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INKSURE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Comprehensive Security Solutions
Advanced Authentication Smart Protection Reader Products
Quality Control Solutions
SmartInk™
Covert Machine-Readable Applications
Anti- Diversion Applications



Machine Readable Authentication Security Solutions Made from Special Chemical Marker Ink Material for Products and Documents Using Encoding, Smart Protection Readers, Holograms and Taggants


Overview

InkSure Technologies, Inc. (INKS:OB) provides covert, machine-readable technology ("CMRT") solutions for the protection of branded products and documents, combating
counterfeiting, fraud, and diversion. InkSure's security solutions, which are virtually impossible to "reverse engineer," provide commercially proven technology that is exclusive to the brand owner. In a world in which the estimated annual losses caused by counterfeiting exceed more than $500 billion, InkSure customers can be assured that they are protected by the most advanced authentication methods.

The Technology

InkSure's innovative SmartInk™ solutions work by adding special chemical markers to the standard inks and coatings used by businesses for both their overt and covert security features. The combination of markers, inks and material produces unique electro-optical signature codes that are seamlessly incorporated into printed materials and packaging. Each customer's SmartInk formula has a unique signature that is invisible to the naked eye, virtually impossible to replicate and extremely accurate. These signature codes are identified by InkSure's proprietary, user-friendly, hand-held and/or mounted electro-optic readers. The readers verify the signature codes within seconds by emitting simple yes-no visual and audio signals. InkSure readers can even be added to a production line.

Applications

InkSure protection can be added to a wide variety of products and substrates, allowing for cost- effective and efficient multi-layered security. SmartInk technology was designed to cater to diverse industries, and is applicable to such entities as pharmaceutical manufacturers, automotive and aviation parts suppliers, consumer and luxury goods companies, financial institutions, government bureaus and ministries and transportation authorities. If it can be colored, coated, printed or packaged, InkSure can protect it.

Awards and Associations

InkSure's authentication solutions were first released for commercial sales in 2000. By April of the same year, the company had received the Product and Security Image Award for outstanding achievement in product and document authentication. In 2003, the Company garnered a second commendation. Continued technological innovation earned another award in 2006, when the Product and Image Security Foundation chose InkSure as the winner in the Development of Authenticity Products category.






Authentication Solution

Authentication Products

InkSure provides customized, cost effective and highly reliable solutions that enable the authentication, tracking and tracing of documents, products and brands. InkSure`s marking and detection solutions can be applied to all impact printing and digital processes and are ideally designed to secure variable data.

Technologies and Core Platforms

  • Tagging and Marking - Material Science, Printing
  • Detection Verification & Value Added Services - Optics, Electronics, Software
  • Tracking: Sequential Coding

SignaSure™

Advanced Authentication Readers for Smart Protection

InkSure`s new SignaSure™ series features advanced readers for fast, on-the-spot authentication of sensitive documents and branded products. Introducing a simple and intuitive design, the SignaSure readers are equipped with cutting edge technology to provide users with maximum value by combining high security, exceptional functionality and cost effective solutions. The readers utilize proprietary algorithms and unique electro-optical techniques to authenticate covert SmartInk™ codes, which are created by mixing special chemical markers (taggants) into commercial inks, coatings and other media, and applying them, using standard printing processes, onto documents, tickets, product packaging and labels.

SignaSure™ & PocketSure™

InkSure has expanded its product line of covert, machine-readable authentication solutions with the addition of the new PocketSure reader. This companion to the SignaSure reader extends the capabilities of InkSure’s devices designed for on-the-spot authentication of branded products and sensitive documents.

PocketSure and SignaSure utilize proprietary algorithms for detection of covert codes which can be applied to almost any substrate. Each reader provides simple green/red indicators and audible tones for ease of operation and training, and offers exceptional functionality and value. Both readers contain specialized optics that are configurable to match the specific requirements of each customer’s unique custom codes, and provide a high degree of accuracy with no false accepts.

