namely, printers, readers, namely, bar
code and optical readers, and scanners for inks, compounds,
dispersion or polymer concentrates containing marking
compounds; encoded micro particulates, tags and taggants of
plastic, metal or silicate for use in the field of passive
labeling, tracing or tracking of persons, animals and goods
(term considered linguistically incorrect by the
International Bureau - Rule 13 (2) (b) of the Regulations);
encoded micro taggants of plastic, metal or silicate for use
in the field of passive labeling, tracing or tracking of
industrial oils and greases, lubricants, fuels, illuminants,
gas, natural gas, and liquefied natural gas (term considered
linguistically incorrect by the International Bureau - Rule
13 (2) (b) of the Regulations); apparatus and instruments
for marking and labeling of products for purposes of product
authentication and chain of custody verification, namely,
printers, readers, namely, bar code and optical readers, and
scanners for inks, compounds, dispersion or polymer
concentrates containing marking compounds; computer software
for the organization and presentation of data related to
products marked for purposes of product authentication,
chain of custody verification, e-commerce and encryption. Business investigations and consultation, namely, providing
business investigations, analysis and consultation including
field sampling and customized reporting in the fields of
product marker development, product tag development and
product labeling; business risk management, namely, risk
analysis of product supply chains, namely, raw material and
finished product distributor and supply chains, for purposes
of anti-counterfeiting, anti-diversion and anti-product
tampering; business management and consulting, namely,
design, implementation and management of product
authentication and chain of custody programs (term
considered linguistically incorrect by the International
Bureau - Rule 13 (2) (b) of the Regulations); excise tax
recovery services; cost accounting, namely, providing
analysis of revenue lost from counterfeiting, diversion and
product tampering; business consultation in the field of
tracking and tracing of packages in transit, in particular
relating to verification of chain of custody of delivered
parcels; data automation and collection services using
proprietary software to evaluate, analyze and collect
service data, reviewing standards and practices to assure
compliance with intellectual property rights of others and
legal services, namely, enforcement of intellectual property
rights of others (term considered linguistically incorrect
by the International Bureau - Rule 13 (2) (b) of the
Regulations); consulting regarding intellectual property
business risk mitigation processes. Message sending; computer aided transmission of messages and
images; information about telecommunication; satellite
transmission; transmission of digital files; network
transmission of sounds, images, signals and database;
electronic information transmission; computer aided
information transmission; information transmission through
an electronic communication network; digital network
communication service. Consulting services in the field of parcel product delivery. Development of new technology for others in the field of
chemical identification markers; data automation and
collection service using proprietary software to evaluate,
analyze and collect service data; product quality control
sampling; product authentication in the chemical,
pharmaceutical, healthcare, alcohol, petroleum, banking,
currency, consumer goods, industrial goods, agrochemicals,
explosives, and tobacco industries; consulting services in
the field of product labeling, product quality control
sampling and laboratory analysis of samples, all in the
field of product tracking, chain of custody verification and
product authentication (term considered linguistically
incorrect by the International Bureau - Rule 13 (2) (b) of
the Regulations); scientific and laboratory services for
engineering and product sample testing for use in
anti-counterfeiting, manufacturing, quality control, and
development of new technology for others in the fields of
product markers for purposes of product authentication and
chain of custody verification; providing consultation in the
development of chemical identification markers; developing
chemical identification markers; developing chemical
identification markers; consulting services for quality
control and for development of new technology for others in
the fields of product markers for purposes of product
authentication and chain of custody verification; design and
implementation of software and technology solutions for the
purpose of product and document authentication and tracking,
and brand monitoring and protection, to protect against
counterfeiting, tampering, and diversion, and to ensure the
integrity of genuine products and documents; Manufacturing
consulting services relating to product markers that are
product authentication security devices and materials that
are affixed and embedded in a wide variety of products for
purposes of product authentication and chain of custody
verification. Private investigations and related consulting in connection
with product counterfeiting, diversion, brand degradation
and liability claims; private investigation services,
namely, compiling chain of custody evidence for purposes of
anti-counterfeiting, anti-diversion and anti-product
tampering actions; consulting services, namely, consultation
in the fields of product and document authentication and
tracking, and brand monitoring and protection, to protect
against counterfeiting, tampering, and diversion, and to
ensure the integrity of genuine products and documents (term
considered linguistically incorrect by the International
Bureau - Rule 13 (2) (b) of the Regulations);
anti-counterfeiting consulting in the fields of product
markers for purposes of product authentication and chain of
custody verification (term considered linguistically
incorrect by the International Bureau - Rule 13 (2) (b) of
the Regulations); enforcing intellectual property rights by
means of submitting copyright take down notices for others;
monitoring intellectual property rights for legal advisory
purposes; intellectual property watching services;
verification of personal identity as part of personal
background investigations; consultancy relating to
intellectual property; advisory services relating to
intellectual property rights.
A diffractive display for displaying multiple images, each at a unique view zone, includes multiple micro-pixels, each having micro-facets, each micro-facet having a surface normal non-parallel to the surface normal of other micro-facets of the micro-pixel, each micro-facet having a diffractive nano-structure array. Each diffractive nano-structure array has a viewing angle at which incident light is diffracted from the diffractive nano-structure array. The diffracted light has a hue and an intensity based on properties of the diffractive nano-structure array, and, for each of the images, each of the micro-pixels includes at least one diffractive nano-structure array for which the viewing angle corresponds to the view zone the image, such that each of the images is composed of the diffracted light from at least one diffractive nano-structure array from each of the micro-pixels.
An anticounterfeiting device having a film stack including functionalized microstructures and nanostructures that produces overt and covert features under ambient visible and ultraviolet light, as well as methods of use and construction are disclosed herein.
In some implementations, the device may include receiving, from a first medical facility, by a first facility application, a request to send a medical document to a second medical facility. In addition, the device may include receiving, from an application server, by the first facility application, mapping rules for the second medical facility. The device may include generating, by the first facility application, a modified medical document based on the mapping rules for the second medical facility and the medical document. Moreover, the device may include sending, by the first facility application, to a second facility application, the modified medical document. Also, the device may include sending, by the second facility application, to the second medical facility, the modified medical document.
G16H 10/60 - ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of patient-related medical or healthcare data for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
G16H 30/20 - ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of medical images for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS
G16H 40/20 - ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilitiesICT specially adapted for the management or operation of medical equipment or devices for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
G16H 30/40 - ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of medical images for processing medical images, e.g. editing
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
17 - Rubber and plastic; packing and insulating materials
Goods & Services
Optical devices in the nature of machine-readable hologram apparatus and labels carrying optically recorded or encoded information, where the information is recorded and encoded via labels comprised of plasmonic nano-scale structures and where the labels are applied to documents, namely, banknotes, currency, and where the labels create a visible optically variable effect and include machine readable technologies that facilitate visual authentication, tracking and preventing of falsification and counterfeiting of the documents Threads of plastic materials, not for textile use, where the plastic threads comprise chemical fibers, semi-processed plastic ribbon threads, semi-processed plastic ribbon threads with an etched metal coating, polymeric and metallized polymeric plastic threads, all for use in currency and security documents
28.
Banknote, identification card, passport, check, security document, government stamp, vehicle registration, or package, with security feature
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Optical devices in the nature of labels and holographic overlays for documents, carrying optically recorded or encoded information consisting of plasmonic nano-scale structures applied to government issued identification documents that create a visible optically variable effect and include machine readable technologies that facilitate visual authentication, tracking and preventing falsification and counterfeit.
32.
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED PATIENT WORK FLOW FOR MEDICAL DATA
In some implementations, the device may include receiving a check-in. In addition, the device may include determining, based on polling the medical service facility, that a patient service is complete. The device may include receiving, from the medical service facility, a medical image and an accession number associated with the patient service. Moreover, the device may include sending, to a medical analysis facility a request for a medical report. Also, the device may include receiving a message from the medical analysis facility indicating that the medical report is not ready. Further, the device may include receiving all medical reports generated by the medical analysis facility and an associated accession number with each medical report. In addition, the device may include identifying a medical report associated with the accession number. The device may include generating, based on the medical image and the medical report; a medical document. Moreover, the device may include generating a patient account with the medical document.
