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US 2012/0069119 A1Published application
Marking Verification System
AssigneeTriune IP LLC
InventorsRoss Teggatz, Wayne Chen
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Abstract
A marking system and related methods are disclosed in which a micromark having optically readable characteristics and electronically readable characteristics is made on a selected object. The optically and electronically readable characteristics of the micromark contain corresponding data. Preferred embodiments of the invention include non-volatile memory for storing duplicate data.
Claims26
A marking system comprising:
- a micromark having optically readable characteristics and electronically readable characteristics, wherein the optically and electronically readable characteristics contain corresponding data and reside on the same object.
A marking method comprising the steps of:
- inscribing a micromark on an object, the micromark having optically readable characteristics and electronically readable characteristics, wherein the optically and electronically readable characteristics contain corresponding information.
A micromark comprising:
- a matrix;
- the matrix further comprising optically readable features and electronically readable non-volatile memory;
- whereby data stored in the matrix may be read optically and electronically.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.