Dust Identity, Inc.
Hardware authentication system using physically unclonable functions (PUFs) embedded in products to verify authenticity
- Sector
- Semiconductors
- Headquarters
- NEEDHAM, MA
- Latest Form D
- $12.4M, Jul 2019
- Total capital
- $12.4M
- Federal grants
- None on recordNo awards found in SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF or DoD records.
- Private capital raised
- $12.4M
- 1 Form D · last Jul 2019
- 87 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 6
- 12 pending · first 2020
- Rank in peer group#65 of 224
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$12.4M
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Standing among 224 peers
Line = medianSemiconductors · Device
- Granted patents#65 · top 29%
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Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- Ophir GaathonResearcherExecutive Officer, DirectorLinked by 6 patents
- Dirk EnglundExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Ilya FushmanDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 6 granted of 18- GrantedGenerating a Unique Code from Orientation InformationUSPTOUS 12,657,415
- GrantedGenerating a Unique Code from Orientation InformationUSPTOUS 12,481,850
- PendingApplying and Using Unique Unclonable Physical IdentifiersUSPTOApplication 18982778
Show all 18 patent records
- Generating a Unique Code from Orientation InformationJun 16, 2026 · US 12,657,415Granted
- Generating a Unique Code from Orientation InformationNov 25, 2025 · US 12,481,850Granted
- Applying and Using Unique Unclonable Physical IdentifiersJul 17, 2025 · Application 18982778Pending
- Generating a Unique Code from Orientation InformationJun 19, 2025 · Application 18932108Pending
- Producing Identity Markers by Electrostatic PrintingFeb 20, 2025 · Application 18884412Pending
- Applying and Using Unique Unclonable Physical IdentifiersFeb 4, 2025 · US 12,214,613Granted
- Generating a Unique Code from Orientation InformationNov 7, 2023 · US 11,809,950Granted
- Generating a Unique Code from Orientation InformationApr 19, 2022 · US 11,308,299Granted
- Generating a Unique Code from Orientation InformationJun 16, 2020 · US 10,685,199Granted
- Generating A Unique Code From Orientation InformationApplication PCTUS2017021117Pending
- Generating Unique Identifiers From A Collection Of ParticlesApplication PCTUS2024046864Pending
- Generating Unique Identifiers from a Collection of Planar BodiesApplication 63582993Pending
- Producing Identity Markers By Electrostatic PrintingApplication PCTUS2023014093Pending
- Producing Identity Markers by Electrostatic PrintingApplication 63319835Pending
- Applying And Using Unique Unclonable Physical IdentifiersApplication PCTUS2020059031Pending
- Adhesive Identifier TagsApplication 62934283Pending
- Tamper-Evident Identifier TagsApplication 62934298Pending
- Shaping Identifier Tags to Surface MorphologyApplication 62930875Pending
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Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
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Data freshness
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