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US 2011/0079571 A1Published application
"tamper-resistant microchip assembly"
AssigneeWine Father LLC
InventorSteven Puccini
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Abstract
The present invention generally relates to a tamper-resistant microchip assembly which may be used to, for example, confirm the authenticity of the source of a product. The tamper-resistant microchip assembly may further contain information related to the origin of the product, vintage, bottle size, geographic origin, age and/or other characteristics of the product. The tamper-resistant microchip assembly is particularly suitable for use with, for example, the production and distribution of wine.
Claims7
1) A cork for wine bottles and like comprising:
- a generally cylindrical cork having a closed top surface having a surface area, a closed bottom surface, a generally cylindrical side wall and an interior;
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- a generally circular microchip unit having a top surface having a surface area, a bottom surface, a height, and a diameter and wherein said generally circular microchip unit contains a microchip electrically connected to an antenna and wherein said generally circular microchip unit is entirely contained within the interior of the cork and wherein said top surface of said microchip unit is substantially parallel to said top surface of the cork.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.