WO2010102032A2 - Authentification de produit utilisant une intégration de technologie et de service - Google Patents

Authentification de produit utilisant une intégration de technologie et de service Download PDF

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WO2010102032A2
WO2010102032A2 PCT/US2010/026087 US2010026087W WO2010102032A2 WO 2010102032 A2 WO2010102032 A2 WO 2010102032A2 US 2010026087 W US2010026087 W US 2010026087W WO 2010102032 A2 WO2010102032 A2 WO 2010102032A2
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Michael W. Hucks
Pauline E. Leary
Peter K. Littlefield
Shannon M. Richard
David Sullivan
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  • This invention is related in general to the field of product authentication.
  • a method of performing product authentication comprising: a) incorporating a marker with the product to be distributed in commerce; b) obtaining a product in the field; c) performing an in-the-field authentication test of the product obtained in the field; d) if the product obtained in the field is determined to be authentic, determining if further authentication testing of the product obtained in the field is required, and if so, sending the product obtained in the field to a laboratory for further authentication testing, and if further authentication test of the product obtained in the field is not required, providing a report to a product owner that the product obtained in the field is authentic; and e) if the product obtained in the field is determined to not be authentic, providing a report to a product owner that the product obtained in the field is not authentic.
  • the step of incorporating is selected from the group consisting of affixing the marker to the product, admixing the marker with a material of the product, and applying the marker to the surface of the product.
  • (e) further comprises sending the product obtained in the field to an authentication laboratory for confirmation of authenticity determination.
  • the marker is a covert marker.
  • (a) further comprises verifying detection in the product to be distributed in commerce.
  • the in- the-field authentication test of the product obtained includes a visual test using a microscope to magnify at least a portion of the product obtained in the field.
  • the further authentication test performed in the laboratory includes at least one chemical test performed on the product obtained in the field.
  • At least one chemical test includes at least one of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, ion mobility spectrometry , one or more polymer composite sensors, one or more nanocomposite sensors, gas chromatography, mass spectrometry, and x-ray testing.
  • step (c) comprises: cl) accessing a help site to obtain assistance to perform the in-the-field authentication test.
  • a system for authenticating a product obtained in the field comprising: a field authentication unit that includes a microscope to determine whether or not a marker exists on and/or in the product obtained in the field and if the marker, if found, is authentic; and a communications interface that provides communications between a user of the field authentication unit and a help site located remotely from where the field authentication unit is located, for assisting the user in performing an authentication test in the field.
  • a laboratory authentication unit that includes a chemical analyzer to determine whether or not the marker that exists on and/or in the product obtained in the field matches chemical features of an authentic maker.
  • the communications interface is a wireless communications interface that provides a telephone connection to the help site.
  • the communications interface is a wireless communications interface that provides an internet connection to the help site.
  • the marker is a covert marker.
  • a computer-readable medium embodying a computer program product for providing product authentication
  • the computer program product when executed by a computer or a microprocessor, causing the computer or the microprocessor to perform the steps of: a) providing information for use in incorporating the marker on and/or in the product to be distributed in commerce; b) receiving data on a product obtained in the field; c) initiating an in-the-field authentication test of the product obtained in the field; d) if the product obtained in the field is determined to be authentic, determining if further authentication testing of the product obtained in the field is required, and if so, instructing an operator to send the product obtained in the field to a laboratory for further authentication testing, and if further authentication test of the product obtained in the field is not required, providing a report indicating that the product obtained in the field is authentic; and e) if the product obtained in the field is determined to not be authentic, providing a report indicating that the product obtained in the field is not authentic.
  • step (e) further comprises instructing the user to send the product obtained in the field to an authentication laboratory for confirmation of authenticity determination.
  • step a further comprises verifying detection in the product to be distributed in commerce.
  • the in-the-field authentication test of the product obtained includes a visual test using a microscope to magnify at least a portion of the product obtained in the field.
  • the further authentication test performed in the laboratory includes at least one chemical test performed on the product obtained in the field.
  • At least one chemical test includes at least one of Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, ion mobility spectrometry, one or more polymer composite sensors, one or more nanocomposite sensors, gas chromatography, mass spectrometry, and x-ray testing.
