Patents Assigned to Trace Tag International Limited
  • Marking apparatus for nucleic acid marking of items
    Patent number: 8783194
    Abstract: A marking apparatus (1) for marking an item (12). The apparatus comprises: means to receive the item; a nucleic acid marker; means to release a marking fluid (8); and a distribution mechanism (11) coupled to the nucleic acid marker and the means to release the marking fluid. The means to release the marking fluid can be activated to release the marking fluid such that the distribution mechanism disperses a mixture of the nucleic acid marker and the marking fluid onto the item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignees: Trace Tag International Limited, 3SI Security Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Sleat, Greg Van Lint