G16H 40/20 - ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilitiesICT specially adapted for the management or operation of medical equipment or devices for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
G16H 15/00 - ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
G16H 30/20 - ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of medical images for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS
33.
DEVICES, METHODS AND A VISUAL DISPLAY INVOLVING METAMATERIAL FILTERS
G03C 1/815 - Photosensitive materials characterised by the base or auxiliary layers characterised by means for filtering or absorbing ultraviolet light, e.g. optical bleaching agents
G07D 7/12 - Visible light, infrared or ultraviolet radiation
The present disclosure provides a diffractive display for displaying a diffracted image, an article, comprising the diffractive display, and methods of forming a display for displaying a diffracted image.
01 - Chemical and biological materials for industrial, scientific and agricultural use
02 - Paints, varnishes, lacquers
05 - Pharmaceutical, veterinary and sanitary products
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
35 - Advertising and business services
38 - Telecommunications services
39 - Transport, packaging, storage and travel services
40 - Treatment of materials; recycling, air and water treatment,
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
45 - Legal and security services; personal services for individuals.
Goods & Services
Chemicals, chemical compounds, isotopically labeled chemical compounds, and biochemicals used as trace additives to indicate ownership or origin of tagged fluids and materials; chemical and biochemical reagents for non-medical purposes, namely, for use in authenticating goods in the oil and gas, banking, currency, paper, coin and bank note manufacture, pharmaceutical, alcohol, tobacco, consumer goods, medical, pharmaceutical, explosives, and agrochemical industries; chemicals for use in industry, namely, chemical markers for use in industrial oils and greases, lubricants, fuels, illuminants, gas, natural gas, and liquefied natural gas; ingestible and edible organic compounds in the nature of proteins, saccharides, oligonucleotides and DNA markers for authenticating goods for use in the manufacture of spirit drinks, pharmaceuticals, nutriceuticals and food products Polychromatic color shifting printing inks; fluorescent dyes for general industrial use, printing inks, and security coatings in the nature of colorants; dyes and inks, namely, dyes and inks used as colorants in the manufacture of markers; printing inks, coatings, pigments and dispersions for use on labels, cartons and packaging Herbicides, pesticides, and fungicides Recorded and downloadable computer software for applying anti-counterfeiting and authentication technologies to customer goods, documents, product packaging, digitally produced images, and labels for use in the field of labeling, serialization, tracing, or tracking of same; recorded and downloadable computer software for detecting counterfeits and verifying the authenticity of customer goods, documents, product packaging, digitally produced images, and labels; recorded and downloadable software used for verifying banknote fitness and bank note authentication; RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) cards; blank and encoded electronic chip cards for security, access control, and item and people tracking purposes; recorded and downloadable database management software for organization and presentation of data related to products marked for purposes of product authentication, namely, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, alcohol, petroleum products, fuels and oils, product packaging and product labeling, and for organization and presentation of data related laboratory analysis of samples for authentication, chain of custody verification, and marker identification and use; holographs, namely, electronic machines used to apply holographic overlay and to set up and control holograms and their verification; integrated circuits for holographic recordings embedded into plastic cards; magnetically encoded credit cards; apparatus and instruments for marking and labeling of products for purposes of product authentication and chain of custody verification, namely, printers, readers, namely, bar code and optical readers, and scanners for inks, compounds, dispersion or polymer concentrates containing marking compounds; encoded micro particulates, tags and taggants of plastic, metal or silicate for use in the field of passive labeling, tracing or tracking of persons, animals and goods; encoded micro taggants of plastic, metal or silicate for use in the field of passive labeling, tracing or tracking of industrial oils and greases, lubricants, fuels, illuminants, gas, natural gas, and liquefied natural gas; apparatus and instruments for marking and labeling of products for purposes of product authentication and chain of custody verification, namely, printers, readers, namely, bar code and optical readers, and scanners for inks, compounds, dispersion or polymer concentrates containing marking compounds; recorded and downloadable computer software for the organization and presentation of data related to products marked for purposes of product authentication, chain of custody verification, e-commerce and encryption Business investigations and consultation, namely, providing business investigations, analysis and consultation including field sampling and customized reporting in the fields of product marker development, product tag development and product labeling; business risk management, namely, risk analysis of product supply chains, namely, raw material and finished product distributor and supply chains, for purposes of anti-counterfeiting, anti-diversion and anti-product tampering; business management and consulting, namely, design, implementation and management of product authentication and chain of custody programs; excise tax recovery services; cost accounting, namely, providing analysis of revenue lost from counterfeiting, diversion and product tampering; business consultation in the field of tracking and tracing of packages in transit, in particular relating to verification of chain of custody of delivered parcels; consulting regarding intellectual property business risk mitigation processes Message sending; computer aided transmission of messages and images; information about telecommunication; satellite transmission; transmission of digital files; network transmission of sounds, images, signals and database; electronic information transmission; computer aided information transmission; information transmission through an electronic communication network; digital network communication service Consulting services in the field of parcel product delivery Manufacturing consulting services relating to product markers that are product authentication security devices and materials that are affixed and embedded in a wide variety of products for purposes of product authentication and chain of custody verification Development of new technology for others in the field of chemical identification markers; data automation and collection service using proprietary software to evaluate, analyze and collect service data; product quality control sampling; product authentication in the chemical, pharmaceutical, healthcare, alcohol, petroleum, banking, currency, consumer goods, industrial goods, agrochemicals, explosives, and tobacco industries; consulting services in the field of product labeling, product quality control sampling and laboratory analysis of samples, all in the field of product tracking, chain of custody verification and product authentication; scientific and laboratory services for engineering and product sample testing for use in anti-counterfeiting, manufacturing, quality control, and development of new technology for others in the fields of product markers for purposes of product authentication and chain of custody verification; providing consultation in the development of chemical identification markers; developing chemical identification markers; developing chemical identification markers; consulting services for quality control and for development of new technology for others in the fields of product markers for purposes of product authentication and chain of custody verification; design and implementation of software and technology solutions for the purpose of product and document authentication and tracking, and brand monitoring and protection, to protect against counterfeiting, tampering, and diversion, and to ensure the integrity of genuine products and documents; data automation and collection services using proprietary software to evaluate, analyze and collect service data Private investigations and related consulting in connection with product counterfeiting, diversion, brand degradation and liability claims; private investigation services, namely, compiling chain of custody evidence for purposes of anti-counterfeiting, anti-diversion and anti-product tampering actions; consulting services, namely, consultation in the fields of product and document authentication and tracking, and brand monitoring and protection, to protect against counterfeiting, tampering, and diversion, and to ensure the integrity of genuine products and documents; anti-counterfeiting consulting in the fields of product markers for purposes of product authentication and chain of custody verification; enforcing intellectual property rights by means of submitting copyright takedown notices for others; monitoring intellectual property rights for legal advisory purposes; intellectual property watching services; verification of personal identity as part of personal background investigations; consultancy relating to intellectual property; advisory services relating to intellectual property rights
36.
Method and system for asynchronous medical patient data communication between multiple parties
Systems and methods for managing a document request, the method comprising receiving, from a first healthcare entity, at least one medical document associated with a patient at a server. The method further comprising receiving, from a second healthcare entity, a medical document request where the medical document request may be directed to one of an image, a financial statement, a prescription, a referral to healthcare entity, or a report. The method further comprising determining, based on the document request, whether a legal document is required to approve the request. The method further comprising, sending, in response to the request requiring approval from a legal entity, to a legal entity associated with the patient a legal document request related to the medical document request.
An asynchronous system for managing medical file protection and distribution. The system controls the distribution of sensitive patient records between different healthcare entities. The system includes a registration process for the healthcare institutions which creates a secure gateway between the system and the healthcare institution. Once registered, the system creates a content queue on the server for content designated to be sent to the institution. The client device of the healthcare institution will poll the queue and download the medical file content as it becomes available.
