Patents by Inventor Daniel J. Leeds

Daniel J. Leeds has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Security device with foil camouflaged magnetic regions and methods of making same
    Patent number: 6549131
    Abstract: A method of covering, embedding or burying magnetically encodable regions, invisible to the naked eye at least on one side, in a magnetic/metallic security device begins by providing a security device carrier substrate having an imaged metallic region. A foil film is provided on a release coated carrier film. One or more magnetic regions are provided on either the foil film layer or the carrier substrate. Patterned, flat, or roller heated dies are used to contact and bond the foil film to the security device carrier substrate in at least those regions of the magnetic regions thereby producing a security device having covered, embedded or camouflaged magnetically encodable regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignees: Crane & Co., Inc., Technical Graphics Security Products, LLC
    Inventors: Paul F. Cote, Gerald J. Gartner, Stephen B. Curdo, Daniel J. Leeds, Gary R. Wolpert, Timothy T. Crane