Plastic packaging having embedded micro-particle taggants
AssigneeOwens-Illinois HealthCare Packaging Inc.
InventorJohn W. Safian
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Abstract
An improvement to a package is provided that includes a container having a label secured thereto by an adhesive and a closure secured to the container. The improvement is for identifying the package and includes at least one of the container, the adhesive and the closure having a plurality of micro-particle taggants with multiple colored layers to provide a code for identifying the package.
Claims12
A package that includes a container and a closure for securement to said container,
- at least one of said closure and said container being of molded plastic construction and having a plurality of microparticle taggants embedded therein as molded,
- said microparticle taggants having multiple colored layers to provide a code for identifying said package.
A method of making a packaging component that is a closure or a container, which includes the steps of:
- (a) blending with a plastic resin a plurality of microparticle taggants having multiple colored layers, and
- (b) molding said packaging component from said resin such that said microparticle taggants are embedded in said packaging component as molded.
A molded plastic container that includes at least one layer of plastic material and a plurality of microparticle taggants embedded in said at least one layer as molded, said taggants having colored layers to provide a code for identifying the container.
A closure that includes a shell of molded plastic construction and having a plurality of microparticle taggants embedded in said shell as molded, said microparticle taggants including multiple color layers.
A closure that includes a shell of molded plastic construction, a liner disposed within said shell, and a plurality of microparticle taggants having multiple color layers embedded within said shell, or within both said shell and said liner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.