G16H 10/60 - ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of patient-related medical or healthcare data for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
G06F 21/62 - Protecting access to data via a platform, e.g. using keys or access control rules
H04L 67/12 - Protocols specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
An asynchronous system for managing medical file protection and distribution. The system controls the distribution of sensitive patient records between different healthcare entities. The system includes a registration process for the healthcare institutions which creates a secure gateway between the system and the healthcare institution. Once registered, the system creates a content queue on the server for content designated to be sent to the institution. The client device of the healthcare institution will poll the queue and download the medical file content as it becomes available.
G16H 10/60 - ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of patient-related medical or healthcare data for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
G06F 21/62 - Protecting access to data via a platform, e.g. using keys or access control rules
H04L 67/12 - Protocols specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
16 - Paper, cardboard and goods made from these materials
17 - Rubber and plastic; packing and insulating materials
Goods & Services
Holographic film; holographic film for banknote
authentication and verification; holographic film for use in
brand protection; holographic foils; holographic foils for
use in brand protection; holographic security apparatus;
holographic security apparatus for use in brand protection;
holograms for product authentication and verification;
application software for point-of-purchase product
authentication; application software for track and trace for
use in brand protection. Tamper evident security labels, tags and packaging made for
paper, cardboard, and polymer substrates; tamper evident
labels, tags and packaging made for paper, cardboard, and
polymer substrates, for use in brand protection and banknote
authentication and verification; tamper evident security
labels, tags and packaging made for paper, cardboard, and
polymer substrates, featuring multiple image transitions for
use in brand protection; security threads of paper for use
in brand protection and banknote authentication and
verification. Security foils; security foils for the validation of product
authenticity; security threads; security threads featuring
colour-shift technology for use in brand protection and
banknote authentication and verification; security threads
for use against theft and evidence tampering; security
stripes in the nature of security film, security strips and
security patches for use against theft and evidence
tampering; security threads for use in brand protection and
banknote authentication and verification; security stripes
in the nature of security film, security strips and security
patches for use in brand protection and banknote
authentication and verification; films of plastic for the
validation of product authenticity; security threads of
plastic for the validation of product authenticity; security
threads of plastic for use in brand protection and banknote
authentication and verification.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Optical devices consisting of plasmonic nano-scale
structures applied to a document or substrate creating a
visible optically variable effect and may include machine
readable technologies that facilitates visual
authentication, tracking and preventing of falsification of
currency, documents and goods.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
17 - Rubber and plastic; packing and insulating materials
Goods & Services
(1) Holographic film; holographic film for banknote authentication and verification; holographic film for use in brand protection; holographic foils; holographic foils for use in brand protection; holograms for product authentication and verification;
(2) Tamper evident security labels composed primarily of polymer for attachment to cartons, containers or packaged products for industrial or commercial use, namely to indicate opening, attempted opening, removal, or exposure to heat or moisture; optically-variable tamper evident security labels composed primarily of polymer for attachment to cartons, containers or packaged products for industrial or commercial use, namely to indicate opening, attempted opening, removal, or exposure to heat or moisture; tamper evident security labels featuring colour-shifting technology composed primarily of polymer for attachment to cartons, containers or packaged products for industrial or commercial use, namely to indicate opening, attempted opening, removal, or exposure to heat or moisture; Security foils composed primarily of polymer for use in authentication and verification of products; security threads composed primarily of polymer featuring colour-shifting technology for use in brand protection and banknote authentication and verification; security stripes composed primarily of polymer for use in brand protection and banknote authentication and verification; security stripes composed primarily of polymer, mounted onto, embedded or woven into paper, linen, polymer or composite substrates for use in brand protection and in the authentication and verification of banknotes, payment cards, identification cards, official documents, certificates and souvenir banknotes; optically variable security films composed primarily of plastic for use in authentication and verification of products; security threads of plastic for the validation of product authenticity; security threads of plastic for use in brand protection and banknote authentication and verification;
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
16 - Paper, cardboard and goods made from these materials
17 - Rubber and plastic; packing and insulating materials
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
Holographic film; holographic film for use in brand
protection; holographic foils; holographic foils for use in
brand protection; holographic security apparatus;
holographic security apparatus for use in brand protection;
holograms for product authentication and verification;
application software for point of purchase product
authentication; application software for track and trace for
use in brand protection. Tamper evident security labels, tags and packaging; tamper
evident labels, tags and packaging for use in brand
protection; tamper evident security labels, tags and
packaging featuring multiple image transitions for use in
brand protection; security threads of paper for use in brand
protection. Security foils; security foils for the validation of product
authenticity; security threads; security threads featuring
colour-shift technology for use in brand protection;
security stripes; security stripes for use in brand
protection; films of plastic for the validation of product
authenticity; security threads of plastic for the validation
of product authenticity; security threads of plastic for use
in brand protection. Hosting of electronic verification platforms on the
internet; hosting of track and trace platforms on the
internet; hosting point-of-purchase product authentication
platforms on the internet.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
16 - Paper, cardboard and goods made from these materials
17 - Rubber and plastic; packing and insulating materials
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
Holographic film encoded with security features for authentication purposes; holographic film encoded with security features for authentication purposes for use in brand protection; holographic foils encoded with security features for authentication purposes; holographic foils encoded with security features for authentication purposes for use in brand protection; holographic security apparatus encoded with security features for authentication purposes; holographic security apparatus encoded with security features for authentication purposes for use in brand protection; holograms for product authentication and verification encoded with security features for authentication purposes; downloadable application software for point of purchase product authentication; downloadable application software for tracking and tracing for use in brand protection Tamper evident paper security labels, paper tags, and packaging materials of paper; tamper evident paper labels, paper tags, and packaging materials of paperfor use in brand protection; tamper evident paper security labels, paper tags, and packaging materials of paper featuring multiple image transitions for use in brand protection; paper in the nature of security threads of paper for use in brand protection Polypropylene foil other than for packaging, namely, security foils; polypropylene foil other than for packaging, namely, security foils for the validation of product authenticity; plastic threads, not for textile use, namely, security threads; plastic threads, not for textile use, namely, security threads featuring colour-shift technology for use in brand protection; photoluminescent security strips for use in product authentication; photoluminescent security strips for use in brand protection; films of plastic in the nature of polyurethane films for the validation of product authenticity; plastic threads, not for textile use, namely, security threads of plastic for the validation of product authenticity; plastic threads, not for textile use, namely, security threads of plastic for use in brand protection Hosting of an online website featuring electronic verification platforms on the Internet; hosting of an online website featuring track and trace platforms on the Internet; hosting of an online website featuring point-of-purchase product authentication platforms on the Internet
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
17 - Rubber and plastic; packing and insulating materials
Goods & Services
(1) Holographic film; holographic film for use in brand protection; holographic foils; holographic foils for use in brand protection; holograms for product authentication and verification.
(2) Tamper evident security labels composed primarily of polymer for attachment to cartons, containers or packaged products for industrial or commercial use, namely to indicate opening, attempted opening, removal, or exposure to heat or moisture; optically-variable tamper evident security labels composed primarily of polymer for attachment to cartons, containers or packaged products for industrial or commercial use, namely to indicate opening, attempted opening, removal, or exposure to heat or moisture; tamper evident security labels featuring colour-shifting technology composed primarily of polymer for attachment to cartons, containers or packaged products for industrial or commercial use, namely to indicate opening, attempted opening, removal, or exposure to heat or moisture; security foils composed primarily of polymer for use in authentication and verification of products; security stripes composed primarily of polymer for use in brand protection and verification; optically variable security films composed primarily of polymer for use in authentication and verification of products
01 - Chemical and biological materials for industrial, scientific and agricultural use
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
45 - Legal and security services; personal services for individuals.
