Intellicheck Mobilisa gains US patent for two-factor fingerprint solution

New York-based identity authentication firm Intellicheck Mobilisa has been awarded a US Patent that governs a biometric identity process that authenticates an identity card with embedded fingerprint information.The firm says the patent could help it expand into both private sector and government ID markets.Dr. William Roof, Intellicheck CEO, remarked, “This patent allows us to make important strides in the fast growing $25 billion fingerprint biometric marketplace. Aside from its clear applicability for use with a number of Federal Government identity credentials, this patented technology has the potential to be incorporated into our existing products,Defense ID and Law ID.”Roof added that the growth of fingerprint biometrics is being fueled by government and commercial market security needs as well as being driven by the ever-increasing dynamics of domestic and international threats.”Fingerprint biometric identity authentication has widespread applications that run the gamut from defense, homeland security and police utilizations to electronic banking and payments and a variety of commercial product and retail usages. The ability of this technology to identify people successfully in an infinite, repeatable, precise manner helps solve critical identification challenges across these markets.”The firm said the patent covers the process at the heart of the leading biometric fingerprint technology that assures compliance with The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS-201). The Federal Information Processing Standard 201 is the underlying standard for the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC), the Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Credential, the Common Access Card (CAC) and other U.S. Government identification methods. This standard is often reflected in the products used in the private sector as well.Compliance with this standard requires the ability to verify that the person presenting the identity card is the card's owner. Fingerprint biometrics accomplishes this by matching the rightful card owner's fingerprints, encrypted and stored on the card's smart chip, with the actual fingerprints of the person presenting the card.Dr. Roof said the Company's previously announced purchase of an intellectual property portfolio was driven by what he envisioned for Intellicheck's product and market future. “We recognized the enormous implications of the patent pending in the portfolio governing the process of fingerprint biometric identification when we made the purchase decision. It was a strategic decision that speaks to our vision and leadership in advancing pioneering identification authentication technology solutions and our commitment to delivering value to our customers and investors. We believe the issuance of this patent firmly positions us in a leading role in the fingerprint biometric identity authentication industry.”

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