Patents by Inventor Abdelkrim BERRADA
Abdelkrim BERRADA has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 10760182Abstract: A method of marking fibers, wherein the method includes providing a plurality of fibers; depositing a marker onto at least a portion of the fibers, the depositing being performed with a delivery mechanism comprising one or more outlets; and thereby marking the fibers. Also provided is a device for marking fibers, including a transport system adapted to transport fibers in a direction of a marker delivery apparatus positioned along the transport system; the delivery apparatus includes one or more outlets, adapted to deposit a solution of the marker through the outlets onto at least a portion of the fibers; and thereby marking the fibers. Authentication of a fibrous material using the marking method of the invention followed obtaining a sample of the marked fibers and assaying the sample for the presence of the nucleic acid marker; and thereby determining whether the fibrous material is authentic or counterfeit.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2014Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: APDN (B.V.I.) INC.Inventors: Alex Phidung Tran, Abdelkrim Berrada, MingHwa Benjamin Liang, Lawrence Jung
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Patent number: 10741034Abstract: A method of marking an inventory item includes providing an activatable smoke generator and a reservoir for holding a smoke fluid and adapted to provide a flow of smoke fluid to the generator. The reservoir contains a smoke fluid including a carrier nucleic acid having a uniquely identifiable sequence, and upon activation of the smoke generator, marker smoke is generated and targeted to flow over the inventory item. The method further includes activating the smoke generator to produce the marker smoke including the carrier nucleic acid so as to cause the marker smoke to flow over the inventory item and thereby to detectably mark the inventory item with carrier nucleic acid. The invention provides methods for stably binding and immobilizing deoxyribonucleic acid onto objects and substrates. The method includes exposing the deoxyribonucleic acid to alkaline conditions, and contacting the deoxyribonucleic acid to the object or substrate.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2014Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: APDN (B.V.I.) INC.Inventors: Abdelkrim Berrada, MingHwa Benjamin Liang, Lawrence Jung
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Patent number: 9963740Abstract: Provided are a method and device for marking an article for security, tracking or authentication. The method includes depositing a solution comprising a nucleic acid marker onto at least a portion of the article. The nucleic acid marker may be activated, for example, by adding a functional group to the nucleic acid marker. The activation of the nucleic acid marker may be performed by exposure to alkaline conditions. The method is well suited for marking fibers and textiles, as well as many other items.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2014Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: APDN (B.V.I.), INC.Inventors: Abdelkrim Berrada, MingHwa Benjamin Liang, Lawrence Jung
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Patent number: 9919512Abstract: The invention provides a method of marking an item with naturally-derived or synthetic non-natural polymeric marker molecules, such as a DNA or Peptide marker in conjunction with optional visible or rapid scan reporters for authenticating or tracking, in which the method includes providing an item for marking, and applying a medium including a DNA marker to the item. The invention further provides methods for stably binding and immobilizing activated deoxyribonucleic acid onto objects and substrates. The method includes exposing the deoxyribonucleic acid to alkaline conditions, and contacting the deoxyribonucleic acid to the object or substrate. Also provided are methods for increasing the recoverability of taggants from an object.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2016Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: APDN (B.V.I.) INC.Inventors: Lawrence Jung, James A. Hayward, MingHwa Benjamin Liang, Abdelkrim Berrada
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Patent number: 9790538Abstract: The invention provides methods for stably binding and immobilizing deoxyribonucleic acid onto objects and substrates. The method includes exposing the deoxyribonucleic acid to alkaline conditions, and contacting the deoxyribonucleic acid to the object or substrate. The alkaline conditions are produced by mixing the deoxyribonucleic acid with an alkaline solution having a pH of about 9.0 or higher, and contacting the deoxyribonucleic acid to the substrate. The immobilized DNA can be used as a taggant and can be used in combination with other detectable taggants, such as optical reporters. Methods for authentication of a DNA marked object are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2013Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: APDN (B.V.I.) INC.Inventors: Abdelkrim Berrada, MingHwa Benjamin Liang, Lawrence Jung, Kurt Jensen
