Systems and methods for product authentication
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1. A system for product authentication, comprising:
- a) a population of entities which comprises at least two distinct clusters of entities having detectable counts or relative counts of entities per cluster;
wherein a signature array of said population encodes a product authentication code;
b) a measurement system capable of measuring the signature array of said population of entities; and
c) a means for analyzing said signature array and correlating the measured signature array with the product authentication code
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Abstract
The present invention relates to both systems and methods for product authentication. A system used herein, for example, comprises a population of entities which comprises at least two distinct clusters of entities having detectable counts or relative counts of entities per cluster; a measurement system capable of measuring a signature array of said population of entities; and a means for analyzing said signature array. The methods involve the systems of the invention for authenticating a given product.
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36 Claims
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1. A system for product authentication, comprising:
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a) a population of entities which comprises at least two distinct clusters of entities having detectable counts or relative counts of entities per cluster;
wherein a signature array of said population encodes a product authentication code;
b) a measurement system capable of measuring the signature array of said population of entities; and
c) a means for analyzing said signature array and correlating the measured signature array with the product authentication code - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A kit for product authentication, comprising:
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a) a population of entities which comprises at least two distinct clusters of entities having detectable counts or relative counts of entities per cluster, wherein a signature array of said population encodes a product authentication code; and
b) an instruction on how to use the population of entities for product authentication. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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26. A system for product authentication, said system is used to detect the presence of a signature array of a population of entities, wherein said population of entities is associated with a product, and wherein said system comprises:
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a) a measurement system capable of measuring the signature array of said population of entities; and
b) a means for analyzing and correlating the measured signature array with the product authentication code. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28)
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29. A method for authenticating a product, comprising the steps of:
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a) associating the product with a populations of entities, wherein the population comprises at least two distinct clusters of entities having counts or relative counts of entities per cluster, wherein a signature array of said population encodes a product authentication code;
b) measuring the signature array of the population of entities that is associated with the product; and
c) analyzing and correlating the measured signature array with the product authentication code. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A method for product authentication, said method being used to detect the presence of a signature array of a population of entities that encodes a product authentication code, wherein said population is associated with a product, and wherein said method comprises:
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a) using a measurement system to measure the signature array of said population of entities; and
b) using a means to analyze said signature array and correlate the measured signature array with the product authentication code. - View Dependent Claims (36)
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