US Patent Issued to Microtrace on Sept. 8 for "Standardization of taggant signatures using transfer images" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,662, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Microtrace LLC (Minneapolis).

"Standardization of taggant signatures using transfer images" was invented by Brian John Brogger (Blaine, Minn.), Joseph Thomas Ippoliti (Woodbury, Minn.), Blake Maxwell Roeglin (Minneapolis) and Brian Thomas Bustrom (Mounds View, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention allows spectral codes to be accurately and consistently deployed for a wide range of labels and substrates or products. Spectral codes provided by one or more taggants are incorporated into transferable images so that these images can be prepared separately under accurate, control...