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Publication number: 20170021611Abstract: The invention provides a method of marking an item with naturally-derived or synthetic non-natural polymeric marker molecules, such as a DNA or Peptide marker in conjunction with optional visible or rapid scan reporters for authenticating or tracking, in which the method includes providing an item for marking, and applying a medium including a DNA marker to the item. The invention further provides methods for stably binding and immobilizing activated deoxyribonucleic acid onto objects and substrates. The method includes exposing the deoxyribonucleic acid to alkaline conditions, and contacting the deoxyribonucleic acid to the object or substrate. Also provided are methods for increasing the recoverability of taggants from an object.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2016Publication date: January 26, 2017Inventors: Lawrence Jung, James A. Hayward, MingHwa Benjamin Liang, Abdelkrim Berrada
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Publication number: 20160326511Abstract: The invention provides a composition including DNA bonded to a plasma-treated surface, the plasma can be any suitable plasma, such as an argon plasma, a compressed air plasma, a flame-based plasma or a vacuum plasma. Surfaces treatable by the methods of the invention include ceramic, metal, fabric and organic polymer surfaces. The DNA can be any DNA, such as a marker DNA, which can be linear or circular, single-stranded or double stranded and from about 25 bases to about 10,000 bases in length. Also provided is a method of binding DNA to a surface, including the steps of exposing the surface to a plasma to produce a plasma-treated surface; and applying DNA to the plasma-treated surface to produce surface bound DNA on the treated surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2016Publication date: November 10, 2016Inventors: Abdelkrim BERRADA, MingHwa Benjamin LIANG, James A. HAYWARD, Lawrence JUNG
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Publication number: 20160168781Abstract: A method of marking fibers, wherein the method includes providing a plurality of fibers; depositing a marker onto at least a portion of the fibers, the depositing being performed with a delivery mechanism comprising one or more outlets; and thereby marking the fibers. Also provided is a device for marking fibers, including a transport system adapted to transport fibers in a direction of a marker delivery apparatus positioned along the transport system; the delivery apparatus includes one or more outlets, adapted to deposit a solution of the marker through the outlets onto at least a portion of the fibers; and thereby marking the fibers. Authentication of a fibrous material using the marking method of the invention followed obtaining a sample of the marked fibers and assaying the sample for the presence of the nucleic acid marker; and thereby determining whether the fibrous material is authentic or counterfeit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2014Publication date: June 16, 2016Applicant: APDN (B.V.I.) INC.Inventors: Alex Phidung TRAN, Abdelkrim BERRADA, MingHwa Benjamin LIANG, Lawrence JUNG
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Patent number: 9266370Abstract: The invention provides a method of marking an item with naturally-derived or synthetic non-natural polymeric marker molecules, such as a DNA or Peptide marker in conjunction with optional visible or rapid scan reporters for authenticating or tracking, in which the method includes providing an item for marking, and applying a medium including a DNA marker to the item. The invention further provides methods for stably binding and immobilizing activated deoxyribonucleic acid onto objects and substrates. The method includes exposing the deoxyribonucleic acid to alkaline conditions, and contacting the deoxyribonucleic acid to the object or substrate. Also provided are methods for increasing the recoverability of taggants from an object.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2014Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: APDN (B.V.I) Inc.Inventors: Lawrence Jung, James A. Hayward, MingHwa Benjamin Liang, Abdelkrim Berrada
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Publication number: 20150302713Abstract: A method of marking an inventory item includes providing an activatable smoke generator and a reservoir for holding a smoke fluid and adapted to provide a flow of smoke fluid to the generator. The reservoir contains a smoke fluid including a carrier nucleic acid having a uniquely identifiable sequence, and upon activation of the smoke generator, marker smoke is generated and targeted to flow over the inventory item. The method further includes activating the smoke generator to produce the marker smoke including the carrier nucleic acid so as to cause the marker smoke to flow over the inventory item and thereby to detectably mark the inventory item with carrier nucleic acid.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2014Publication date: October 22, 2015Applicant: APDN (B.V.I.) INC.Inventors: Abdelkrim BERRADA, MingHwa Benjamin LIANG, Lawrence JUNG
