Patent · US Expired

Method of identification of a product for the purpose of preventing fraud and device for carrying out this method

US5003612A · kind A · utility

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8Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 4, 1988
Grant dateMar 26, 1991
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Expiry dateOct 4, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06K15/1835
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

This method consists in introducing a programmed defect at the writing level; the defect will be detected at the reading level by means of a key corresponding to the writing control algorithm which is known only to the user.

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