Visualant, Inc. (VSUL) SPM Technology Gains Third Patent
Visualant recently announced that its Spectral Pattern Matching technology has received a third patent, U.S. Patent No. 8,076,630. The patent issued is entitled “System and Method of Evaluating an Object Using Electromagnetic Energy.” Visualant is focused on bringing to market new methods of security used in combatting counterfeiting, forgery and fraud prevention, and homeland security, among other applications. Their SPM technology uses controlled illumination with specific bands of light to establish a unique spectral signature for both individual and classes of items. The resulting signatures are then able to be matched against a database to aid in authenticating items or…