  • step (d) comprises: dl) accessing a help site to obtain assistance to perform the in-the-field authentication test.
  • Figure 1 is a flow chart of a method of authenticating a product, in accordance with the first embodiment.
  • Figure 2 is a drawing showing a field analyzer that can be used to authenticate a product in the field, in accordance with the first embodiment.
  • Figure 3 is a drawing showing a laboratory authentication unit that can be used to authenticate a product in a laboratory, in accordance with the first embodiment.
  • Figure 4 is a flow chart of a field detection procedure that can be utilized to authenticate a product in accordance with the first embodiment.
  • FIG. 5 is a block diagram of an authentication system in accordance with the first embodiment.
  • a and “an” can mean “one or more than one.” For example, if a device is described as having a feature X, the device may have one or more of feature X.
  • the first embodiment is directed to a customized brand-management and product authentication system and method that protect a company's intellectual property and/or brand-recognized property.
  • the first embodiment provides a multi- faceted and dynamic solution to countering counterfeiting and piracy, and can allow a brand owner to stay one step ahead of counterfeiters and other infringers of one's intellectual property.
  • information-laden markers are designed, manufactured and scientifically tested to ensure operability. The markers can be covert. The markers can then be incorporated into a company's finished product, to provide an authentication tag for the product.
  • the markers can include any suitable visual identifier, including, for example, an image, a bar code, one or more letters, a word, or a symbol. Any suitable marker can be used, such as, for example, markers made by ⁇ Mark, Inc.
  • the markers also can include an additional identifier such as, for example, a chemical identifier.
  • Any suitable chemical identifier can be used, such as, for example, a chemical compound capable of being detected and identified using any appropriate detection method, including, for example, infrared, Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, ion mobility spectrometry (IMS), gas chromatography, mass spectrometry, one or more polymer composite sensors, one ore more nanocomposite sensors, sensor arrays, and/or x-ray methods.
  • FT-IR Fourier-transform infrared
  • Raman spectroscopy Raman spectroscopy
  • IMS ion mobility spectrometry
  • gas chromatography mass spectrometry
  • Markers can include multiple identifiers, such as, for example, a letter, a word, an image, specific colors, and/or a chemical with a known spectroscopic or other chemical signature. Both the chemistry and the labeling provide manufacturing and distribution information only known to select parties, including the product owner and, optionally, a product authentication support service, regarding the date and place of manufacture of these tablets as well as other lot-specific information. These markers can be easily observed and characterized using detection instrumentation with an authentication support service that allows a user in the field to contact specialists in order to obtain assistance in authenticating a product found in the field. The markers can be made so small as to be invisible to the naked eye, to make them more difficult to copy by infringers.
  • a company pays for a certain amount of calls to the authentication support service over a particular period of time and the company would pay a fixed cost on a per-call basis for calls made in excess of their subscription limit.
  • a company could pay for unlimited support or support on a per-call basis.
  • a secondary identifier can be used in a marker.
  • the material used to generate an image on a product also can include a chemical having a known spectrum.
  • the fraudulent marker could be identified based on a secondary chemical identifier.
  • Infrared microspectroscopy is one of a variety of different instrumental methods that can be used to detect and identify markers using infrared detection in accordance with the first embodiment. Marker design and chemistry can be relatively simple or complex, and can be tailored based on regulatory requirements, product type, cost concerns or sophistication of counterfeiting in a given industry.
  • markers physical authentication can be used to authenticate the markers and the product on which the markers are embedded.
  • High-powered microscopes can be used to obtain these images, whereby such devices are provided on equipment used to authenticate products in accordance with a first embodiment, to be explained in detail below.
  • a method according to the first embodiment is shown in Figure 1.
  • a first step 510 markers are designed and manufactured.
  • the markers are incorporated into a raw material, product, packaging, shipping containers or documentation during manufacture and shipment of the product.
  • a third step 530 a database containing information with respect to creation and maintenance of aspects of the physical and chemical properties of the markers and the branded product (that is, the product with the marker embedded therein) is created.
  • markers are detected in the field, and compared with information stored in the database at an in-the-field detection level, in order to authenticate the product.