Goods & Services
(1) Chemical and biochemical reagents used as markers for non-medical purposes, namely, for use in authenticating goods in the oil and gas, banking, currency, paper, coin and bank note manufacture, pharmaceutical, alcohol, tobacco, consumer goods, medical, pharmaceutical, explosives, and agrochemical industries; ingestible and edible organic compounds in the nature of proteins, polysaccharides, oligonucleotides that react with corresponding binding pair reagents for authenticating goods for use in the manufacture of spirit drinks, pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals and food products
(2) Computer software for detecting counterfeits and verifying the authenticity of customer goods, documents, product packaging, digitally produced images, and labels, namely, software that scans images and codes applied to product packaging and confirms the authenticity of the product based on information provided by the manufacturer and brand owner; software used for verifying banknote fitness and bank note authentication; encoded micro particulates, tags and identification taggants of plastic, metal and silicate for use in the field of passive labeling, tracing and tracking of persons, animals and goods labelled with the encoded micro particulates, tags and identification taggants of plastic, metal and silicate; encoded micro taggants of plastic, metal and silicate for use in the field of passive labeling, tracing and tracking of industrial oils and greases, lubricants, fuels, illuminants, gas, natural gas, and liquefied natural gas for supply chain management (1) Data automation and collection service using proprietary software to evaluate, analyze and collect service data in the field of product tracking, chain of custody verification and product authentication; providing temporary use of non-downloadable computer software for product authentication in the chemical, pharmaceutical, healthcare, alcohol, petroleum, banking, currency, consumer goods, industrial goods, agrochemicals, explosives, and tobacco industries; developing chemical identification markers
(2) Consulting services, namely, illicit trade and fraud consultation in the fields of product and document authentication and tracking, and brand monitoring and protection for the purpose of protecting against counterfeiting, tampering, and diversion, and to ensure the integrity of genuine products and documents
01 - Chemical and biological materials for industrial, scientific and agricultural use
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
45 - Legal and security services; personal services for individuals.
Goods & Services
(1) Chemicals for use in industry, namely, chemical markers for use as trace additives to indicate ownership and origin of tagged fluids for use in authentication and tracking of fluids including industrial oils and greases, lubricants, fuels, illuminants, gas, natural gas, and liquefied natural gas; chemicals, chemical compounds, isotopically labeled chemical compounds, and biochemicals used as trace additives to indicate ownership and origin of tagged fluids and materials for use in authentication and tracking of fluids and materials
(2) Hologram apparatuses, namely, hologram writers, hologram printers, hologram readers, hologram projectors; database management software for organization and presentation of data related to products marked for purposes of product authentication, namely, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, alcohol, petroleum products, fuels and oils, product packaging and product labeling, and for organization and presentation of data related laboratory analysis of samples for authentication, chain of custody verification, and marker identification and use; computer software for applying anti-counterfeiting and authentication technologies to customer goods, documents, product packaging, digitally produced images, and labels for use in the field of labeling, serialization, tracing, or tracking of same; blank and encoded electronic chip cards for security, access control, and item and people tracking purposes; holographs, namely, electronic machines used to apply holographic overlay and to set up and control holograms and their verification; integrated circuits for holographic recordings embedded into plastic cards; magnetically encoded credit cards; apparatus and instruments for marking and labeling of products for purposes of product authentication and chain of custody verification, namely, printers, readers, namely, bar code and optical readers, and optical scanners for inks, chemical compounds, pigment dispersion and polymer concentrates containing marking compounds; RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) cards (1) Providing consultation in the development of chemical identification markers; development of new technology for others in the field of chemical identification markers; product design consulting services; product quality control sampling; scientific and laboratory services for engineering and product sample testing for use in anti-counterfeiting, manufacturing, quality control, and development of new technology for others in the fields of product markers for purposes of product authentication and chain of custody verification
(2) Private investigations and related consulting in connection with product counterfeiting, diversion, brand degradation and liability claims; private investigation services, namely, compiling chain of custody evidence for purposes of anti-counterfeiting, anti-diversion and anti-product tampering actions
Described are optical elements or displays using micro-structures and nano-structures formed conformally thereon that operate to generate optical effects. Such elements and displays may be useful for applications such as displays, and anti-counterfeiting.
An apparatus comprising: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: obtain an image of a barcode from a product, wherein the barcode comprises a signature; obtain a notification associated with authentication of the product based on the signature; and provide the notification as an audio, a video, or a combination of audio and video. A method comprising: obtaining a smart device; coupling a scanner system to the smart device; obtaining a product comprising a barcode; scanning, using the scanner system, the barcode to obtain an image of the barcode, wherein the barcode comprises a signature; and obtaining, using the smart device and based on the signature, a notification associated with authentication of the product.
G06K 7/10 - Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensingMethods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by corpuscular radiation
40 - Treatment of materials; recycling, air and water treatment,
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
45 - Legal and security services; personal services for individuals.
Goods & Services
Business consulting, namely, providing business analysis and consultation relating to sampling and customized reporting in the fields of product marker development, product tag development and product labeling; business risk management, namely, risk analysis of product supply chains, namely, raw material and finished product distributor and supply chains, for purposes of anti-counterfeiting, anti-diversion and anti-product tampering; cost accounting, namely, providing analysis of revenue lost from counterfeiting, diversion and product tampering Manufacturing consulting services relating to product markers that are product authentication security devices and materials that are affixed and embedded in a wide variety of products for purposes of product authentication and chain of custody verification Product authentication in the chemical, pharmaceutical, healthcare, alcohol, petroleum, banking, currency, consumer goods, industrial goods, agrochemicals, explosives, and tobacco industries; developing chemical identification markers; consulting services for quality control and for development of new technology for others in the fields of product markers for purposes of product authentication and chain of custody verification Anti-counterfeiting consulting in the fields of product markers for purposes of product authentication and chain of custody verification
50.
Methods for micro and nano fabrication by selective template removal
A method to remove selected parts of a thin-film material otherwise uniformly deposited over a template is disclosed. The methods rely on a suitable potting material to encapsulate and snatch the deposited material on apexes of the template. The process may yield one and/or two devices during a single process step: (i) thin-film material(s) with micro- and/or nano-perforations defined by the shape of template apexes, and (ii) micro- and/or nano-particles shaped and positioned in the potting material by the design of the template apexes. The devices made from this method may find applications in fabrication of mechanical, chemical, electrical and optical devices.
B81C 99/00 - Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
B29C 41/02 - Shaping by coating a mould, core or other substrate, i.e. by depositing material and stripping-off the shaped articleApparatus therefor for making articles of definite length, i.e. discrete articles
B82B 3/00 - Manufacture or treatment of nanostructures by manipulation of individual atoms or molecules, or limited collections of atoms or molecules as discrete units
B81C 1/00 - Manufacture or treatment of devices or systems in or on a substrate
A method of fuel analysis comprising subjecting a fuel sample comprising a fuel marker and a fuel matrix to fluorescence spectroscopy to generate a measured emission spectrum comprising a first spectral component (type and amount of marker in sample), a second spectral component (spectral perturbation), and a third spectral component (matrix fluorescence); deconvoluting the measured emission spectrum to yield a deconvoluted measured emission spectrum (first and second spectral components) via removal of third spectral component; decoupling the deconvoluted measured emission spectrum to yield a corrected emission spectrum (first spectral component) via a projection function which orthogonally projects the deconvoluted measured emission spectrum onto a subspace devoid of the second spectral component; and determining the amount of fuel marker in the fuel sample from the corrected emission spectrum. The method of fuel analysis comprises temperature corrections.
A method of increasing the accuracy of the quantification of an analyte in a hydrocarbon, the analyte containing a marking compound, by obtaining a first sample containing (a) the hydrocarbon and (b) the marking compound, obtaining a homogeneity inducing material, contacting the homogeneity inducing material with an aliquot of the first sample in a volumetric ratio of greater than or equal to about 5:1 to produce a second sample, and determining an amount of the marking compound in the second sample using an analytical technique based on the marking material.
G01N 21/77 - Systems in which material is subjected to a chemical reaction, the progress or the result of the reaction being investigated by observing the effect on a chemical indicator
H01J 49/26 - Mass spectrometers or separator tubes
G01N 21/33 - Investigating relative effect of material at wavelengths characteristic of specific elements or molecules, e.g. atomic absorption spectrometry using ultraviolet light
G01N 21/3504 - Investigating relative effect of material at wavelengths characteristic of specific elements or molecules, e.g. atomic absorption spectrometry using infrared light for analysing gases, e.g. multi-gas analysis
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
35 - Advertising and business services
Goods & Services
Apparatus and instruments for marking and labeling of
products for purposes of product authentication and chain of
custody verification, namely, printers, readers, namely, bar
code and optical readers, and scanners for inks, compounds,
dispersion or polymer concentrates containing marking
compounds; computer software for the organization and
presentation of data related to products marked for purposes
of product authentication, chain of custody verification,
e-commerce and encryption. Data automation and collection services using proprietary
software to evaluate, analyze and collect service data,
reviewing standards and practices to assure compliance with
intellectual property rights of others and legal services,
namely enforcement of intellectual property rights of
others.
