ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,377, issued on June 23, was assigned to Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc. (Tarrytown, N.Y.).
"Reagent strip counterfeit protection" was invented by John Benco (Holliston, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reagent strip and a reagent analyzer for reading the reagent strip is described. The reagent strip includes a substrate, at least one reagent pad positioned on the substrate, and a photo luminescent phosphor spot positioned at a fixed location on the substrate. The photo luminescent phosphor spot is formulated to exhibit a predetermined addressable attribute."
The patent was filed on June 9, 2021, under Application No. 18/00...