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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7703811 | Security thread The current invention relates to a security element for security substrates, such as those used for banknotes and the like, having enhanced public recognition, anti-counterfeit and detection properties. A security element comprising an elongate strip of a light tran... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7407195 | Label for receiving indicia having variable spectral emissivity values Labels that are conducive to the detection of bar-codes and other indicia having varying spectral emissivity values are provided. The labels include a substrate, a background layer, a thermally conductive layer and an adhesive layer. The background layer is preferab... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7347360 | Foldable transaction card systems for non-traditionally-sized transaction cards Transaction cards having one or more folds therein for compact and easily stored transaction cards are provided. Moreover, foldable transaction cards are provided having one or more holes or apertures therein for holding key chains, or other devices for attaching th... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7325144 | Portable information processor having password code checking function Switching between a requiring mode and a non-requiring mode of password code checking is enabled by an IC card with a CPU for accessing an EEPROM. The general data in the EEPROM are stored upon attachment of error check codes. The memory area of EEPROM is partitione... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7316422 | Safety element and a valuable object This invention relates to an object of value with a security element having a thermochromic layer and disposed completely on the surface of the object of value. The thermochromic layer is combined with an effect layer having visually and/or machine testable properti... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7290703 | Method and apparatus for providing multiple transaction cards in assembly A transaction card assembly and method for forming a transaction card assembly. The transaction card assembly may include two or more transaction cards that are each useable with different issuers. A first transaction card may be useable only with a first issuer, an... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7278570 | Financial presentation instruments with integrated holder and methods for use The present invention provides improved apparatus, methods, and systems for displaying and packaging financial presentation instruments, particularly stored value, gift, or other pre-paid debit cards. In one embodiment of the present invention, a method for displayi... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7267857 | Mounting and laminating system A laminating and mounting system include a pouch (10) made of thermal laminating film (15,16) and a thermal adhesive (21,22) on a surface (17,18) both inside the pouch and outside the pouch. A first substrate (19), like a print, is... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7255911 | Laminate body, in particular a laminate foil and a method of increasing the forgery-proof nature of laminate body Described is a laminate body, in particular a laminate foil, comprising a laser-sensitive layer and an identification element, for example a diffraction and/or hologram structure, a reflection layer, a printed image or the like, which is provided in a second layer a... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7252239 | Method for producing laser-writable data carriers and data carrier produced according to this method The invention relates to a method for producing a data carrier having a laser-markable layer and a transparent optically variable layer overlapping therewith at least in certain areas, wherein visually visible markings that at least partly overlap with the optically... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7245401 | Device and method for recording additional information on printing medium, and image forming apparatus A secrecy management information recording device has an information input section which inputs image information printed by a printer and secrecy management information corresponding to the image information, a transport mechanism which receives a printing sheet on... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7219829 | Carrier which is aesthetically irreversibly convertible from planar blank to closed package for coded card and methods for manufacture and use of the same A planar carrier for a coded card is substantially aesthetically irreversibly convertible from a substantially two-dimensional blank into a three-dimensional card enclosing gift package. ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7207490 | Security element A bar code is integrated in the paper in the form of a watermark. The fields (6) which separate the information-conveying bars of the bar code from each other are formed as watermarks. The information-conveying bars can be formed as watermarks, but they do no... | 04/24/2007 |
| RE39490 | Security device having multiple security features and method of making same A security device having multiple security features is used with an item, such as a secure document, ticket, label or tag, to authenticate the item and/or encode data pertaining to the item. One example of the security device includes a carrier substrate, a metallic... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7153557 | Security document with marker The present invention relates to a self-adhesive or thermally bondable security document that can be affixed to an article, characterized in that it comprises at least one medium capable of receiving print on the front side, said medium having, on its reverse side, ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7147151 | Foldable transaction card systems Transaction cards having one or more folds therein to provide compact and easily stored transaction cards are provided. Moreover, foldable transaction cards are provided having one or more holes or apertures therein for holding key chains, or other devices for attac... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7144617 | Diffractive security element A security element (2) comprising a reflective, optically variable surface pattern (3) which is embedded in a layer composite of plastic material and which can be visually recognized from predetermined observation directions is formed from a mosaic of ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7129709 | Method of testing documents provided with optico-diffractively effective markings The invention relates to a method of examining the authenticity of a document provided with an optico-diffractively effective element or hologram by subjecting the hologram to capacitive coupling of a voltage and deriving a signal representative of the voltage for c... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7122248 | Security articles This invention provides security articles comprising fibers, threads and fiber sections (“dots”) possessing multiple verification characteristics. The fibers possess unique and difficulty duplicated combinations of complex cross-sections, components, and multipl... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7118041 | Two-dimensional color barcode with preserved plane and lossy plane layers The present invention is embodied in a barcode system that includes an encoder configured to create a two-dimensional color barcode representing data defined by a first data layer and a second data layer, wherein the first data layer is preserved and the second data... