US Patent Issued to Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University on Oct. 21 for "Dendrite formation for secure tagging using multi-fluid systems" (Arizona Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,767, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Dendrite formation for secure tagging using multi-fluid systems" was invented by Michael N. Kozicki (Phoenix).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Forming a unique stochastically branching pattern includes providing a first fluid between a surface of a first substrate and a surface of a second substrate and introducing a second fluid between the surface of the first substrate and the surface of the second substrate. The second fluid is in direct contact with the first fluid at a formation temperature, and a viscosity ...