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US 2022/0335169 A1Published application
Frangible security device
AssigneeTetramer Technologies, LLC
InventorsJeffrey R. DiMaio, Zachary Hunt, Yanina Breakiron, Baris Kokuoz, Bogdan Zdyrko, Michael A. Schreuder, Stephen D. Hudson
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Abstract
The present disclosure pertains to a tamper indicating security device, which indicates unauthorized duplication of and/or access to a variety of secure documents, technologies, products, and/or protected volumes.
Claims18
An authentication device comprising:
- a frame;
- an internal reservoir disposed within the frame;
- an uncured polymer or monomer disposed within the internal reservoir, wherein the polymer becomes frangible upon being cured;
- and
- at least one end of a security loop disposed within the polymer.
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A method of creating an authentication device comprising;
- forming a container for an uncured polymer;
- inserting at least one end of a security device through a wall of the container and into the uncured polymer;
- curing the polymer;
- and
- wherein curing of the polymer results in the polymer cracking and forming a frangible three-dimensional pattern in the cured polymer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.