Method for authenticating a textile product and a thread and a woven label usable therewith
AssigneeNocopi Technologies, Inc.
InventorsArshavir Gundjian, Abraham Kuruvilla
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Abstract
A method for authenticating a textile product, wherein a colorless composition is applied to at least one portion of at least one thread of the textile product. The composition comprises one of a pair of a colorformer and an activator which react when mixed to produce a spectral response. The textile product is authenticated as genuine by applying the other of the pair of the colorformer and activator to at least one portion of the at least one thread to produce the spectral response. The textile product may be a thread or a woven label.
Claims36
A label for authenticating the genuineness of a textile product attached thereto, comprising:
- a woven substrate of threads;
- and a colorless composition applied to at least one portion of at least one thread of the substrate, wherein the composition comprises at lease one of a pair of a colorformer and an activator which react when mixed to produce a spectral response indicating that the label and therefore the attached textile produce is genuine and wherein both of the pair are in intimate physical proximity in the colorless composition and prevented from reacting until at least one of heat and pressure is applied thereto.
A thread for authenticating the genuineness of a textile product produced therefrom, comprising:
- a colorless composition applied to at least one portion thereof, wherein the composition comprises at least one of a pair of colorformer and an activator which react when mixed to produce a spectral response indicating that the textile produce is genuine and wherein both of the pair are in intimate physical proximity in the colorless composition and prevented from reacting until at least one of heat and pressure is applied thereto.
A label for authenticating the genuineness of a textile product attached thereto, comprising:
- a woven substrate of threads;
- and a colorless composition applied to at least one portion of at least one thread of the substrate, wherein the composition comprises at least one of a pair of a colorformer and an activator which react when mixed in the presence of a solvent to produce a spectral response indicating that the label and therefore the attached textile product is genuine.
A thread for authenticating the genuineness of a textile product produced therefrom, comprising:
- a colorless composition applied to at least one portion thereof, wherein the composition comprises at least one of a pair of a colorformer and an activator which react when mixed in the presence of a solvent to produce a spectral response indicating that the textile product is genuine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.