InfraTrac has developed a technique for embedding chemical taggants in 3D printed objects and other materials that can be authenticated using a portable spectrometer. This allows brands to protect their intellectual property from counterfeiting, which costs companies $250 billion per year globally. The taggants are embedded during the 3D printing or manufacturing process and cannot be detected without specialized equipment, making the verification covert. A small portable spectrometer can be used to quickly authenticate objects in the field. InfraTrac is seeking partners in defense, aerospace, and medical devices to license its technology and help protect against the growing threat of intellectual property theft through counterfeiting of 3D printed parts.

1. Sharon Flank, CEO
Apr 2016
IP-Protected 3D-Printed
Electronics and More

2. Counterfeiting is a trillion-dollar business
Costs US
companies
$250B/year
Erodes
consumer
confidence
Can support
terrorists and
organized crime
R I S K
3D printing makes counterfeiting easy

3. 3D Printing, Protected with Spectroscopy
Under-the-skin fingerprinting:
Fingerprinting for “ink”
Authorized spare parts, made with the right material
Make objects unscannable

4. What We Do: Light-Based Verification
Chemical Taggants in the “sandwich”
Detector: Pocket-sized spectrometer
Fast & easy field authentication
PB&J metaphor:
“the most promising is a technique
developed by InfraTrac” (3dprint.com)

5. Tagging Electronics
Printable electronics options include:
Jettable nanocomposites, e.g. Chemcubed
Bioprinting with electronics, e.g. Jennifer Lewis
(Wyss/Harvard)
Conductive ink (NanoDimension)
Conductive graphene filament (BLACKMAGIC3D)
RFID (Chemcubed)
Flexible, e.g. for wearables
Layered into substrate: InfraTrac taggants
Confidential

6. InfraTrac’s chemical protection is…
Completely covert
Detectable in the field
Easy to scale
Small circle of trust: nobody needs
to know the entire recipe
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7. 3D Printing IP Opportunity:
Licensed Taggants
Gartner: 3D printing IP theft >$100 billion by 2018
Brand Owners: Authorized product
1st Markets: Defense/Aerospace; Med Devices

8. Current Protection Options for 3D
1-use print
Protects the file, but not the object
Quantum dots
Scale-up and supply chain issues
Toxicity issues (cadmium, lead)
DNA
Full verification is not a field test
Heat limits applicability

9. Easy AND Effective
Confidential
Serialization
(2D, RFID)
Hologram Botanical
DNA
Laser
Etching
UV
Ink
Easy to Use X X X X X
Fast Results X X X X X
Covert X** X
Flexible X
Cost-effective X* X X X X
Hard to Defeat X X
** DNA is covert only with
full PCR, not with UV
* Expensive infrastructure

10. What InfraTrac Can Protect, 3D & Beyond
Plastic
Packaging
Medical Devices
Metal
Cars
Electronics
Computer Chips
Substances
Medications
Cosmetics
Perfume
Luxury Goods

11. Our IP is well protected
In-dose fingerprints: EU 2012, US 2014
EP1671094, U.S. 8,719,043
Packaging chemical code: 2013; CIP
U.S. 8,517,274, EU allowed 2016
Hospital medication errors: 2011
U.S. 7,952,710
Patents Pending:
• Sensor fusion
• 3D printing
Confidential

12. Sharon Flank, Ph.D.
Silver Spring, MD
sflank@infratrac.com
202-251-4648
We keep brands safe…
from FAKES AND MISTAKES