FIBERS WITH PHYSICAL FEATURES USED FOR CODING

申请号 US15876240 申请日 2018-01-22 公开(公告)号 US20180144161A1 公开(公告)日 2018-05-24
申请人 Eastman Chemical Company; 发明人 Andrew Ervin McLeod; Scott Gregory Gaynor; Steven Anthony Wilson; Lydia Juanita Salyer; Humberto Collazo; Larry Wayne Renfro; Jeremy Kenneth Steach; Brian Douglas Seiler; Clarissa Tatum;
摘要 Disclosed are fibers which contain identification fibers. The identification fibers can contain a plurality of distinct features, or taggants, which vary among the fibers and/or along the length of the identification fibers, tow band, or yarn. The disclosed embodiments also relate to the method for making the fibers. Characterization of the fibers can include identifying distinct features, combinations of distinct features, and number of fibers with various combinations of distinct features and correlating the distinct features to supply chain information. The supply chain information can be used to track the fibers, fiber band, or yarn from manufacturing through intermediaries, conversion to final product, and/or the consumer.
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