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
Software as a Service (SAAS) services featuring software for the recording and analysis of text, statistics, and imagery for purposes of security and investigation of wrong-doing pertaining to a variety of industries including financial security, corporate security, cyber-crime, and intellectual property protection
55.
Product authentication using barcode characteristics
An apparatus comprising: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: obtain an image of a barcode from a product, wherein the barcode comprises a signature; obtain a notification associated with authentication of the product based on the signature; and provide the notification as an audio, a video, or a combination of audio and video. A method comprising: obtaining a smart device; coupling a scanner system to the smart device; obtaining a product comprising a barcode; scanning, using the scanner system, the barcode to obtain an image of the barcode, wherein the barcode comprises a signature; and obtaining, using the smart device and based on the signature, a notification associated with authentication of the product.
G06K 7/10 - Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensingMethods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by corpuscular radiation
An apparatus comprises: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: receive a spoken phrase associated with a printed phrase from a tamper-evident component of a product; obtain a notification associated with authentication of the product based on the spoken phrase; and provide the notification in a visual manner, in an audio manner, or a combined audio and visual manner. A method comprises: creating a tamper-evident component comprising an obscuring mechanism and a printed phrase, wherein the obscuring mechanism obscures the printed phrase from view; providing the tamper-evident component for integration into a product; receiving a spoken phrase from a first consumer; analyzing the spoken phrase; generating a notification associated with authentication of the product based on the analyzing; and transmitting the notification to the first consumer.
G10L 15/01 - Assessment or evaluation of speech recognition systems
G10L 25/72 - Speech or voice analysis techniques not restricted to a single one of groups specially adapted for particular use for transmitting results of analysis
G10L 15/10 - Speech classification or search using distance or distortion measures between unknown speech and reference templates
G10L 15/22 - Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialog
57.
DETERMINING THE QUANTITY OF A TAGGANT IN A LIQUID SAMPLE
Device and methods for detecting/quantifying a fluorescent taggant in a liquid sample. Generally, the liquid samples are fuels having low concentrations (measured in ppb) of a fluorescent taggant. The detection/quantification generates a predicted concentration of the fluorescent tagging compound using a process selected from the group of a multivariate process, a background subtraction process, or a combination of both. The invention addresses the detection of an adulteration of gasoline and diesel fuels.
A color image display device comprising arrays of structural color pixels, where said structural color pixels may be formed on a single substrate layer or multiple substrate layers and are patterned by selective material deposition to display a color image in accordance with input color images or patterns. The structural color pixels comprise a plurality of microstructures and/or nanostructures, including without limitation, diffraction gratings, sub-wavelength structures, to display colors in red, green, blue in RGB color space or cyan, magenta, yellow in CMY color space. Examples include methods of activating and/or deactivating structural pixels using selective material deposition onto at least one layer of the color display device to form a color image. Further examples include product labels, authentication devices and security documents carrying customized or personalized information and methods for their manufacture.
G03H 1/02 - Holographic processes or apparatus using light, infrared, or ultraviolet waves for obtaining holograms or for obtaining an image from themDetails peculiar thereto Details
G03H 1/18 - Particular processing of hologram record carriers, e.g. for obtaining blazed holograms
G06K 19/06 - Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings characterised by the kind of the digital marking, e.g. shape, nature, code
A security device with multiple layers. A substrate provides the backing to a first luminescent layer. An optically variable structure is positioned between the first luminescent layer and a second luminescent layer. Both the first and second luminescent layers emit luminescent radiation when stimulated. When the first layer is stimulated, the optically variable structure filters the emitted luminescent radiation such that the emitted luminescent radiation only escapes the optically variable structure at a predetermined range of emission angles. A user, when viewing the security device from the predetermined range of angles as both layers are stimulated, can see a completed image of a predetermined indicia. When the security device is viewed at angles other than the predetermined range of angles as both layers are stimulated, a user will only see an incomplete image of the predetermined indicia.
A composition comprising a fuel and at least one compound characterized by Formula I:
4 alkyl; and wherein the compound of Formula I when subjected to GC-MS using electron ionization at greater than about 70 eV produces at least one ion having a mass-to-charge ratio of from 300 to 600.
C10L 1/24 - Organic compounds containing sulfur, selenium or tellurium
C07C 43/205 - Ethers having an ether-oxygen atom bound to a carbon atom of a six-membered aromatic ring the aromatic ring being a non-condensed ring
C07C 323/20 - Thiols, sulfides, hydropolysulfides or polysulfides substituted by halogen, oxygen or nitrogen atoms, or by sulfur atoms not being part of thio groups containing thio groups and singly-bound oxygen atoms bound to the same carbon skeleton having the sulfur atom of at least one of the thio groups bound to a carbon atom of a six-membered aromatic ring of the carbon skeleton with singly-bound oxygen atoms bound to carbon atoms of the same non-condensed six-membered aromatic ring
C07C 43/275 - Ethers having an ether-oxygen atom bound to carbon atoms both belonging to six-membered aromatic rings having all ether-oxygen atoms bound to carbon atoms of six-membered aromatic rings
C07C 43/263 - Ethers having an ether-oxygen atom bound to carbon atoms both belonging to six-membered aromatic rings the aromatic rings being non-condensed
C07C 43/21 - Ethers having an ether-oxygen atom bound to a carbon atom of a six-membered aromatic ring containing rings other than six-membered aromatic rings
C07C 321/30 - Sulfides having the sulfur atom of at least one thio group bound to two carbon atoms of six-membered aromatic rings
C10L 10/00 - Use of additives to fuels or fires for particular purposes
G01N 24/08 - Investigating or analysing materials by the use of nuclear magnetic resonance, electron paramagnetic resonance or other spin effects by using nuclear magnetic resonance
A method of forming a composition comprising contacting a fuel and at least one compound of Formula I:
4 alkyl; and wherein the compound of Formula I when subjected to GC-MS using electron ionization at greater than 70 eV produces at least one ion having a mass-to-charge ratio of 300 to 600.
C07C 323/20 - Thiols, sulfides, hydropolysulfides or polysulfides substituted by halogen, oxygen or nitrogen atoms, or by sulfur atoms not being part of thio groups containing thio groups and singly-bound oxygen atoms bound to the same carbon skeleton having the sulfur atom of at least one of the thio groups bound to a carbon atom of a six-membered aromatic ring of the carbon skeleton with singly-bound oxygen atoms bound to carbon atoms of the same non-condensed six-membered aromatic ring
C07C 43/263 - Ethers having an ether-oxygen atom bound to carbon atoms both belonging to six-membered aromatic rings the aromatic rings being non-condensed
C07C 43/205 - Ethers having an ether-oxygen atom bound to a carbon atom of a six-membered aromatic ring the aromatic ring being a non-condensed ring
C07C 43/21 - Ethers having an ether-oxygen atom bound to a carbon atom of a six-membered aromatic ring containing rings other than six-membered aromatic rings
C07C 43/275 - Ethers having an ether-oxygen atom bound to carbon atoms both belonging to six-membered aromatic rings having all ether-oxygen atoms bound to carbon atoms of six-membered aromatic rings
C07C 321/30 - Sulfides having the sulfur atom of at least one thio group bound to two carbon atoms of six-membered aromatic rings
G01N 24/08 - Investigating or analysing materials by the use of nuclear magnetic resonance, electron paramagnetic resonance or other spin effects by using nuclear magnetic resonance
A method of determining adulteration of a fuel including subjecting to an analytical technique a marked fuel mixture comprising (a) a fuel; (b) a compound characterized by Formula I:
4 alkyl; and (c) a heavy compound, wherein the heavy compound comprises a compound of Formula I having at least one atom replaced with an isotope tag.
