Provenance tracking using genetic material
AssigneeIntertrust Technologies Corporation
InventorJarl Nilsson
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Abstract
Systems and methods for provenance tracking and/or identification of a product using genetic material are claimed. In various embodiments, genetic material such as plasmids may be incorporated into and/or otherwise persistently associated with a product. The genetic material may be encoded with, among other things, information that may uniquely identify the product, provide details relating to the origins of the product, the handling, distribution, and/or chain of custody of the product, intellectual property rights and/or other rights associated with the product, and/or the like. By extracting and analyzing the genetic material from the product, information encoded in the genetic material may be obtained by an interested party.
Claims20
A method for securely associating information with a product, the method comprising:
- generating initial product information associated with the product;
- electronically associating the initial product information with tag information, the tag information being encoded in genetic material included in a genetic tag, the genetic material comprising at least one of a plasmid and a bacterium;
- transmitting the electronically associated initial product information and tag information to a remote trusted authority system for storage;
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- depositing the genetic tag on the product using a genetic material deposition device.
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