Registers – Coded record sensors – Particular sensor structure
Reexamination Certificate
2011-07-12
2011-07-12
Lee, Michael G (Department: 2876)
Registers
Coded record sensors
Particular sensor structure
C235S435000, C356S246000, C356S432000, C356S440000, C356S442000, C356S451000, C359S228000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07975923
ABSTRACT:
A system and method for creating a unique optical signature that uses a plurality of optical signature chambers containing fluids having differing optical properties, for example differing indices of refraction, that produce different individual optical signatures for each chamber. If the chambers are broken causing the fluids to spill or the fluids are otherwise discharged from the chambers, the fluids mix together so one does not know which fluid came from which chamber, thereby preventing replication of the correct optical signatures. This destruction of the optical signatures can occur mechanically, without the application or presence of electrical power.
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Co-pending U.S. Appl. No. 12/146,810, filed Jun. 26, 2008.
Schantz Howard J.
Uhlhorn Brian L.
Gudorf Laura
Hamre Schumann Mueller & Larson P.C.
Lee Michael G
Lockheed Martin Corporation
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