METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MARKING ITEM, ITEM SO MARKED AND METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTHENTICATING MARKED ITEM Russian patent published in 2018 - IPC G06Q30/00 G06K5/00 

FIELD: process automation devices.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to marking and authentication of an industrial article. Method comprises providing the item with a visible anti-counterfeiting indicium with a visible alphanumeric string and marking time data, transmitting said data to a database and storing with possibility of interaction in the database marking time information, corresponding to the received marking time data, marked on the manufactured item, and alphanumeric information, corresponding to the received alphanumeric string, marked on the manufactured item. Method comprises checking authenticity of the anti-counterfeiting indicium provided on the manufactured item by interrogating the database with the alphanumeric string read from the manufactured item to obtain marking time information for the manufactured item, and comparing the marking time information with marking time data read from the manufactured item to determine if they match.

EFFECT: technical result is to ensure the interconnection of manufacturing time information and alphanumeric marking information, which improves the security of the product.

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