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 associated with a product;
b) a measurement system capable of measuring the signature array of said population of entities, said measuring including classifying the population of entities into at least two distinct clusters of entities and measuring the count of entities per cluster; 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 associated with a product;b) a measurement system capable of measuring the signature array of said population of entities, said measuring including classifying the population of entities into at least two distinct clusters of entities and measuring the count of entities per cluster; 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; b) a measurement system capable of measuring the signature array of said population of entities, said measuring including classifying the population of entities into at least two distinct clusters of entities and measuring the count of entities per cluster; and c) an instruction on how to use the population of entities to create a coded product 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, said measuring including classifying the population of entities into at least two distinct clusters of entities and measuring the count of entities per cluster; 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 population of entities to create a coded product, 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 coded product, said measuring including classifying the population of entities into at least two distinct clusters of entities and measuring the count of entities per cluster; and c) analyzing and correlating the measured signature array of the coded product 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 to create a coded 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 of said coded product, said measuring including classifying the population of entities into at least two distinct clusters of entities and measuring the count of entities per cluster; and b) using a means to analyze said signature array of said coded product and correlate the measured signature array with the product authentication code. - View Dependent Claims (36)
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