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US 6,226,619 B1Granted
Method and system for preventing counterfeiting of high price wholesale and retail items
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsArnold Halperin, Paul Andrew Moskowitz, Alejandro Gabriel Schrott, Charles P. Tresser, Robert Jacob von Gutfeld
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Abstract
A method and system for preventing counterfeiting of an item, include an interrogatable tag attached to the item. The item includes visible indicia for comparison with secret, non-duplicable information stored in the tag designating authenticity.
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A system for preventing counterfeiting of an item, comprising:
- an interrogatable radio frequency identification (RFID) tag attached to the item for being interrogated,
- wherein said item includes visible indicia for comparison with secret, non-duplicable information stored in said tag designating authenticity, and said item includes a label, and
- wherein said tag is concealed from a user and is attached to a side of said label opposite said user when viewing said label, said label including first and second portions and the tag being attached to one of said first and second portions.
A counterfeit indicator for attachment to a retail item, including:
- an interrogatable radio frequency identification (RFID) tag attached to the item,
- wherein said item includes indicia visible by a purchaser of the item, for comparison with a secret non-duplicable information held in said tag, and said item includes a label, and
- wherein said tag is concealed from a user and is attached to a side of said label opposite said user when viewing said label, said label including first and second portions and the tag being attached to one of said first and second portion.
A counterfeit indicator for attachment to a retail item, including:
- an item tag attached to the item and including a cover label with predetermined indicia thereon;
- and
- an interrogatable radio frequency identification (RFID) tag obscured by said cover label,
- wherein said tag is disabled after interrogation of said tag is performed, and
- wherein said tag is attached to a side of said label opposite said user when viewing said label, said label including first and second portions and the tag being attached to one of said fist and second portions.
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A method for preventing counterfeiting of an item, comprising:
- attaching an interrogatable radio frequency identification (RFID) tag to the item, said tag storing therein secret, non-duplicable information;
- providing, in advance, said item with visible indicia;
- and
- comparing said visible indicia with said secret, non-duplicable information stored in said tag designating authenticity, wherein said item includes a label, and
- wherein said tag is concealed from a user and is attached to a side of said label opposite said user when viewing said label, said label including first and second portions and the tag being attached to one of said first and second portions.
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