  • the product obtained in the field is shipped to a laboratory, in order to perform more definitive authentication tests on the product.
  • the results of the authentication tests performed at the laboratory can be provided to the brand owner (e.g., via the internet and/or via a telephone call).
  • the techniques used to brand a product by providing a marker on the product can be capable of meeting admissibility-of-evidence requirements in court, in case a law suit needs to be filed at a later time against a counterfeiter.
  • This can involve integration of markers along with an interactive detection capability, to thereby provide a robust authentication system and method.
  • the embodiment can provide the capability to perform product authentication using chemical and physical identification methods, whereby databases of physical and chemical properties can be accessible in the field to determine product authenticity, and whereby additional authentication at a laboratory also can be used to supplement the authentication results obtained in the field.
  • Markers can be designed and prepared for a brand owner periodically, such as on a monthly basis, whereby these markers can be in a state of continual redesign based upon the brand owner's requirements and to stay ahead of a smart counterfeiter. Properties of these markers can be chemically and physically measured and stored in a database, whereby the markers are then implanted into the branded product. [0025] When authenticity information is desired, field or laboratory-based instruments can be used to determine whether a product obtained in the field (e.g., a product purchased at a retail store) contains the markers designed and prepared for the brand owner.
  • the instrumentation that can be used to analyze the markers can be integrated with the database of physical and chemical properties, whereby this integration may be by either having a memory space in an in-the-field product capable of storing such information, or having the in-the-field product access the database of physical and chemical properties of markers via the internet, a Local Area Network (LAN), a Wide Area Network (WAN), or by direct contact with authentication support service.
  • the contents of the database may or may not be visible and/or known to the end user, i.e., the end user may simply get a yes/no response about whether the product is authentic.
  • the user in the field also can interface directly with laboratory staff using an authentication support service, to assist in the product authentication process. This interface can be via the internet and/or via a telephone call, for example.
  • the authentication support service can be available at all times of the day and week.
  • the markers to be utilized for that brand owner's products can be either just simple visual detection markers, such as, for example, an image, word, or one or more letters, or more complex markers.
  • a field-based analysis can be performed using equipment in the field to determine the authenticity of a product in question.
  • authenticity support service can be provided to the brand owner, so that the brand owner can contact laboratory staff for assistance during or after a field-based detection test of a product.
  • laboratory analysis of a product can be performed by transferring the product to a laboratory, so that more detailed and complex authentication tests can be performed on the marker incorporated in the product obtained in the field.
  • FIG. 2 is a drawing showing a field analyzer that can be used by a person performing product authentication in the field.
  • the field analyzer 600 includes a sample head/holder 610 for holding a sample in place. Any suitable field detection device can be used, including, for example the IdentifyIR from Smiths Detection Inc., gas chromato graphs, and/or mass spectrometers.
  • the field analyzer 600 also can include a video magnification unit 620, of which the display can be positioned above the head/holder 610 to allow magnification of a portion of the product to be authenticated in the field.
  • the field analyzer 600 further can include a hardened case 630, which allows for ruggedization of the field analyzer 600 to suit applications in the field.
  • the field analyzer 600 also can include a display 640, that can provide the user a view of the magnified product held in place on the head/holder 610.
  • the field analyzer 600 further can include a portable power pack (not shown), to provide power to the field analyzer 600 when the field analyzer 600 is not near an electrical power outlet.
  • the field analyzer 600 also can include a wireless communications unit (e.g., an antenna and modulation/demodulation unit), not shown, for providing wireless access to another location, such as to obtain information from the internet and contact with authentication analyst support.
  • the field analyzer 600 can include a processor and memory (not shown) disposed within the hardened case 640 (e.g., one made with a hard plastic coating, metal, or any suitable material), whereby the memory includes physical and chemical information of authentic marks to determine whether the marker embedded in the product being authenticated by the field analyzer 600 is authentic or not.
  • Built-in lighting also can be provided on the field analyzer 600 (e.g., a back-up light provided behind the display 640), allowing testing in dark environments.
