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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8163328 | Compositions for marking objects with DNA and methods for marking and linking an object to its owner The invention can be summarized as follows. There is provided one or more DNA coating compositions that comprise one or more polymer compounds, water, and optionally one or more non-water polar solvents. The DNA coating composition may also comprise DNA. Also provid... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8147900 | Multiple color fluorescence security imprint A method for creating a security mark includes applying a first color fluorescence ink to a substrate and applying a second color fluorescent ink to the substrate is provided. The second color fluorescent ink overlies at least a portion of the substrate where said f... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8119185 | Protective material comprising reversible and irreversible photochemical functional constituents The invention relates to a security material comprising a carrier and at least one photochromic Protein and/or a mutein of a photochromic protein. The security material is characterized in that it comprises at least one irreversible photosensitive layer on the carri... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8067056 | Method for producing tamper-proof identification elements The invention relates to a method for producing tamper-proof identification elements, and to tamper-proof identification elements produced according to said method and consisting respectively of at least one layer (2) reflecting electromagnetic waves (3 | 11/29/2011 |
| 8034398 | Secure tag coding A secure tag coding method and device. The method comprises: providing a first type of secure tag having a first luminescence profile to indicate a first level code; providing a second type of secure tag having a second luminescence profile different from the first ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7939124 | Method of producing an information carrier Methods for producing an information carrier produced by: (1) providing an information carrier precursor comprising a 5 rigid sheet or support; a receiving layer configuration having an image-receiving side and a non-image-receiving side, the receiving layer configu... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7754273 | Method of printing a time-temperature indicator based on azo coupling reactions onto a susbtrate The present invention relates to a method of printing a substrate, comprising (a) printing onto the substrate at least one time temperature indicator with chromic properties based on an azo coupling reaction between a capped diazonium component and a coupling compon... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7455877 | Vehicle identification marking system A method of identifying an object comprising providing an vehicle having on a surface thereof at least one layer of paint, such as a urethane-based paint. A unique alphanumeric identification is applied to the paint layer with a fluorescent material at a selected un... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7449212 | Security document A security document with a security element, wherein the security element includes at least partly a material that is optically changeable by an electric or magnetic field. In addition, a corresponding method for producing such a security document and a test method ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7396557 | Method for forgery-proof labeling of items, and forgery-proof label The invention relates to a method for forgery-proof labeling of items, such as credit cards, bank notes and the like, comprising the following steps: (a) applying, to a first layer (1) that reflects electromagnetic waves, an inert second layer (3) that... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7371851 | Methods of cloning and producing fragment chains with readable information content The present invention provides a method of attaching a fragment of a first nucleic acid molecule to a second nucleic acid molecule using adapters to mediate the binding particularly in methods of cloning, methods of producing fragment chains with a readily readable ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7350716 | Mechanism for ensuring authenticity of written and printed documents A mechanism for ensuring the authenticity of written and printed documents. With the mechanism of the present invention, electronic ink is deposited onto a document, wherein the electronic ink deposited comprises at least one mark visible to a user. Current is appli... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7316790 | Sulfur-containing phosphor powders, methods for making phosphor powders and devices incorporating same Sulfur-containing phosphor powders, methods for making phosphor powders and devices incorporating same. The powders have a small particle size, narrow particle size distribution and are substantially spherical. The method of the invention permits the continuous prod... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7315629 | System and method for authenticating objects using non-visually observable encoded indicia An authentication method comprises providing at least one object having a print region with printed material contained thereon, the print layer comprising a layer of non-visible indicia. At least a portion of the non-visible indicia is formed from an emitting substa... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7312257 | Polymer encapsulation of high aspect ratio materials and methods of making same Embodiments of this invention comprise a pigment comprising one or more substantially spherical-shaped beads, wherein each substantially spherical-shaped bead comprises one or more high aspect ratio particles encapsulated within an encapsulating material. Embodiment... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7300695 | Alignable diffractive pigment flakes Diffractive pigment flakes are selectively aligned to form an image. In one embodiment, flakes having a magnetic layer are shaped to facilitate alignment in a magnetic field. In another embodiment, the flakes include a magnetically discontinuous layer. In a particul... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7300535 | Magnetically readable card and a method of making a magnetically readable card The present invention includes a process for making a magnetically readable card. The process includes providing a polymeric extrudable substrate material and one or more magnetic strips. The substrate is extruded in an extruder. The magnetic strips are aligned and ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7283650 | Method and system for printing of automatically captured facial images augmented with promotional content The present invention is a system and method for printing facial images of people, captured automatically from a sequence of images, onto coupons or any promotional printed material, such as postcards, stamps, promotional brochures, or tickets for movies or shows. T... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7279118 | Compositions of matter and barrier layer compositions In one aspect, the invention encompasses a semiconductor processing method wherein a conductive copper-containing material is formed over a semiconductive substrate and a second material is formed proximate the conductive material. A barrier layer is formed between ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7270713 | Tunable gas distribution plate assembly A gas distribution plate assembly and a method for distributing gas in a processing chamber are provided. In one embodiment, a gas distribution plate assembly includes a tuning plate coupled to a diffuser plate. The tuning plate has a plurality of orifice holes form... