Method and apparatus for producing duplication- and imitation-resistant identifying marks on objects, and duplication- and duplication- and imitation-resistant objects
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1. A method of guaranteeing authenticity of an object that includes or has attached thereto at least one of a chip with a recording support and another recording support, said method comprising:
- attaching to said object a first sample of material obtainable by at least one of a chemical process and a physical process having a characteristic that samples generated by said process are random and non-reproducible, said first sample being associated with a first number obtained by reading said first sample using a first reader of a specific sort;
recording, on at least one of said recording supports, at said time of production, in an exactly readable way, a representation of said first number so that said first number can be checked against a later reading made with any reader of said specific sort at each time of verification of said object, thereby providing a first verification that verifies that a sample being read at said verification of said object is indeed said first sample; and
forming, at said time of production, at least one encrypted version of said first number, at least one of said encrypted versions of said first number being also recorded in an exactly readable way on said object at said time of production, said at least one encrypted version of said first number being obtained by a method from public key cryptography, said recording of said at least one encrypted version thereby providing a second verification that verifies at said verification that said encrypted version of said first number was generated by an authorized party,wherein information concerning said public key cryptography method is available so that said second verification can be made by anyone of an intended public and said first number is recorded as an unencrypted number.
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Abstract
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 sample by using a specific reader, and forming at least one coded version of the number, the at least one coded version being obtained by a key signature, and the version being recorded into an area of the object.
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1. A method of guaranteeing authenticity of an object that includes or has attached thereto at least one of a chip with a recording support and another recording support, said method comprising:
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attaching to said object a first sample of material obtainable by at least one of a chemical process and a physical process having a characteristic that samples generated by said process are random and non-reproducible, said first sample being associated with a first number obtained by reading said first sample using a first reader of a specific sort; recording, on at least one of said recording supports, at said time of production, in an exactly readable way, a representation of said first number so that said first number can be checked against a later reading made with any reader of said specific sort at each time of verification of said object, thereby providing a first verification that verifies that a sample being read at said verification of said object is indeed said first sample; and forming, at said time of production, at least one encrypted version of said first number, at least one of said encrypted versions of said first number being also recorded in an exactly readable way on said object at said time of production, said at least one encrypted version of said first number being obtained by a method from public key cryptography, said recording of said at least one encrypted version thereby providing a second verification that verifies at said verification that said encrypted version of said first number was generated by an authorized party, wherein information concerning said public key cryptography method is available so that said second verification can be made by anyone of an intended public and said first number is recorded as an unencrypted number. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A method of guaranteeing authenticity of an object, said object including at least one of a chip having a first recording support and a second recording support, said method comprising:
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providing a sample of material obtainable only by at least one of chemical and physical processes such that a measurable characteristic of said sample is random and not reproducible and affixing said sample to said object; using a reader to take a measurement of said characteristic of said sample, said measurement becoming a number reproducibly associated to said sample; and to allow for sample-reader combinations such that the number associated to said sample is not exactly reproducible at a time of verification, recording said number as an unencrypted number read by said reader on said object on at least one of said first recording support and said second recording support, wherein said process provides a sale that degenerates over time in a manner that can be measured and said number is recorded on said object along with a time stamp when said reading occurs, and wherein a subsequent reading of said sample is used to determine whether a negative-degeneration has occurred for said sample, said negative-degeneration indicating that a tampering has occurred to said sample.
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