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Publication number: 20150275271Abstract: The invention provides a composition including DNA bonded to a plasma-treated surface, the plasma can be any suitable plasma, such as an argon plasma, a compressed air plasma, a flame-based plasma or a vacuum plasma. Surfaces treatable by the methods of the invention include ceramic, metal, fabric and organic polymer surfaces. The DNA can be any DNA, such as a marker DNA, which can be linear or circular, single-stranded or double stranded and from about 25 bases to about 10,000 bases in length. Also provided is a method of binding DNA to a surface, including the steps of exposing the surface to a plasma to produce a plasma-treated surface; and applying DNA to the plasma-treated surface to produce surface bound DNA on the treated surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2015Publication date: October 1, 2015Inventors: Abdelkrim BERRADA, MingHwa Benjamin LIANG, James A. HAYWARD, Lawrence JUng
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Publication number: 20150107475Abstract: The invention provides a method of marking an item with naturally-derived or synthetic non-natural polymeric marker molecules, such as a DNA or Peptide marker in conjunction with optional visible or rapid scan reporters for authenticating or tracking, in which the method includes providing an item for marking, and applying a medium including a DNA marker to the item. The invention further provides methods for stably binding and immobilizing activated deoxyribonucleic acid onto objects and substrates. The method includes exposing the deoxyribonucleic acid to alkaline conditions, and contacting the deoxyribonucleic acid to the object or substrate. Also provided are methods for increasing the recoverability of taggants from an object.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2014Publication date: April 23, 2015Inventors: Lawrence JUNG, James A. HAYWARD, MingHwa Benjamin LIANG, Abdelkrim BERRADA
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Publication number: 20150018538Abstract: Provided are a method and device for marking an article for security, tracking or authentication. The method includes depositing a solution comprising a nucleic acid marker onto at least a portion of the article. The nucleic acid marker may be activated, for example, by adding a functional group to the nucleic acid marker. The activation of the nucleic acid marker may be performed by exposure to alkaline conditions. The method is well suited for marking fibers and textiles, as well as many other items.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2014Publication date: January 15, 2015Inventors: Abdelkrim Berrada, MingHwa Benjamin Liang, Lawrence Jung
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Publication number: 20140106357Abstract: A method of marking an inventory item includes providing an activatable smoke generator and a reservoir for holding a smoke fluid and adapted to provide a flow of smoke fluid to the generator. The reservoir contains a smoke fluid including a carrier nucleic acid having a uniquely identifiable sequence, and upon activation of the smoke generator, marker smoke is generated and targeted to flow over the inventory item. The method further includes activating the smoke generator to produce the marker smoke including the carrier nucleic acid so as to cause the marker smoke to flow over the inventory item and thereby to detectably mark the inventory item with carrier nucleic acid.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2012Publication date: April 17, 2014Inventors: Abdelkrim Berrada, MingHwa Benjamin Liang, Lawrence Jung, Kurt Jensen
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Publication number: 20140102899Abstract: The invention provides a composition including DNA bonded to a plasma-treated surface, the plasma can be any suitable plasma, such as an argon plasma, a compressed air plasma, a flame-based plasma or a vacuum plasma. Surfaces treatable by the methods of the invention include ceramic, metal, fabric and organic polymer surfaces. The DNA can be any DNA, such as a marker DNA, which can be linear or circular, single-stranded or double stranded and from about 25 bases to about 10,000 bases in length. Also provided is a method of binding DNA to a surface, including the steps of exposing the surface to a plasma to produce a plasma-treated surface; and applying DNA to the plasma-treated surface to produce surface bound DNA on the treated surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Inventors: Abdelkrim BERRADA, MingHwa Benjamin LIANG, James A. HAYWARD, Lawrence A. JUNG