Patent · US Expired

Marking of products to establish identity, source and fate

US5942444A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 27, 1997
Grant dateAug 24, 1999
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Expiry dateJan 27, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T436/10
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In general, the invention features a method of marking a product for identification in which a marker, composed of a print molecule, print molecule analogue, or molecularly imprinted molecule, are added to the product and subsequently measured in a specific binding assay.

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