  • the field analyzer 600 can provide a first level, field authentication of a product, by determining whether a marker embedded in a product exists and is authentic. A second level authentication also can be performed on the product by the user transferring the product to a laboratory, to enable more complex authentication tests to be performed on the marker.
  • the field analyzer 600 can be a field portable unit and can provide visual capabilities for viewing and thereby authenticating a product. Another feature that can be added to the field analyzer 600 includes chemical detection, including, for example, spectroscopic capability, to perform chemical analysis on a product.
  • the spectroscopic capability can be infrared, Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, ion mobility spectrometry, mass spectrometry, one or more composite sensors, one or more nanocomposite sensors (including sensor arrays) and/or x-ray methods.
  • the spectroscopic capability is infrared.
  • the head/holder 610 is any suitable collection window, including for example, diamond ATR, germanium, ZnSe collection windows. The windows can be single reflection or multi-reflection.
  • the collection window can be any suitable size, such as, for example, approximately 1100 x 700 micron aperture. Gas chromatography can also be used, either alone or in combination with some other technique, such as mass spectrometry.
  • the field analyzer 600 can include a FT- IR spectrometer with a ZnSe beam splitter and a DTGS detector to provide for more robust testing in-the-field, whereby the memory of the field analyzer 600 can include software for performing chemical identification using spectral library searching, spectral interpretation assistance, reaction progress analysis and profiling, and solid form characterization. For example, algorithms can be used to identify spectral bands using molecular structure and functional group input.
  • the field analyzer 600 according to this implementation also can include liquid wells and a volatile cover, a solvent dispenser, and a universal serial bus (USB) cable to connect to a laptop computer.
  • USB universal serial bus
  • the field analyzer 600 can be an advanced infrared microscope that allows chemical analysis as well as physical analysis to be performed on a product sample.
  • This implementation includes a Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) spectrometer.
  • the FT-IR spectrometer can transform an infinity-corrected light microscope into a versatile infrared microscope that can create a field authentication unit that can provide timely chemical and visual information on a marker provided on a product.
  • This implementation includes software stored in a memory of the field analyzer 600 for performing advanced imaging, instrument control, and data analysis including physical measurements (height, weight, length, area, angle, etc.), image analysis and editing, automated spectral library searches for positive substance identifications, and customizable reports that combine sample images with physical and chemical data obtained from the sample.
  • software stored in a memory of the field analyzer 600 for performing advanced imaging, instrument control, and data analysis including physical measurements (height, weight, length, area, angle, etc.), image analysis and editing, automated spectral library searches for positive substance identifications, and customizable reports that combine sample images with physical and chemical data obtained from the sample.
  • Figure 3 shows a laboratory authentication unit 700 that can be used to provide further authentication for a product sent to a laboratory beyond the authentication that was performed in the field by the field analyzer 600.
  • the laboratory authentication unit 700 can be any suitable device, including, for example, an IlluminatIR from Smiths Detection Inc., a mass spectrometer, and/or a gas chromatograph.
  • the laboratory authentication unit 700 can provide a full range of microscopy and/or microspectroscopy analysis of a product.
  • the laboratory authentication unit can use an all reflecting objective (ARO) or an attenuated total reflection (ATR) objective.
  • ARO all reflecting objective
  • ATR attenuated total reflection
  • FT-IR Fourier-transform infrared
  • Raman spectroscopy Raman spectroscopy
  • IMS ion mobility spectrometry
  • mass spectrometry one or more composite sensors
  • nanocomposite sensors including sensor arrays and/or x-ray technologies
  • FT-IR Fourier-transform infrared
  • Raman spectroscopy Raman spectroscopy
  • IMS ion mobility spectrometry
  • mass spectrometry one or more composite sensors
  • nanocomposite sensors including sensor arrays and/or x-ray technologies
  • one or more composite sensors including sensor arrays and/or x-ray technologies
  • Reflection and/or absorption spectroscopy can be used.
  • the laboratory authentication unit 700 has a diamond ATR microscope objective.
  • the laboratory authentication unit 700 can have a diamond or ZnSe ATR microscope objective.
  • the ATR aperture can be any suitable size, including, for example, an approximately 10 micron x 10 micron spot size.