C07C 323/20 - Thiols, sulfides, hydropolysulfides or polysulfides substituted by halogen, oxygen or nitrogen atoms, or by sulfur atoms not being part of thio groups containing thio groups and singly-bound oxygen atoms bound to the same carbon skeleton having the sulfur atom of at least one of the thio groups bound to a carbon atom of a six-membered aromatic ring of the carbon skeleton with singly-bound oxygen atoms bound to carbon atoms of the same non-condensed six-membered aromatic ring
C07C 43/263 - Ethers having an ether-oxygen atom bound to carbon atoms both belonging to six-membered aromatic rings the aromatic rings being non-condensed
G01N 24/08 - Investigating or analysing materials by the use of nuclear magnetic resonance, electron paramagnetic resonance or other spin effects by using nuclear magnetic resonance
Methods for rapidly fabricating color image display for any given color image from a prefabricated generic stamp comprising arrays of structural pixels. The pixels are composed of micro-gratings and/or sub-wavelength structures that give structural colors. Different methods based on micro-patterning techniques may be used to fabricate the color image display devices, including: 1) selectively masking the generic stamp and imprinting from the masked stamp; 2) imprinting from the generic stamp and thermal-optical patterning on an imprinted layer. The fabricated color image display device can further function as a stand-alone display device or a color image stamp for replicating multiple color image display devices.
G03F 7/00 - Photomechanical, e.g. photolithographic, production of textured or patterned surfaces, e.g. printed surfacesMaterials therefor, e.g. comprising photoresistsApparatus specially adapted therefor
A motion and animation display is disclosed, including multiple nanostructure arrays oriented at differing relative angles of rotation corresponding to multiple frames of an animation image, wherein the multiple nanostructure arrays are formed on a single substrate layer. An optical display device is also disclosed, including a substrate having a surface, a first frame of an animated image comprising a first optical sub-wavelength nanostructure array formed on or in the surface of the substrate, and a second frame of an animated image comprising a second optical sub-wavelength nanostructure array formed on or in the surface of the substrate, where the second nanostructure array is rotated relative to the first nanostructure array by a first relative angle of rotation. A method of manufacturing a motion and animation display comprising multiple nanostructure arrays oriented at differing relative angles of rotation is also disclosed.
H01J 37/317 - Electron-beam or ion-beam tubes for localised treatment of objects for changing properties of the objects or for applying thin layers thereon, e.g. ion implantation
B82Y 20/00 - Nanooptics, e.g. quantum optics or photonic crystals
65.
Nanostructure array diffractive optics for RGB and CMYK color displays
An RGB and/or CMYK full color optical display device comprising multiple nanostructure arrays configured to provide display of a wide range of colors corresponding to multiple pixels or sub-regions of an image is disclosed, where the multiple nanostructure arrays may be formed on a single substrate layer. An optical display device includes a substrate having a surface, and a first pixel of a color image comprising first and second sub-pixels according to at least one of an additive and subtractive color scheme, where the first sub-pixel comprises a first optical sub-wavelength nanostructure array formed on or in the surface of the substrate, and where the second sub-pixel comprises a second optical sub-wavelength nanostructure array formed on or in the surface of the substrate. A method of manufacturing an RGB and/or CMYK full color optical display comprising multiple nanostructure arrays arranged as sub-pixels according to a color scheme is also disclosed.
H01J 37/317 - Electron-beam or ion-beam tubes for localised treatment of objects for changing properties of the objects or for applying thin layers thereon, e.g. ion implantation
66.
Determining the quantity of a taggant in a liquid sample
Device and methods for detecting/quantifying a fluorescent taggant in a liquid sample. Generally, the liquid samples are fuels having low concentrations (measured in ppb) of a fluorescent taggant. The detection/quantification generates a predicted concentration of the fluorescent tagging compound using a process selected from the group of a multivariate process, a background subtraction process, or a combination of both. The invention addresses the detection of an adulteration of gasoline and diesel fuels.
At least two luminescent materials are intermingled within a security feature. The materials are selected from among a larger set of luminescent materials each having a different individual exponential decay characteristic (decay constant and initial amplitude response to the degree of excitation) for photo-luminescent emission from the respective material following excitation. The ratio of the decay constants for any two materials is greater than or equal to about 1.5. The selected materials are mixed in one of a plurality of predetermined ratios. The combined emissions from the intermingled materials appear, to an unsophisticated measuring device, to have a single exponential decay constant. Based on measurements for the decay of the combined emissions following excitation, estimates of the individual decay constants and associated initial emission amplitudes allow decoding of the particular combination of materials and/or their ratios to validate the security feature, authenticating the article.
G07D 7/12 - Visible light, infrared or ultraviolet radiation
G07D 7/00 - Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of valuable papers or for segregating those which are unacceptable, e.g. banknotes that are alien to a currency
68.
Enabling an authentication device with temporary target
A method of enabling an authentication device includes providing a first enabling target. One or more attributes of the first enabling target is measured with the authentication device at a first time and compared to a first predetermined expected value. When the at least one measured attribute of the first enabling target matches the first predetermined expected value, the authentication device is enabled for only a first predetermined enablement time.
An authentication device includes a photodetector, a processor, a memory storing a first predetermined expected value and a first predetermined enablement time, a timer, a control, and an information display. The processor includes a program for measuring one or more attributes of a first enabling target at a first time, comparing at least one measured attribute of the first enabling target with the stored first predetermined expected value, and enabling the authentication device to authenticate when operated by the control for only the first predetermined enablement time when the at least one measured attribute of the first enabling target matches the first predetermined expected value.
A display media including a pixel layer containing subpixels for different optical bands composed of nano-scale structures and an intensity control layer that can pattern the luminance of the subpixels. The display media includes a substrate layer, a sub-wavelength substrate supported by the substrate layer and including subpixels, each subpixel defined by at least one sub-wavelength structure having at least one specific optical property including a specific optical band, at least two of the subpixels having a different specific optical property, and an intensity control layer to individually control an amount of luminance of each individual subpixel in a pattern. Some of the subpixels may have colors that define a color space, while some other subpixels may have an invisible radiation spectrum band. For example, the display media can allow both overt information (color images) and covert information to be embedded together with high density.
H01L 27/32 - Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate including components using organic materials as the active part, or using a combination of organic materials with other materials as the active part with components specially adapted for light emission, e.g. flat-panel displays using organic light-emitting diodes
H04N 1/00 - Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmissionDetails thereof
G02F 1/1335 - Structural association of cells with optical devices, e.g. polarisers or reflectors
H04N 5/232 - Devices for controlling television cameras, e.g. remote control
G02F 1/133 - Constructional arrangementsOperation of liquid crystal cellsCircuit arrangements
H01L 31/02 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS - Details thereof - Details
G09G 3/34 - Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix by control of light from an independent source
G02B 1/00 - Optical elements characterised by the material of which they are madeOptical coatings for optical elements
A method of authenticating an item with a security mark includes providing a substrate (100); printing the security mark on the substrate with invisible ultraviolet (UV) absorbing ink (102); applying a coating comprised of UV fluorescent varnish (104) over the security mark and substrate; illuminating an area comprising the security mark and coating with UV light; identifying a reduced fluorescence image of the security mark; comparing the reduced fluorescence image with the security mark; and authenticating the item if the reduced fluorescence image matches the security mark.
B42D 25/387 - Special inks absorbing or reflecting ultraviolet light
B42D 25/30 - Identification or security features, e.g. for preventing forgery
G06K 7/12 - Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensingMethods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by corpuscular radiation using a selected wavelength, e.g. to sense red marks and ignore blue marks
G07D 7/12 - Visible light, infrared or ultraviolet radiation
G06K 19/06 - Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings characterised by the kind of the digital marking, e.g. shape, nature, code
The skew angle of a document image is determined or estimated. The skew angle is determined or estimated by examining patterns found within a Fast Fourier Transform of a subset of the document image. This technique exploits the internal structure of the document designs to allow fast and accurate skew angle estimation, including for arbitrary document fragments.
