SBIR Phase I: Radio-Frequency-Identification Based Seal & Packaging Methods To Eliminate Counterfeiting And Tampering Of Physical Goods

小型企业创新研究(SBIR)第一阶段项目的更广泛影响/商业潜力将影响到任何遭受产品假冒的行业或产品类别；也就是说，几乎对所有可以想象到的行业。据估计，到2020年，全球假冒市场将从2017年的1.2万亿美元增长到1.8万亿美元以上。为了应对这一趋势，到2023年，用于防伪包装的支出将从2017年的1220亿美元增加到2640亿美元。最令人担忧的是，据估计，假药行业的规模约为2000亿美元，每年导致约100万人死亡。现有的防伪包装技术已被证明在打击这一假冒问题方面基本上无效。该项目将首次产生包装或密封，毫不含糊地告知用户任何产品的真实性、完整性和来源-S合成技术。供应链中的所有利益相关者都将能够在假货被使用或消费之前检测到假货。供应链可见度的提高还将扩大相关实体和/或当局的执法机会，并为受影响最严重的行业提供特殊好处：制药、军事/国防产品和高价商品。拟议的创新是对射频识别(RFID)的一种新的增强，它将其附着到的任何包裹或容器密封，并在被读取器/询问器(例如任何现代智能手机)查询时向用户或系统提供状态(即被篡改/未被篡改)和身份。该项目将生产所需的设计和制造技术，以创造基于RFID的封条，为应用这些封条的产品提供真实性、完整性和来源的保证。将对这一创新所需的几个特定硬件组件进行研究，并将生产必要的软件和密码系统，以测试、设计和商业化这一拟议的产品假冒解决方案。开发的软件将为拟议的防伪解决方案的商业应用提供测试和开发框架。硬件设计方面的进步，特别是关于最大限度地减少基于RFID的密封件的功率要求以及特定所需硬件组件(即检测篡改事件的组件)的制造技术，将在本研究项目期间完成。研发活动将采用不同的技术，包括迭代设计、3D打印和先进的电子原型。SBIR第一阶段项目最终将设计和验证可投入生产的密封件。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will be on any industry or product category that suffers from product counterfeiting; that is to say on nearly every industry imaginable. It is estimated that the global counterfeit market will grow from $1.2 Trillion in 2017 to more than $1.8 Trillion by 2020. In an attempt to combat this trend, spending on anticounterfeit packaging will grow from $122 Billion in 2017 to $264 Billion by 2023. Of most dire concern, the counterfeit pharmaceutical industry is estimated at approximately $200 Billion, resulting in about 1 million deaths annually. Existing anti-counterfeit packaging techniques have proven largely ineffective in combating this counterfeiting problem. This project will result, for the first time, in packaging or seals that, without ambiguity, inform users of the authenticity, integrity, and provenance of any product outfitted with the project?s resultant technology. All stakeholders in a supply chain will be enabled to detect fake goods before they can be used or consumed. This increased visibility into the supply chain will also broaden enforcement opportunities for relevant entities and/or authorities and provide special benefit to those industries most urgently impacted: pharmaceuticals, military/defense products and high-priced goods. The proposed innovation is a novel enhancement to Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) that seals any package or container to which it is attached and, when queried by a reader/interrogator (e.g. any modern smartphone), provides the status (i.e. tampered/un-tampered) and identity to the user or system. The project will produce the designs and manufacturing techniques required to create RFID-based seals that provide assurance of authenticity, integrity, and provenance for products to which these seals are applied. Research will be conducted on several specific hardware components required by this innovation and will produce the requisite software and cryptographic systems for the testing, design, and commercialization of this proposed solution to product counterfeiting. Developed software will provide the testing and development framework for commercial applications of the proposed anti-counterfeiting solution. Advances in hardware design, especially concerning the minimization of power requirements for the RFID-based seals and the manufacturing techniques for specific required hardware components (i.e. the components that detect tampering events) will be accomplished during this research project. Research and development activities will employ varied techniques including iterative design, 3D printing, and advanced electronics prototyping. This SBIR Phase I project will ultimately result in the design and validation of production-ready seals.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.