Abstract

A tamper-evident glass and methods of using the tamperevident glass are provided herein. The tamper-evident glass comprising at least a first plurality of tamper-evident elements, which may be unique or near unique to each manufacturing of tam per-evident glass. The initial state of tamper-evident glass and positioning of the plurality of tamper-evident elements may be mapped through digital scanning to create a digital file of the current state of the tamper-evident glass. The tamper-evident glass may be scanned again to create a new digital file for comparison and to determine if a tampering event has occurred. The tamperevident elements may include any combination of inorganic fluorescent material, crystals grown through nucleation and crystallization, or added colorants.

Department(s)

Materials Science and Engineering

Comments

Docket Number: 22MST015-NPV

Filing Date: 02/27/2023

Issue Date: 01/16/2024, FY24

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Prior Publication Data

US 2023/0274405 A1 August 31, 2023

Patent Application Number

18/174,958

Patent Number

US 11,875,499 B2

Document Type

Patent

Document Version

Citation

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2026 Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLC., All rights reserved

Additional Rights Information

Assignee: Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLC., Kansas City, MO (US)

Publication Date

16 January, 2024

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