Automated fingerprint methods and chemistry for product authentication and monitoring
CA 2253447 A1 · Owner: Lion Laboratories, Inc. · Inventors: Selinfreund, Richard H.
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Highly efficient, low cost, methods and compounds to determine product authenticity, tampering, manufacturing compliance are provided. The methods and chemicals defined are capable of measuring the relative amounts of key materials in these products. The compounds are light-emitting and interact with key elements in products like neutral spirits vodka, tequila, soft , drinks and infant formulas. After the interactions are complete methods are , employed to determine resulting key components by light emission.
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- Filed May 6, 1997. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended May 6, 2017.
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