Method for authentication of pharmaceutical products
First Claim
1. A method for authenticating a pharmaceutical product, the pharmaceutical product being associated with packaging having disposed thereon or therein coded data including a number of coded data portions, each coded data portion being indicative of an identity of the pharmaceutical product and at least part of a signature, the signature being a digital signature of at least part of the identity and being encoded within a plurality of coded data portions, wherein the method includes:
- in a sensing device;
sensing at least one coded data portion; and
,generating, using the sensed coded data portion, indicating data indicative of;
the identity; and
,the at least one signature part;
in a processor;
determining, from the indicating data;
a determined identity; and
,at least one determined signature part;
authenticating the pharmaceutical product using the determined identity andthe at least one determined signature part,wherein the coded data includes a plurality of layouts, each layout defining the position of a plurality of first symbols encoding the identity, and a plurality of second symbols defining at least part of the signature.
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Abstract
A method for authenticating a pharmaceutical product, the pharmaceutical product being associated with packaging having disposed thereon or therein coded data including a number of coded data portions, each coded data portion being indicative of an identity of the pharmaceutical product and at least part of a digital signature of at least part of the identity. The method includes, using a sensing device to sense at least one coded data portion. A processor then determines the identity at least one determined signature part, and uses these to authenticate the pharmaceutical product.
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1. A method for authenticating a pharmaceutical product, the pharmaceutical product being associated with packaging having disposed thereon or therein coded data including a number of coded data portions, each coded data portion being indicative of an identity of the pharmaceutical product and at least part of a signature, the signature being a digital signature of at least part of the identity and being encoded within a plurality of coded data portions, wherein the method includes:
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in a sensing device; sensing at least one coded data portion; and
,generating, using the sensed coded data portion, indicating data indicative of; the identity; and
,the at least one signature part; in a processor; determining, from the indicating data; a determined identity; and
,at least one determined signature part; authenticating the pharmaceutical product using the determined identity and the at least one determined signature part, wherein the coded data includes a plurality of layouts, each layout defining the position of a plurality of first symbols encoding the identity, and a plurality of second symbols defining at least part of the signature. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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