PROVIDENCE, R.I., Jan. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- SPECTRA SYSTEMS today announced
that it had been issued four new U.S. patents covering authentication and the
security, marking and tracking of products in industrial applications.
The three authentication and security patents include US Pat No. 6,489,892
-- 'Use of evaporatively activated color change for verifying the integrity of
an object, such as a data storage medium or a gaming token,' US Pat No.
6,441,380 -- 'Coding and authentication by phase measurement modulation
response and spectral emission,' and US Pat No. 6,259,506 -- 'Field activated
security articles including polymer dispersed liquid crystals, and including
micro-encapsulated field affected materials.'
"These patents will allow Spectra to expand its intellectual property
portfolio into many related applications where authentication and product
integrity are critical requirements," comments Scott Tillotson, Vice President
of New Product Development. "These markets include gaming, lottery and
authentication of pharmaceuticals."
In addition, Spectra has been issued US Patent No. 6,488,155 for its
proprietary marking technology -- LaserCode which can remotely identify and
sort objects using multi-spectral imaging methods and apparatus. "With the
rapid growth in inexpensive digital color imaging equipment, use of multi-
color barcodes have the potential to provide significant advantages over
standard 1D and 2D barcodes especially in industrial applications where
greater amounts of information and tolerance to errors are required," added
Tom Pizzuti, Spectra's Director of Product Development.
"Intellectual property plays an important role in Spectra's business
strategy and is a key to maintaining high margins for our consumables," said
Nabil Lawandy, Ph.D., CEO of Spectra Systems.
Spectra Systems Corporation, headquartered in Providence, RI is a market
driven company that is changing the way businesses mark, sense, track and
authenticate their products. From production line to point of purchase, our
cross-platform technologies, based on advanced materials and proprietary
hardware and software systems, offer an integrated approach that provides
customers with complete solutions.
Contact:
Stanley C. Duggan
Manager, MARCOM & Media
Spectra Systems Corporation
321 South Main Street
Providence, RI 02903
sduggan@spsy.com
401 274-4700 x3014
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http://www.spectra-science.com
CONTACT:
Stanley C. Duggan, Manager, MARCOM & Media of
Spectra Systems Corporation, +1-401-274-4700 ext. 3014,
sduggan@spsy.com
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