Key Features:

PocketSure

  • Smaller (5.5” x 1.1”) and Lighter (2.5 ounces) for Superior Mobility and Economy
  • Single Code Memory
  • Easy to Distribute to Field Applications
    - No Chargers: Uses AAA Replaceable Batteries
    - Fits in a Small Envelope
  • Audio and Visual Indicators
  • 10 Minute Shutdown
  • Custom Code Capability
  • No False Accepts

SignaSure

  • Portable Field-Forensic Authentication
  • Stores up to 10 Different SignaSure Codes
  • Multiple Function Modes to Manage Multiple Codes
  • LCD Screen for Code Management
  • Rechargeable Battery
  • Audio and Visual Responses
  • 10 Minute Sleep Mode
  • Custom Code Capability
  • No False Accepts

Specifications:

PocketSure

  • Dimensions
    - Length = 5.5 inches, 14 cm
    - Width = 1.1 inches, 2.8 cm
    - Depth = 0.8 inches, 2 cm
  • Weight - 70 grams/2.5 ounces
  • Reading Speed - Approx. 1 second
  • Code Capability - Single Code
  • Power Supply - 2 AAA replaceable batteries 10 minute shut down
  • Indications - Red/green/orange LED, audio tone
  • Operating Temperature - 0-50° C/32-122° F
  • Storage Temperature - (-10) -70° C/14-158° F
  • Relative Humidity - Up to 90%

SignaSure

  • Dimensions:
    - Length = 7.3 inches, 18.5 cm
    - Width = 2.2 inches, 5.5 cm
    - Depth = 2.1 inches, 5.3 cm
  • Weight - 200 grams/7 ounces
  • Reading Speed - Approx. 2 seconds
  • Code Capability - Up to 10 Codes
  • Power Supply - 2 AA rechargeable batteries 1000 operations per charge. Charging time: up to 4 hours 10 minute sleep mode. A wall mount universal power supply is included
  • Indications - Red/green LED, LCD, audio tone
  • Operating Temperature - 0-40° C/32-104° F
  • Storage Temperature - (-10) -70° C/14-158° F
  • Relative Humidity - Up to 90%

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InkSure, the experts in covert machine-readable technology, has developed SortSureQA™ and SignaSureQA™ to complement its machine-readable SmartInk™ products and readers. These innovations enable control over the application of SmartInk™ codes, and ensure uninterrupted, consistent marking during the printing process. In addition to quality assurance, both devices offer control over ink formula density, resulting in effective cost monitoring and significant cost reduction over time.

SignaSureQATM

The SignaSureQA reader is a hand-held, lightweight, easy-touse device that is designed for lower volume, off-line operations. Appropriate for entry-level usage, SignaSureQA allows for periodic checks, at any stage of production, to evaluate both quantitative and qualitative factors affecting the application of the individualized SmartInk codes that have been customized for each client.

SignaSureQA data are presented in numerical values on the reader's LCD, with optional, real-time, monitor display on the client's PC. SignaSureQA offers user-friendly software for data capture and storage, including date, time and measured values. Data are displayed in an intuitive format, and may be viewed, analyzed and plotted on Microsoft Excel or other common MS-Windows applications.

SortSureQATM

The SortSureQA reader is a sophisticated, fully automated, quality assurance device that is designed for high-volume production lines. As an inline reader, SortSureQA is permanently mounted to the printing press, and takes continuous readings without the necessity for individual action, additional set-ups or interruption of the printing process.

SortSureQA operates up to 33 feet per second, and a single RS 232 port for PC connection supports continuous data collection. Inspection parameters are determined by client needs, from statistical to 100% sampling. I/O port supports external visual or audible warning indicators.

TranSure™

Secure Ticketing and Automated Fare Collection

Fare Collection System

InkSure`s TranSure is a secure fare collection system designed to assure authorized access as well as display and record fare collection data while preventing ticket counterfeiting and duplication. The TranSure`s flexible design has been developed to enable cost efficient operations in multi-fare mass transit systems. InkSure`s technology utilizes proprietary algorithms and unique electro-optical techniques to authenticate covert SmartInk™ codes, which are created by mixing special chemical markers (taggants) into commercial inks, coatings and other media, and applying them, using standard printing processes, onto tickets and cards. The SmartInk Sequential™ code range further enables flexible ticket encoding for differentiation between various fare rates and ticket types.




Signa Sure

Sort Sure

Covert, Machine-Readable Authentication Codes for Advanced Security

InkSure's SmartInkTM formulations are customized encoded inks and coatings that, when combined with InkSure's readers, provide secure, covert authentication solutions.