A system of authenticating an item with a security mark includes a substrate (100); wherein the security mark is printed on the substrate with invisible ultraviolet (UV) absorbing ink (102); a coating comprised of UV fluorescent varnish (104) applied over the security mark and substrate; wherein an area comprising the security mark and coating with is illuminated with UV light; wherein a reduced fluorescence image of the security mark is identified; wherein the reduced fluorescence image is compared with the security mark; and wherein the item is authenticated if the reduced fluorescence image matches the security mark.
G06K 19/06 - Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings characterised by the kind of the digital marking, e.g. shape, nature, code
G07D 7/12 - Visible light, infrared or ultraviolet radiation
A system for detecting reproduction of barcodes (12) includes providing a barcode which contains data; providing a copy-evident background (14); capturing an image of the barcode and the copy-evident background; locating and decoding the barcode; detecting copy introduced changes in the copy-evident background; and authenticating the barcode if the copy-evident background has not been copied.
A method for detecting reorigination of barcodes (12) includes providing a multisegment barcode which contains data; capturing an image of the multisegment barcode; locating the barcode in the image; decoding the barcode; detecting individual segments in the multisegment barcode; and authenticating the barcode if the individual segments match the original barcode.
G06K 7/10 - Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensingMethods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by corpuscular radiation
G06K 5/00 - Methods or arrangements for verifying the correctness of markings on a record carrierColumn-detection devices
G06K 7/14 - Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensingMethods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by corpuscular radiation using light without selection of wavelength, e.g. sensing reflected white light
G06K 19/06 - Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings characterised by the kind of the digital marking, e.g. shape, nature, code
A device detects multi-spectral imaging by using scan elements. The device may include an illumination module and a detection module to detect light scattered from an object illuminated by the illumination module. The device may also include an array of light sources to produce light at a plurality of different wavelengths, and create a line of illumination with each of the different wavelengths. The light detection may be applied to authenticate and validate documents, such as banknotes moving along a document conveyer.
A method for authenticating an object that includes providing a label (12) with invisible indicia (14) printed with optically active material on a reflective substrate; providing a device that has a digital camera (18) having a light source (20), an image sensor (22), a first polarizing filter (24) having a first orientation, and a second polarizing filter (26) having a second orientation; illuminating the label with the light from the light source through the first polarizing filter; forming an image with the image sensor using reflected light from the label wherein the reflected light passes through the second polarizing filter prior to reaching the sensor; wherein the second polarizing filter makes the invisible indicia visible; and authenticating the object.
A system for authenticating an object includes a label (12) with invisible indicia (14) on the object which rotates a polarization of incident light; a digital camera (18) having a light source (20), an image sensor (22), a first polarizing filter (24) having a first orientation, and a second polarizing filter (26) having a second orientation orthogonal to the first orientation; illuminating the label with light from the light source through the first linear polarizer; forming an image with the image sensor using reflected light from the label wherein the reflected light passes through the second polarizer prior to reaching the sensor; wherein the second linear polarizer makes the invisible indicia visible; and authenticating the object.
G06K 7/10 - Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensingMethods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by corpuscular radiation
G07D 7/00 - Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of valuable papers or for segregating those which are unacceptable, e.g. banknotes that are alien to a currency
G07D 7/12 - Visible light, infrared or ultraviolet radiation
A method for detecting reproduction of barcodes (12) includes providing a barcode which contains data; providing a copy-evident background (14); capturing an image of the barcode and the copy-evident background; locating and decoding the barcode; detecting copy introduced changes in the copy-evident background; and authenticating the barcode if the copy-evident background has not been copied.
G06K 7/10 - Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensingMethods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by corpuscular radiation
G06K 7/00 - Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers
G06K 19/06 - Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings characterised by the kind of the digital marking, e.g. shape, nature, code
80.
Authentication device with access control and calibration
A method of enabling an authenticating device (10) includes providing an enabling target (17); measuring one or more attributes of the enabling target with the authenticating device; comparing at least one measured attribute with a predetermined expected value; enabling the authenticating device when the at least one measured attribute matches the predetermined expected value; and operating the authenticating device.
A device detects multi-spectral imaging by using scan elements. The device may include an illumination module and a detection module to detect light scattered from an object illuminated by the illumination module. The device may also include an array of light sources to produce light at a plurality of different wavelengths, and create a line of illumination with each of the different wavelengths. The light detection may be applied to authenticate and validate documents, such as banknotes moving along a document conveyer.
At least two luminescent materials are intermingled within a security feature. The materials are selected from among a larger set of luminescent materials each having a different individual exponential decay characteristic (decay constant and initial amplitude response to the degree of excitation) for photo-luminescent emission from the respective material following excitation. The ratio of the decay constants for any two materials is greater than or equal to about 1.5. The selected materials are mixed in one of a plurality of predetermined ratios. The combined emissions from the intermingled materials appear, to an unsophisticated measuring device, to have a single exponential decay constant. Based on measurements for the decay of the combined emissions following excitation, estimates of the individual decay constants and associated initial emission amplitudes allow decoding of the particular combination of materials and/or their ratios to validate the security feature, authenticating the article.
A system for enabling an authenticating device includes an enabling target (17); measuring one or more attributes of the enabling target with the authenticating device; comparing at least one measured attribute with a predetermined expected value; enabling the authenticating device when the at least one measured attribute matches the predetermined expected value; and operating the authenticating device.
A light source is gated ON and OFF in response to a pulsed signal. Photo emissions from the light source are coupled to a material under test. Resonant fluorescent emissions from the material are coupled to a photodiode. Current from the photodiode is coupled into an amplifier system comprising a first and second amplifier stages. The first amplifier stage is gated to a low gain when the light source is turned ON and the gain is increased when the light source goes from ON to OFF. The second amplifier stage has digitally programmable offset and gain settings in response to control signals. The output of the second amplifier stage is digitized by an analog to digital converter. A controller generates the pulse control signal and the control signals.
The skew angle of a document image is determined or estimated. The skew angle is determined or estimated by examining patterns found within a Fast Fourier Transform of a subset of the document image. This technique exploits the internal structure of the document designs to allow fast and accurate skew angle estimation, including for arbitrary document fragments.
Security documents often incorporate optically variable devices to prevent or hinder counterfeiters. Disclosed herein are layered optically variable devices such as color-shift foils, and methods for their production and use. Such devices afford new techniques for a user of a security document to check quickly and easily whether the security document is a legitimate document or a counterfeit copy.
01 - Chemical and biological materials for industrial, scientific and agricultural use
02 - Paints, varnishes, lacquers
05 - Pharmaceutical, veterinary and sanitary products
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
35 - Advertising and business services
39 - Transport, packaging, storage and travel services
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
45 - Legal and security services; personal services for individuals.
