Patents by Inventor AMY L. MCPHERSON

AMY L. MCPHERSON 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).

  • PRODUCT AUTHENTICATION AND ITEM IDENTIFICATION
    Publication number: 20170278333
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods, reagents, and apparatus for authenticating and identifying products. Methods of the invention are easy to implement but difficult to replicate, simulate, alter, transpose, or tamper with. In some embodiments, the present invention relates to a product authentication code defined by a frequency array of a population of entities, and an item identifier defined by the specific manifestation of the product authentication code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas J. Mercolino, Hersh Ashok Tapadia, Amy L. McPherson, Darrell J. Freeman, JR.
  • PRODUCT AUTHENTICATION AND ITEM IDENTIFICATION
    Publication number: 20120273564
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods, reagents, and apparatus for authenticating and identifying products. Methods of the invention are easy to implement but difficult to replicate, simulate, alter, transpose, or tamper with. In some embodiments, the present invention relates to a product authentication code defined by a frequency array of a population of entities, and an item identifier defined by the specific manifestation of the product authentication code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventors: THOMAS J. MERCOLINO, HERSH ASHOK TAPADIA, AMY L. MCPHERSON, DARRELL J. FREEMAN, JR.