SmartInk codes are created by mixing special chemical markers (taggants) into commercial inks, coatings and other media, and applying them, using any standard printing process, onto documents, tickets, product packaging and labels. All SmartInk marker/carrier mixtures are allocated with covert signatures, that - while being completely invisible and protected from reverse-engineering attempts - are easily detected by InkSure's line of readers: our handheld SignaSure™ or PocketSure™ readers, or our fully automated quality assurance device, SortSureQA™.

SmartInk is Highly Secure

InkSure's authentication codes are virtually impossible to reverse engineer. However, Inksure’s use of custom formulations for each of its customers greatly diminishes any benefit that a counterfeiter could achieve, even if reverse engineering were possible. Unlike other machine readable products that build their technology around a small collection of "unique" markers, and remain limited by those markers, InkSure has developed its technology around the industry's most flexible reader. InkSure readers operate on multiple frequencies, and each reader is configurable, so that those frequencies can change depending upon the specific formulation designed for the customer.

SmartInk is Forensic

InkSure's covert machine-readable technology (CMRT) utilizes the analytical technique of spectrophotometry, which measures the unique frequencies that selectively excite certain substances, and the different frequencies which are then emitted by such "excited" substances.

InkSure's spectrophotometric methods can utilize up to 75 data points in its field-forensic SignaSure readers to measure emissions from selected illumination wavelengths. It utilizes proven, accepted techniques for distinguishing marked from unmarked products. Any items that fail to match the covert fingerprint profile at any one of the 75 data points will cause a "reject" indication. The technology's robust code development and quality control systems provide quantifiable data to establish accuracy and error rates. In addition, InkSure's CMRT technology meets the requirements for the admissibility of scientific evidence expounded by the U.S. Supreme Court.

SmartInk is Highly Flexible

SmartInk enables cost efficient, multi-layered protection by adding covert signature codes to overt features. SmartInk codes allow the encoding of various overt elements during standard production or on-demand print methods, making color-shifting inks, holograms and tamper proof seals, machine-readable and offering an all-in-one, easily customized security feature that applies to various markets in a cost effective manner. InkSure can work with a multitude of taggants, both organic and inorganic, and can leverage the latest in chemistry science, such as the use of nano particles. InkSure can develop the specific formulation that best meets the requirements of customer's specific application, including environmental and printing requirements.

If it can be colored, coated, printed, or packaged, InkSure can protect it.


 SmartInk Formulations

Applications

InkSure`s technology is comprised of ultra secure, covert solutions for authenticating, tracking and tracing documents, products and brands. Virtually almost impossible to duplicate or reverse engineer, our proprietary technology is used to mark any point of any product, label or document feature.

InkSure Solutions for Brand Protection

The basis for InkSure`s taggant encoding-decoding systems is centered on distinct material behavior under certain electro-optical conditions. Using existing printing processes as a vehicle, InkSure`s technology creates covert coded signatures by mixing special, molecular sized chemical markers (taggants) into commercial inks and coatings. These codes are applied onto products, labels, primary or secondary packaging and have no impact on layout design. Innovative advances introduced to our new line of authentication readers allow increased functionality by the use of sophisticated codes that turn the items into secure data carriers at a fraction of the cost of RFID technology.

Access Control

Securing Authenticity for Value-Bearing Certificates

Applying its expertise in machine-readable security ink technology, InkSure introduces its advanced line of document authentication and secure processing solutions. Designed to enable efficient handling of financial documents while detecting counterfeiting and duplication, InkSure`s systems assist payment processors and document issuers to protect themselves and their clients from attempted fraud. A variety of computerized readers, ranging from stationary or handheld verifying detectors to high speed/mass volume OEM kits that are embedded in backroom processing units, allow seamless integration of our authentication systems within existing equipment and environment.

InkSure`s consumer driven solutions are designed to protect various value-bearing documents:

  • Checks, Banknotes and Bonds
  • Coupons, Vouchers and Gift Certificates
  • Credit Cards, Debit and ATM Cards
  • Letters of Credit
  • Customers Clearance Documents
  • Freight Insurance
  • Warranty Documents
  • Travelers Checks

The basis for InkSure`s taggant encoding-decoding systems is centered on distinct material behavior under certain electro-optical conditions. Using existing printing processes as a vehicle, InkSure`s technology creates covert coded signatures by mixing special, molecular-sized chemical markers (taggants) into commercial inks and coatings, thus turning them into SmartInksTM. These codes are applied onto documents, bills, certificates and plastic cards and have no impact on layout design. Using advanced electro-optics, proprietary algorithms and other technological innovations, our systems enable not only an immediate inspection and authentication to distinguish between genuine and falsified documents, but also additional functionality by the use of sophisticated codes capable of data validation in a single process.

