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Use of 3D printing for anticounterfeiting

  • US 20160375676A1
  • Filed: 01/26/2015
  • Published: 12/29/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2014
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An article of manufacture created by means of additive manufacturing, the article comprising:

  • a body of first material amassed by means of additive manufacturing, said body of first material providing a shaped structure upon which thin layers may be put into place;

    a patch of second material put into place by means of additive manufacturing at a respective predetermined location on the body of first material, said patch of second material having a thickness and an area, said second material spectroscopically active when stimulated by a respective electromagnetic stimulation;

    a patch of third material put into place by means of additive manufacturing, the patch of third material covering the patch of second material, said patch of third material having a thickness, said third material at least somewhat transparent to the spectroscopic activity of the second material.

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