Fluorescent Plant Authentication via Genetic Modification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for confirming the authenticity of plants like cannabis or tobacco are hindered by obstructive behaviors such as barcode removal or counterfeiting, making it difficult to manage and verify genuine products.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that genetically modify plants to emit fluorescence when irradiated with light, allowing for confirmation of genuineness by determining fluorescence emission, and a program that functions similarly to perform this verification.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a barcode is provided on the plant or processed product for management, then product tracking capability is improved, but the system becomes vulnerable to obstructive behaviors such as barcode removal or counterfeiting
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the authentication function from external tags (barcodes) and embeds it directly into the plant or processed product through fluorescent protein expression. This internalization of the authentication marker makes it impossible to remove or counterfeit without detecting the fluorescent signal from the product itself.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces fluorescent protein as an intermediary substance that serves as an internal authentication marker. This fluorescent marker acts as a mediator between the product and the verification system, allowing authentication through fluorescence detection rather than relying on external barcodes that can be manipulated.
2Measurement precision
If genetic modification is used to enable fluorescence emission for authentication, then authentication precision is improved, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the biological parameters of the plant by introducing fluorescent protein genes, enabling the plant to emit fluorescence as a detectable authentication signal. This parameter change from non-fluorescent to fluorescent state provides a clear binary distinction for authentication purposes.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces mechanical authentication methods (barcodes requiring visual inspection and scanning equipment) with a biological-optical system where fluorescent proteins naturally emit light signals that can be detected through fluorescence microscopy or imaging, eliminating the need for complex mechanical verification systems.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables precise confirmation of plant or processed product authenticity, preventing counterfeit recognition and ensuring high precision in identifying genuine products through simple light irradiation and fluorescence observation.
Implementation Method 1
a confirmation method including: an irradiation step of irradiating a plant or a processed product of a plant with light; a confirmation step of confirming whether the plant or the processed product of the plant irradiated with light emits fluorescence
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AI summary
An object of the present invention is to provide a means for confirming whether a plant (for example, cannabis or tobacco) or a processed product thereof is a genuine product. The present invention provides a confirmation method including: an irradiation step (S11) of irradiating a plant or a processed product of the plant with light; a confirmation 5 step (S12) of confirming whether the plant or the processed product of the plant irradiated with light emits fluorescence; and a determination step (S13) of determining the plant or the processed product of the plant emitting fluorescence to be a genuine product and the plant or the processed product of the plant not emitting fluorescence to be a counterfeit product.