Patents by Inventor Maciej B. SZCZEPANIK
Maciej B. SZCZEPANIK 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: 10745825Abstract: Encrypted markers that are not readily detectable can be revealed by treatment with a specific reagent used as a developer to reveal a readily detectable physical property of the marker, such as a characteristic fluorescence emission after excitation with a particular excitation wavelength, or to reveal a visible color. The encrypted marker can be developed in situ, or a sample can be removed by brushing, scraping, swabbing or scratching the marked object or item and developing the encrypted marker or a sample thereof with the appropriate developer to reveal an overt marker or optical signal. The encrypted marker may include a DNA taggant.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: APDN (B.V.I.) INC.Inventors: Maciej B. Szczepanik, MingHwa Benjamin Liang
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Publication number: 20190205346Abstract: A system associated with authentication of an object related to a multi-mode marker using a processing device. The processing device performs operations that include detecting a signal associated with a multi-mode marker related with the object; assigning a digital code based on the detected signal associated with the multi-mode marker; and identifying the object based on the digital code related to authentication of the object. A corresponding method and computer-readable device are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2019Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventors: Judith Murrah, Phidung H. Tran, Maciej B. Szczepanik, MingHwa Benjamin Liang, James A. Hayward
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Patent number: 10282480Abstract: A system associated with authentication of an object related to a multi-mode marker using a processing device. The processing device performs operations that include detecting a signal associated with a multi-mode marker related with the object; assigning a digital code based on the detected signal associated with the multi-mode marker; and identifying the object based on the digital code related to authentication of the object. A corresponding method and computer-readable device are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2018Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: APDN (B.V.I)Inventors: Judith Murrah, Phidung H. Tran, Maciej B. Szczepanik, MingHwa Benjamin Liang, James A. Hayward
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Publication number: 20180312998Abstract: Encrypted markers that are not readily detectable can be revealed by treatment with a specific reagent used as a developer to reveal a readily detectable physical property of the marker, such as a characteristic fluorescence emission after excitation with a particular excitation wavelength, or to reveal a visible color. The encrypted marker can be developed in situ, or a sample can be removed by brushing, scraping, swabbing or scratching the marked object or item and developing the encrypted marker or a sample thereof with the appropriate developer to reveal an overt marker or optical signal. The encrypted marker may include a DNA taggant.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2018Publication date: November 1, 2018Applicant: APDN (B.V.I.) INC.Inventors: Maciej B. SZCZEPANIK, MingHwa Benjamin LIANG
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Patent number: 10047282Abstract: Encrypted markers that are not readily detectable can be revealed by treatment with a specific reagent used as a developer to reveal a readily detectable physical property of the marker, such as a characteristic fluorescence emission after excitation with a particular excitation wavelength, or to reveal a visible color. The encrypted marker can be developed in situ, or a sample can be removed by brushing, scraping, swabbing or scratching the marked object or item and developing the encrypted marker or a sample thereof with the appropriate developer to reveal an overt marker or optical signal. The marker can be revealed by exposure of the encrypted marker or a sample thereof to the developer in any suitable form, such as a solution, a slurry, a swab, a solid (such as in granular form), or a gas or a vapor that includes a developer.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2015Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: APDN (B.V.I.) INC.Inventors: Maciej B. Szczepanik, MingHwa Benjamin Liang
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Publication number: 20180173810Abstract: A system associated with authentication of an object related to a multi-mode marker using a processing device. The processing device performs operations that include detecting a signal associated with a multi-mode marker related with the object; assigning a digital code based on the detected signal associated with the multi-mode marker; and identifying the object based on the digital code related to authentication of the object. A corresponding method and computer-readable device are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2018Publication date: June 21, 2018Inventors: Judith Murrah, Phidung H. Tran, Maciej B. Szczepanik, MingHwa Benjamin Liang, James A. Hayward
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Publication number: 20180094200Abstract: The invention provides a method of marking a hydrophobic medium with a nucleic acid marker, the method includes: providing a trialkylammonium salt of the nucleic acid marker, a tetraalkylphosphonium salt of the nucleic acid marker or a tetraarylphosphonium salt of the nucleic acid marker; and incorporating the trialkylammonium salt of the nucleic acid marker, the tetraalkylphosphonium salt of the nucleic acid marker or the tetraarylphosphonium salt of the nucleic acid marker into the hydrophobic medium. The hydrophobic medium can be authenticated after shipping or recovery from the stream of commerce by detecting the nucleic acid marker in a sample of the hydrophobic medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2016Publication date: April 5, 2018Inventor: Maciej B. Szczepanik
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Patent number: 9904734Abstract: A multi-mode reader instrument capable of detecting and determining digital data from a signal from one or more markers, indicia or taggants on an object, the markers, indicia or taggants such as a bar code, a QR code, an RFID, an optical compound, a fluorescent compound, a phosphorescent compound, a DNA taggant, an upconverting phosphor (UCP), a chemical dye, a digitized image, a radioactive compound, an olfactory compound or a thermal attribute of the object is provided. Also, provided is a method and a system for identifying an object, the system includes: a multi-mode reader instrument for detecting data from a signal from one or more markers, indicia or taggants on an object and assignment of digital code for the marker and a database for securing and retrieving information relevant to the item.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2014Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: APDN (B.V.I.) INC.Inventors: Judith Murrah, Phidung H. Tran, Maciej B. Szczepanik, MingHwa Benjamin Liang, James A. Hayward
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Publication number: 20160246892Abstract: A multi-mode reader instrument capable of detecting and determining digital data from a signal from one or more markers, indicia or taggants on an object, the markers, indicia or taggants such as a bar code, a QR code, an RFID, an optical compound, a fluorescent compound, a phosphorescent compound, a DNA taggant, an upconverting phosphor (UCP), a chemical dye, a digitized image, a radioactive compound, an olfactory compound or a thermal attribute of the object is provided. Also, provided is a method and a system for identifying an object, the system includes: a multi-mode reader instrument for detecting data from a signal from one or more markers, indicia or taggants on an object and assignment of digital code for the marker and a database for securing and retrieving information relevant to the item.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2014Publication date: August 25, 2016Inventors: Judith MURRAH, Phidung H. TRAN, Maciej B. SZCZEPANIK, MingHwa Benjamin LIANG, James A. HAYWARD
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Publication number: 20150266332Abstract: Encrypted markers that are not readily detectable can be revealed by treatment with a specific reagent used as a developer to reveal a readily detectable physical property of the marker, such as a characteristic fluorescence emission after excitation with a particular excitation wavelength, or to reveal a visible color. The encrypted marker can be developed in situ, or a sample can be removed by brushing, scraping, swabbing or scratching the marked object or item and developing the encrypted marker or a sample thereof with the appropriate developer to reveal an overt marker or optical signal. The marker can be revealed by exposure of the encrypted marker or a sample thereof to the developer in any suitable form, such as a solution, a slurry, a swab, a solid (such as in granular form), or a gas or a vapor that includes a developer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2015Publication date: September 24, 2015Applicant: APDN (B.V.I.) INC.Inventors: Maciej B. SZCZEPANIK, MingHwa Benjamin LIANG