  • the authentication unit as shown in Figure 3 can have an all-reflecting objective.
  • the authentication unit as shown in Figure 3, the laboratory authentication unit 700 can include a light microscope 710 (optionally a research grade microscope), which can analyze using polarized light, differential interference contrast, fluorescence, and any other contrast-enhancement technique on the stage 720 that is being viewed by the microscope 710.
  • the laboratory authentication unit 700 can have a communications unit (not shown), such as, for example, an internet communications unit, to access information stored in a remote database (e.g., access to a database located within the laboratory or access to a database server via the internet) to determine whether a product is authentic or not.
  • the laboratory authentication unit 700 also can have fluorescent light capabilities added to a microscope or other contrast-enhancement capabilities, to perform testing in additional light regions.
  • Figure 4 is a flow chart showing a field detection procedure according to the first embodiment. In a first step 810, products are manufactured and distributed with markers provided on those products. In a second step 820, testing of a product obtained in the field can be performed to determine whether or not the product is authentic.
  • a user performing the testing in the field can have access to experts via the authenticity support service to assist that person, if needed, such as by an internet connection or by a telephone call to a specific telephone number.
  • a determination can be made using the field unit, the field analyzer 600, as to whether or not the product is authentic. If the product is determined to be authentic by way of the test in the field, then it is determined whether or not additional forensic laboratory testing is required, in a fourth step 840.
  • the product can be transferred to a laboratory for further testing in a fifth step 850, and further tests can be performed in the laboratory on the product using the laboratory authentication unit 700 in a sixth step 860, and whereby results of the laboratory tests are provided to the brand owner in a seventh step 870.
  • the field test results can be provided to the brand owner in the seventh step 870. If the product is determined to not be authentic in the third step 830, then those test results can be automatically generated and saved in an eighth step 880, and sent to the brand owner in the seventh step 870.
  • FIG. 5 is a block diagram of an authentication system in accordance with the first embodiment of the invention.
  • a product 800 can be obtained in the field (e.g., purchased from a retail store or online), and can be checked by a field analyzer 600 in the field.
  • a user 830 can operate the field analyzer 600, and has the ability to communicate with an authentication support service 810 either directly (e.g., via a telephone call to a predetermined telephone number) or indirectly (e.g., via an internet connection to a particular web page of the authentication support service (810) via a Network 802).
  • the Network 802 can be the internet, a LAN, or a WAN.
  • the product 800' can be transferred, via a shipping path 805 (e.g., via a mail or courier service) to a laboratory, whereby more stringent authentication can be performed on the product 800' using an laboratory authentication unit 700.
  • the laboratory authentication unit 700 can access a Database of Marker's Physical and Chemical Characteristics 820 that can be stored in memory of the laboratory authentication unit 700 or that can be accessed via the Network 802.
  • a report of the authentication results obtained from the field analyzer 600 and the laboratory authentication unit 700 can be provided to the user 830 and/or to a particular person or network address by way of the network (e.g. internet) 802.
  • the marker may include information with respect to a distribution area where the product containing the marker is to be sold. That way, if a product is found outside that distribution area, it is possible that the product is actually a well- constructed fake and not authentic (thereby necessitating a more rigorous laboratory authentication, as discussed in detail above).
  • the distribution area information can be encoded into the product as part of the marker, as a hash code having a fixed number of bits (e.g., 16 bits), for example, whereby a hash code is used to make it very difficult for a copier to correctly encode information bits onto a marker to be incorporated onto a product.
  • the marker can also be incorporated into product packaging, shipping packaging or shipping documentation.

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L'invention porte sur un système pour authentifier un produit obtenu sur le terrain, qui comprend une unité d'authentification sur le terrain qui comprend un microscope et un système de détection chimique pour déterminer si ou non un marqueur existe sur le produit obtenu sur le terrain et si le marqueur, s'il est trouvé, est authentique. Le système comprend également une interface de communication qui permet une communication entre un utilisateur de l'unité d'authentification sur le terrain et un site d'aide situé à distance de l'endroit où l'unité d'authentification sur le terrain est située, pour aider l'utilisateur à effectuer un test d'authentification sur le terrain.
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