Financial Documents

Securing Authenticity for Value-Bearing Certificates

Applying its expertise in machine-readable security ink technology, InkSure introduces its advanced line of document authentication and secure processing solutions. Designed to enable efficient handling of financial documents while detecting counterfeiting and duplication, InkSure`s systems assist payment processors and document issuers to protect themselves and their clients from attempted fraud. A variety of computerized readers, ranging from stationary or handheld verifying detectors to high speed/mass volume OEM kits that are embedded in backroom processing units, allow seamless integration of our authentication systems within existing equipment and environment.

InkSure`s consumer driven solutions are designed to protect various value-bearing documents:

  • Checks, Banknotes and Bonds
  • Coupons, Vouchers and Gift Certificates
  • Credit Cards, Debit and ATM Cards
  • Letters of Credit
  • Customers Clearance Documents
  • Freight Insurance
  • Warranty Documents
  • Travelers Checks

Government and Legal Documents

Protecting Official Documents, Identification Cards and Travel Certificates

Building on our proficiency in machine-readable security ink systems, InkSure has developed a portfolio of document authentication solutions that offer scalable and layered protection from counterfeiting, copying and alterations.

Whether applied on the document background or within variable data such as bearer details, InkSure`s security systems enable conclusive verification of authenticity, while offering invulnerable safeguards against copying and reverse engineering attempts.

From a definitive yes/no authentication, through varying degrees of tracking and data validation to high speed/mass volume verification, InkSure`s solutions are designed to fit security requirements for the following documents:

  • Passports & ID Cards
  • Deeds & Titles
  • Postal Stamps
  • Tax/Excise Stamps
  • Drivers Licenses
  • Social Security Cards
  • National Health Cards

Offering a broad range of solutions to meet specific needs in particular environments, our readers` functionality is matched to required tasks:

Special Applications

Securing Authenticity for Value-Bearing Certificates

InkSure`s covert marking and detection solutions can be applied easily to a wide variety of products and materials. Additionally, our solutions can be incorporated readily with overt features to provide a greater level of security.

InkSure offers the following systems for companies and organizations seeking integrated security solutions:

  • Paper Coating applications
  • HoloSure, Machine Readable Holograms
  • Machine Readable Color Variable Inks
  • Tear Tapes
  • Foils and Film



TracksureTM combats product diversion and counterfeiting

InkSure's TrackSure technology provides secure item identification through the printing of covert linear or 2D barcodes on products or packaging. TrackSure codes are invisible to grey marketers - even when using tools such as ultra violet black lights - and can only be read with user friendly TrackSure readers. By secretly providing information such as a product's intended destination, TrackSure allows brand owners to immediately identify the source of diverted products.

TracksureTM offers track and trace protection

Designed with InkSure's proprietary SmartInk™ technology, TrackSure's track and trace solutions provide the brand owner improved product identification throughout the supply chain. This covert protection, invisible to the eye, avoids the limitation of visible barcodes that are easy to identify, erase, and remove. It is a security enhancement that is easily added to existing packaging. TrackSure barcodes accommodate item level or batch level information and can be printed with your existing equipment. Based on universally accepted, open architecture technology, it is a data tracking program that is quick to implement.

TracksureTM is flexible and user-friendly

The TrackSure scanner is a standard barcode reader with modified optics and reads both common matrix and linear barcodes. It utilizes common RS232, Keyboard Wedge and USB interfaces, and is user friendly with a weight under nine ounces. TrackSure's flexible SmartInk works with both variable data and fixed printing. TrackSure is available in three reader options:

  • Handheld scanner (cabled or bluetooth wireless)
  • Scanner and hand-held terminal-in-one
  • Fixed or table-top mounted

Applicable TrackSure Readers

  • Handheld 2D Image Reader
  • Portable Terminal
  • Fixed Mount 2D Image Reader

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Handheld 2D Image Reader


Portable Terminal


Fixed Mount 2D Image Reader


Scanner and Hand Held Terminal In-one
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