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7260239 | Information processing method and information processor An information hiding system such as a digital-watermark information system has an embedding side and an extracting side for recognizing an identical character string in which digital-watermark information is embedded, and the extracting side reliably extracts all d... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7258915 | Flake for covert security applications Covert flakes having one or more symbols and/or a selected shape are used in a composition, such as ink or paint, to provide a covert security feature to an object. In some embodiments the composition includes base pigment, and the covert flakes are covert pigment f... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7245369 | Spectroscopic apparatus using spectrum narrowed and stabilized laser with Bragg grating An apparatus for measuring properties of physical matters by means of Raman spectroscopy including a laser element, a wavelength dispersion element, an array or single element detector, and a control and data processing unit. The laser element, which is used to exci... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7241489 | Opaque flake for covert security applications Opaque flakes, such as pigment or bright flake used in paints and inks, have a selected shape and/or other indicia to provide a covert security feature to an object. In some embodiments the composition includes base pigment, and the opaque covert flakes match the vi... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7238424 | All-dielectric optically variable pigments The light transmitted and reflected by all-dielectric optically variable pigments varies according to viewing angle. The color travel of an all-dielectric optically variable pigment depends on amplitude changes and wavelength shifts in reflectance peaks of the pigme... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7208805 | Structures comprising a layer free of nitrogen between silicon nitride and photoresist The invention includes a semiconductor processing method. A first material comprising silicon and nitrogen is formed. A second material is formed over the first material, and the second material comprises silicon and less nitrogen, by atom percent, than the first ma... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7200460 | Method of depositing low dielectric constant silicon carbide layers A method of forming a silicon carbide layer for use in integrated circuits is provided. The silicon carbide layer is formed by reacting a gas mixture comprising a silicon source, a carbon source, and a nitrogen source in the presence of an electric field. The as-dep... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7195689 | Double-sided labels and methods of manufacture and use The invention generally relates to double-sided labels and methods of manufacture and use. More specifically, the invention relates to labels that include printed information on their front and back sides. The labels also include a detachable portion, which includes... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7192471 | Aryl-ureido benzoxazinone compounds Fluorescent pigment compounds comprising aryl-ureido benzoxazinone compounds of the general formula (I): wherein R1 is an substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, R2 and R3 are ea... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7188776 | Method and device for personalizing luminescent marks of authenticity A method and device for personalizing the luminescent authenticity features on data carrier, in particular plastic cards. The luminescent authenticity feature being applied to or incorporated in a composite card and the authenticity feature is personalized with a hi... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7188258 | Method and apparatus for producing duplication- and imitation-resistant identifying marks on objects, and duplication- and duplication- and imitation-resistant objects A method (and system) for guaranteeing authenticity of an object, includes providing a sample of material obtainable only by at least one of chemical and physical processes such that the sample is random and not reproducible, associating a number reproducibly to the... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7175086 | Authentication system, data device, and methods for using the same An authentication system may comprise: a first light source, a second light source, and at least three optically filtered light sensing devices. The first light source can have a first light source spectral distribution and can be capable of providing sufficient exc... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7173949 | Laser effects and laser devices A glass fiber (22) has a core (24) provided with Raman laser effect particles (28) embedded in a glass matrix (30), with glass cladding (26) around the core. The refractive index of the glass matrix (30) is matched to that o... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7169615 | Method of authenticating polymers, authenticatable polymers, methods of making authenticatable polymers and authenticatable articles, and articles made there from Disclosed is a method of authenticating that a test polymer is an authenticatable polymer, wherein the authenticatable polymer has an authentication signal and comprises a substrate polymer and an optically variable tag, the optically variable tag having a fluoresce... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7169415 | System for preserving fresh meat products A method for preserving a food product, such as meat, comprising the steps of inoculating meat with an effective amount of euhygienic non-pathogenic, non-spoilage bacteria in order to competitively inhibit the growth of undesired pathogenic and spoilage bacteria. Ed... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7149006 | Scanner lid white board This invention relates to scanner lids that can be removed from the scanner and utilized as a white board. After the desired markings have been placed upon the lid/white board, the lid/white board is placed back upon the scanner and the desired markings are scanned ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7147889 | Organic photochromic compositions of improved kinetic performance Described are imbibition compositions that incorporate kinetic enhancing additive(s) into photochromic polymeric host material. Kinetic enhancing additives include organic polyol(s), epoxy-containing compound(s) or a mixture thereof that improves the performance of ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7128948 | Sprayed preforms for forming structural members A preform and method for forming preforms and structural members are provided. The preform can be formed by cold spraying a structural material onto a base member, such that the preform has dimensions approximating the dimensions of the machined structural member to... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7115301 | Method of marking solid or liquid substances with nucleic acid for anti-counterfeiting and authentication A method of marking a solid article or substance includes the steps of dissolving a water-insoluble medium in a first solvent to form a first mixture, mixing a nucleic acid solution with an intermediate solution to form a second mixture, mixing the second mixture wi... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7108183 | Verification system for the purchase of a retail item and method of using same The present invention provides a system and method for the verification of the purchase of a retail item wherein an encoding device provides a machine-readable post-purchase indicia on the label for a retail item at the point of sale of the retail item. When a custo... | 09/19/2006 |