Goods & Services
Chemicals, chemical compounds, isotopically labeled
compounds, and biochemicals used as trace additives to
indicate ownership or origin of tagged fluids and materials;
chemical and biochemical additives used to authenticate
goods in the oil and gas, banking, currency, paper, coin and
bank note manufacture, pharmaceutical, alcohol, tobacco,
consumer goods, medical, pharmaceutical, explosives, and
agrochemical industries; chemicals for use in industry,
namely chemical markers for use in industrial oils and
greases, lubricants, fuels, illuminants, gas, natural gas,
and liquefied natural gas. Polychromatic color shifting inks; fluorescent dyes, inks,
and other security coatings; dyes and inks, namely dyes and
inks used in paint; printing inks, coatings, pigments and
dispersions for use on labels, cartons and packaging. Herbicides, pesticides, and fungicides. Computer software for applying anti-counterfeiting and
authentication technologies to customer goods, documents,
product packaging, digitally produced images, and labels for
use in the field of labeling, serialization, tracing, or
tracking of same; computer software for detecting
counterfeits and verifying the authenticity of customer
goods, documents, product packaging, digitally produced
images, and labels; software used for verifying banknote
fitness and bank note authentication; RFID cards; blank and
encoded electronic chip cards for security, access control,
and item and people tracking purposes; computer software for
organization and presentation of data related to marked
chemicals, pharmaceuticals, alcohol, petroleum products,
fuels and oils, product packaging, products labeling,
laboratory analysis of samples for authentication, chain of
custody verification, marker identification and use;
hologram apparatuses, namely, hologram writers, hologram
printers, hologram readers, hologram projectors; holographs,
namely, electronic machines used to apply holographic
overlay and to set up and control holograms and their
verification; integrated circuits for holographic recordings
embedded into plastic cards; magnetically encoded credit
cards; apparatus and instruments for marking and labeling of
products for purposes of product authentication and chain of
custody verification, namely, printers, readers, namely, bar
code and optical readers, and scanners for inks, compounds,
dispersion or polymer concentrates containing marking
compounds; encoded microparticulates, tags, and taggants for
use in the field of labeling, tracing or tracking of
persons, animals, and goods. Business investigations and consultation, namely, providing
investigations and consultation regarding analysis, marker
development, tag development, product labeling, field
sampling, customized reporting; business risk management,
namely, risk analysis of product supply chains, namely, raw
material and finished product distributor and supply chains,
for purposes of anti-counterfeiting, anti-diversion and
anti-product tampering; business management and consulting,
namely, implementation and management of product
authentication and chain of custody programs; and excise tax
recovery services; analysis of revenue lost from
counterfeiting, diversion and product tampering. Consulting services in the field of parcel product delivery
and chain of custody verification thereof. Development of new technology for others in the field of
chemical identification markers; data automation and
collection services, namely, using proprietary software to
evaluate, analyze and collect data; product quality control
sampling; quality control services for certification
purposes relating to product authentication in the chemical,
pharmaceutical, healthcare, alcohol, petroleum, banking,
currency, consumer goods, industrial goods, agrochemicals,
explosives, and tobacco industries; quality control
consulting services in the field of product labeling,
product quality control sampling and laboratory analysis of
samples, all in the field of product tracking, chain of
custody verification and product authentication; scientific
and laboratory services for engineering and product sample
testing for use in anti-counterfeiting, manufacturing,
quality control, and development of new technology for
others in the fields of product markers for purposes of
product authentication and chain of custody verification;
providing consultation in the development of chemical
identification markers; developing chemical identification
markers; design of product authentication and chain of
custody programs. Private investigations and related consulting in connection
with product counterfeiting, diversion, brand degradation
and liability claims; private investigation services,
namely, compiling chain of custody evidence for purposes of
anti-counterfeiting, anti-diversion and anti-product
tampering actions; consulting services, namely, consultation
in the fields of product and document authentication and
tracking, and brand monitoring and protection, to protect
against counterfeiting, tampering, and diversion, and to
ensure the integrity of genuine products and documents
(Terms too vague in the opinion of the International Bureau
- Rule 13(2)(b) of the Common Regulations).
88.
Optically variable devices, their production and use
Security documents often incorporate optically variable devices to prevent or hinder counterfeiters. Disclosed herein are layered optically variable devices such as colour-shift foils that employ a piezoelectric layer, and methods for their production and use. Such devices afford new techniques for a user of a security document to check quickly and easily whether the security document is a legitimate document or a counterfeit copy by placing an electrical potential difference across the security document.
A method for detecting and viewing invisible indicia includes illuminating the invisible indicia with radiation of a first wavelength with an illumination source; detecting emitted light from the invisible indicia at a second wavelength with a sensor array; eliminating reflected radiation at the first wavelength; focusing an image of the invisible indicia on the sensor array; displaying the image of the invisible indicia; spacing the sensor array at a fixed distance from the invisible indicia with a spacer; and adjusting sensitivity of the sensor array.
G06K 7/10 - Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensingMethods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by corpuscular radiation
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
16 - Paper, cardboard and goods made from these materials
Goods & Services
(1) Device consisting of nano-scale holes embedded into a printable substrate creating a visible iridescent image and machine readable image that facilitates authentication, tracking and preventing of falsification of currency, documents and goods.
A method for authenticating security markers includes capturing an image of a region of interest on a product with a camera; storing image data in a two-dimensional array on a microprocessor; counting a number of pixels at or above a predetermined brightness level in the image data with the microprocessor to determine a first score; establishing an area within the image; counting a number of pixels within the area to determine a second score; calculating a ratio of the second score to the first score; and if the ratio is above a predetermined threshold the security marker is authenticated.
A method of eliminating background noise from a system for authenticating security markers includes capturing an image of a background of the security marker; illuminating the security marker; capturing a plurality of images of the optical response of the security marker; averaging the plurality of optical response images; smoothing the background image; and subtracting the smoothed background image from the average of the plurality of optical response images.
A method to deactivate a security measure includes applying a first covert optically active security marker to a product or document; completing a transaction for the product or document; and applying a second optically active security marker to the product or document which indicates completion of the transaction.
G06K 7/10 - Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensingMethods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by corpuscular radiation
G06K 19/06 - Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings characterised by the kind of the digital marking, e.g. shape, nature, code
G08B 13/14 - Mechanical actuation by lifting or attempted removal of hand-portable articles
94.
Image algorithms to reject undesired image features
A method for detecting authorized security markers includes capturing an image of a region of interest on a product with a camera; storing image data in a two-dimensional array on a microprocessor; counting a number of pixels at or above a predetermined brightness level in the image data with the microprocessor to determine a first score; eroding the image data; counting the pixels which remain at or above the predetermined brightness level after erosion to determine a second score; calculating a ratio of the second score to the first score; and producing a first authentication signal if the ratio meets a first predetermined criteria.
An apparatus for eliminating background noise from a security marker authenticating system including a first sensor for capturing an image of a background of the security marker; a light source for illuminating the security marker; the first sensor or a second sensor or both captures a plurality images of the optical response of the security marker; a computer which averages the plurality of optical response images; the computer smoothes the background image; and the computer subtracts the smoothed background image from the average of the plurality of optical response images.
A device detects multi-spectral imaging by using scan elements. The device may include an illumination module and a detection module to detect light scattered from an object illuminated by the illumination module. The device may also include an array of light sources to produce light at a plurality of different wavelengths, and create a line of illumination with each of the different wavelengths. The light detection may be applied to authenticate and validate documents, such as banknotes moving along a document conveyer.
A known amount of marker may be added to a pressurized hydrocarbon fluid, or combined with an additive to form a mixture, and the mixture may be added to a pressurized hydrocarbon fluid. An amount of the marker in the hydrocarbon fluid may be determined. An amount of the additive in the hydrocarbon fluid may be determined based on the amount of the marker in the pressurized hydrocarbon fluid. An inline system may be used for detection of a marker in a pressurized hydrocarbon fluid. The system is fixed in a pressurized hydrocarbon fluid supply line such that pressurized hydrocarbon fluid flowing from a first location to a second location in the supply line passes through the detection system. The hydrocarbon fluid may be a liquid or a gas. The markers may include a variety of optical markers, such as fluorescent markers. Detection of the markers may include, for example, fluorescence detection.
A fluorescence emissions detector includes an electromagnetic radiation source emitting photoemissions towards a target in response to a signal; a detector configured to receive resonant fluorescence emissions from the target, which are in response to the photoemissions, and generate a signal in response thereto; and an amplifier having a first stage receiving the detection signal and a gating signal as a function of the pulsed signal, the gating signal gates the first stage to have an output with a first gain when the electromagnetic radiation source is activated to emit one of the pulsed photoemissions, and a second gain when the electromagnetic radiation source is deactivated. The amplifier second stage receives control signals and the first stage output, the second stage having an output and having a gain and offset responding to the control signals to produce a linear dynamic range for a signal that is an analog of the resonant fluorescence emissions.
G01N 21/27 - ColourSpectral properties, i.e. comparison of effect of material on the light at two or more different wavelengths or wavelength bands using photo-electric detection
A light source is gated ON and OFF in response to a pulsed signal. Photo emissions from the light source are coupled to a material under test. Resonant fluorescent emissions from the material are coupled to a photodiode. Current from the photodiode is coupled into an amplifier system comprising a first and second amplifier stages. The first amplifier stage is gated to a low gain when the light source is turned ON and the gain is increased when the light source goes from ON to OFF. The second amplifier stage has digitally programmable offset and gain settings in response to control signals. The output of the second amplifier stage is digitized by an analog to digital converter. A controller generates the pulse control signal and the control signals.
