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US 12,223,388 B2Granted
Serialized artificial insemination straws and systems and methods of authentication
AssigneeInguran, LLC
InventorThomas B. Gilligan
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Abstract
The invention provides serialized artificial insemination straws, as well as systems and methods for authentication of the serialized artificial insemination straws.
Claims12
An artificial insemination (AI) straw comprising a barcode, wherein the barcode encodes a serial number comprising:
- a first set of characters comprising a Standardized Marketing Code (SMC);
- a second set of characters comprising a Print Run Number (PRN), wherein the PRN is randomly selected from a list of PRNs assigned to the SMC;
- and
- a third set of characters comprising a random tag (R-TAG),
- a concatemer of the first set of characters and the second set of characters constituting an SMC-PRN combination.
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A method of authenticating a serial number in a barcode on an AI artificial insemination (AI) straw comprising:
- generating a list of valid Verification Numbers (VNs) VNs or valid Transaction and Exchange Numbers (TENs);
- providing an algorithm for calculating a VN, or calculating a TEN, from the serial number, wherein the serial number comprises a first set of characters comprising a Standardized Marketing Code (SMC);
- a second set of characters comprising a Print Run Number (PRN) wherein the PRN is randomly selected from a list of PRNs assigned to the SMC;
- and a third set of characters comprising a random tag (R-TAG);
- comparing a calculated VN to the list of valid VNs or comparing a calculated TEN to the list of valid TENS;
- and
- determining whether the calculated VN matches one of the valid VNs or whether the calculated TEN matches one of the valid TENs.
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