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7116222 | Combination magnetic tag A combination magnetic tag (10) is described comprising an optical part (20) and a magnetic part (30), the optical part including a plurality of optical elements for conveying an optical code and the magnetic part including a plurality of magnet... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7108286 | Antifalsification paper and other antifalsification items The present invention describes security paper and security items in general containing at least one security element having at least one photoluminescent segment characterized by a linearly polarized photoluminescence and/or a linearly polarized absorption. The pre... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7090917 | Security strips Security strips for identifying the genuineness of sheet material such as documents, securities and banknotes. The security strips are constructed of several different components, encoding means and electrically conductive layers connected in different arrangements ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7090935 | Magnetic card A magnetic card of the invention comprises a card substrate 11 on which a magnetic layer 12, a thin-film layer 13 formed of a metal or a metal compound for concealing the magnetic layer, a printed layer 14 and a volume hologram layer 1... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7086666 | Identification card with embedded halftone image security feature perceptible in transmitted light An information-bearing laminar assembly, suitable for use as an identification card, is disclosed. The assembly is characterized by the provision therein of an embedded halftone image security feature that becomes visible essentially only when the assembly is view i... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7078090 | Decorative foil A decorative foil is in the form of a layer composite structure (1) and comprises at least a transparent base foil (2), a transparent cover layer (4) and a transparent dielectric layer (3) arranged between the base foil (2) and the... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7068811 | Protecting images with image markings A method and system for embedding signatures within visual images in both digital representation and print or film. A signature is inseparably embedded within the visible image, the signature persisting through image transforms that include resizing as well as conve... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7047883 | Method and apparatus for orienting magnetic flakes Apparatus and related methods align magnetic flakes in a carrier, such as an ink vehicle or a paint vehicle to create optically variable images in a high-speed, linear printing operation. Images can provide security features on high-value documents, such as bank not... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7050603 | Watermark encoded video, and related methods Watermarks in video signals or the accompanying audio track are used to associate video objects in a video sequence with object specific actions or information. A video object refers to a spatial and temporal portion of a video signal that depicts a recognizable obj... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7040663 | Value document The invention relates to a document of value such as a paper of value or ID card with a security element having an optically variable material. Said optically variable material conveys different color effects at different viewing angles. Additionally, the security e... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040665 | Carrier sheet with integrated detachable die-cut card having a magnet material backing A carrier sheet comprising a printed paper sheet having an integrated detachable card with a magnetic backing and method of manufacturing same is described. The carrier sheet is comprised of a printed paper sheet having printed matter on at least a front face thereo... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7036739 | Data storage device apparatus and method for using same A data storage device for use as a portable card, magnetically encodeable card, magnetic credit card or the like is shown. The data storage device includes a substrate having at least one surface. A high density, magnetically coercive material layer is disposed on o... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7037606 | Security element A security element is equipped with first code of magnetic material and/or second code of electroconductive material and has in addition third, optically read-able code, for example as negative writing and/or as a bar code, which is present in the magnetic and/or el... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7032988 | Certified proofing A certified proofing method is disclosed that includes receiving a printable sheet and automatically detecting at least one feature of at least one component of a proofing process bearing on its quality. The method also includes automatically evaluating at least one... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7029757 | Method for producing security marks and security marks The invention concerns a method for producing security marks on a support having a first face and a second face opposite said first face which consists in the following steps: high resolution printing with a varnish on the support first face; treating the support by... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7014120 | Smart documents The invention relates to Smart Documents to be used in various administrative, financial and other applications, in particular bank cheques and other paper value documents that require authentication, boarding passes for transport systems, documents for access funct... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7003132 | Embedding hidden auxiliary code signals in media Methods for embedding and reading auxiliary messages from image signals use embedded code signals modulated with the auxiliary message. These embedded ode signals may be used to convey hidden tracking codes in images, video and printed objects. The embedded code sig... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6977114 | Communication substrates having variably applied ferromagnetic material, ferromagnetic composition and a system and method of applying the material to a substrate The present invention relates generally to substrates intended for business and other communications such as marketing, advertising and personal communications as well as, intermediates, materials, documents or the like related thereto and more particularly to busin... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6964810 | Magnetically readable card and a method of making a magnetically readable card The present invention includes a process for making a magnetically readable card. The process includes providing a polymeric extrudable substrate material and one or more magnetic strips. The substrate is extruded in an extruder. The magnetic strips are aligned and ... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6929413 | Printer driver log security verification for identification cards The present invention provides a counterfeit resistant ID card where a printed security feature is applied to the ID card at the issuance location at the time the card is issued. Specifically, the present invention provides for a process of producing an ID card havi... | 08/16/2005 |
