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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4630844 | Two-step bank draft A sales promotional system includes a first sheet having an incomplete check having certain information missing therefrom. A participant obtains the missing information (e.g. by purchasing a designated product or service) and, if the information matches t... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4626836 | Method of scheduling meetings A method of scheduling a meeting among terminal users who are provided with calendaring applications for storing and retrieving timed and dated events. Included is presentation to a meeting scheduler of a prompting screen with blanks for keying in desired... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4596409 | Identification card and method of producing it An identification card, in particular an all-plastic indentification card, written on by means of a laser, having user-related and user-neutral data such as a name, account number, etc. present on the surface of the indentification card in the form of loc... | 06/24/1986 |
| 4580814 | Weather guide for deriving typical weather conditions A device for foretelling the typical weather in a given locality for any month of the year, based on actual historically recorded weather data, is provided. The device is in the form of a hand held sleeve member having front and back panels and an insert ... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4523777 | Identification card and a method of producing same An identification card having information applied in the form of patterns, letters, numbers and/or images, formed by interruptions, in the homogeneity of different colored layer areas arranged superjacently on the identification card. The colored informat... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4432630 | Light sensitive validating identification badge system A temporary badge fabrication system is provided. The system comprises a badge having at least one surface coated with an ambient light sensitive coating thereon which when exposed to ambient light conditions for a specified period of time changes to a sp... | 02/21/1984 |
| 4310180 | Protected document and method of making same Disclosed is a protected document such as a negotiable instrument, a title instrument, identification document or other documents which should be kept secure from illegal copying by color copiers. The method of making the document comprising preprinting a... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4189353 | Method and device for transmitting confidential information through the mail A device and method for transmitting selected confidential information from an institution to a plurality of parties using post cards that have a preprinted camouflage pattern printed in a first predetermined color, confidential information imprinted in a... | 02/19/1980 |
| 4184701 | Tamper proof label This invention relates to tamper-proof labels useful for marking objects in a manner such that, if one were to attempt to transfer the label to another object, the label would be destroyed or defaced to such an extent that its transference would be notice... | 01/22/1980 |
| 4163570 | Optically coded document and method of making same A document is disclosed, which comprises an information carrier in which information is recorded as optical markings. The information carrier has a shape-memorizing capability actuated by supplying energy, such as heat, which changes the shape of the info... | 08/07/1979 |
| 4118122 | Method of rendering objects uncopyable by photocopy processes Techniques to render documents and like objects uncopyable by photocopy means. Illumination spectral composition, object background color, and photoreceptor sensitivity are appropriately combined such that the photoreceptor perceives no object contrast. T... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4017994 | Signature protection system An arrangement for increasing the life, readability, and security of credit cards and similar elements having a portion to receive an authorized signature. Supplied with the card or thereon is a strip of transparent material having one adhesive surface, s... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4009892 | Method and product for preventing fraud in document identification A bank check includes a secret alphanumeric code designation known only to the correct payee which is covered with a light-impervious cover having a light-sensitive material micro-encapsulated in the surface adjacent to the surface of the bank check. The ... | 03/01/1977 |
