Patent ID: 9233049
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: A61J,A61P,B65D

Claim Text:
1. A method for providing for the identification of a pharmaceutical dosage form comprising: imparting a volatile scent or scent profile to a pharmaceutical dosage form comprising an active agent during manufacture of the dosage form, which scent or scent profile in the dosage form is of a type and in an amount that is physiologically unperceivable by humans but is detectable by a non-human animal or an electronic olfactory measuring device; and associating the scent or scent profile with the identity of the dosage form; wherein the dosage form is a tablet or a capsule, the scent or scent profile being imparted is not already associated with the dosage form and indicates when and/or where the pharmaceutical dosage form was manufactured, bottled or packaged, and the presence of the scent or scent profile indicates that the dosage form is authentic.