Patents by Inventor Markus Prancz

Markus Prancz 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).

  • Patent number: 7757538
    Abstract: The invention concerns an embossing plate for a hot-cold-laminating press with a three-dimensional structure based on an essentially flawless metal plate with a hardened surface of appropriate thickness and dimensions and a suitable surface, specifically a highly polished surface, into which or onto which the three-dimensional structure is incorporated by a process with at least two steps. An embossing plate produced by this process is used for the production of documents, specifically security documents, such as personal identity cards, passports, identification cards, credit cards, customer cards, driving licenses and similar sheet and/or card and/or book-like documents by means of hot-cold-lamination and/or embossing and/or item-by-item embossing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Austria Card Plastikkarten und Ausweissysteme GmbH
    Inventors: Erik Mitterhofer, Markus Prancz, Maximilian Reissig
  • Publication number: 20060191861
    Abstract: The invention concerns an embossing plate for a hot-cold-laminating press with a three-dimensional structure based on an essentially flawless metal plate with a hardened surface of appropriate thickness and dimensions and a suitable surface, specifically a highly polished surface, into which or onto which the three-dimensional structure is incorporated by a process with at least two steps. An embossing plate produced by this process is used for the production of documents, specifically security documents, such as personal identity cards, passports, identification cards, credit cards, customer cards, driving licenses and similar sheet and/or card and/or book-like documents by means of hot-cold-lamination and/or embossing and/or item-by-item embossing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2005
    Publication date: August 31, 2006
    Inventors: Erik Mitterhofer, Markus Prancz, Maximilian Reissig
  • Patent number: 6170880
    Abstract: The invention relates to a data carrier (1) with a data carrier structure (2) in which a module (9) with a plate-shaped component carrier (10) and a component (13) attached to the inside of the component carrier (10) is used, and with a plate-shaped hologram carrier (30) provided on the data carrier (1) and showing a hologram (33) by way of the main surface (31) visible from outside the data carrier (1). The invention provides that the plate-shaped hologram carrier (30) be provided on the data carrier to be covering the plate-shaped component carrier (10), and covers at least substantially the component carrier (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: Austria Card Plastikkarten und Aussweissysteme Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventor: Markus Prancz
  • Patent number: 6095424
    Abstract: In a data carrier (46) for contactless uses having at least one component 1) and at least one transmission device (2) for the contactless uses the card body (14) has dimensions corresponding to the dimensions of a card body of a card-shaped data carrier for contact-bound uses in accordance with the standard ISO 7810, and the card body (14) has a recess (17) which terminates in a body main surface (15), in which recess the component (31) has been mounted, which recess is situated in the card body (14) of the card-shaped data carrier (46) at a position which corresponds to the position of a contact surface, comprising contacts, on a card-shaped data carrier for contact-bound uses in accordance with the standard ISO 7816-2, and the component connecting contacts (55, 56) of the component (31) have been connected in an electrically conductive manner to transmission-device connecting contacts (4, 5) of a transmission device (2) incorporated in the card body (14) before the component (31) is mounted in the recess (1
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2000
    Assignee: Austria Card Plasikkarten und Ausweissysteme Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventor: Markus Prancz
  • Patent number: 6081025
    Abstract: A data carrier has a data carrier body made of a number of laminated layers. A coil with coil contacts is embedded between said layers. An electronic component is disposed in a recess of the data carrier body and is electrically connected to the coil contacts. A cover covers the recess with the electronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: Austria Card Plastikkarten
    Inventor: Markus Prancz
  • Patent number: 5996897
    Abstract: A data carrier has a data carrier body. A component module with component ntacts and a coil with coil contacts are incorporated in the data carrier body. The component is located in a component level zone. At least in their area adjacent the component module, the coil and the coil contacts are located in a winding level zone that is situated outside the component level zone. The component contacts and the coil contacts are connected through a dried electrically conductive adhesive that was introduced into channels between the coil and component contacts in a pasty or a liquid condition upon manufacturing of the data carrier. At the surface of the data carrier, adjacent the channel the data carrier has pockets that are adapted to receive a surplus of electrically conductive adhesive more than necessary than to form the channels of dried electrically conductive adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Austria Card Plastikkarten Und Ausweissysteme Gesellschaft M.B.H
    Inventor: Markus Prancz
  • Patent number: 5969415
    Abstract: In a data carrier (46) with a data carrier body (14), a component (31) and a coil (2) are incorporated in the data carrier body (14) and the component (31) is disposed in a component level zone (Z2) of the data carrier body (14) and the coil turns (3) of the coil (2), at least in their area adjacent the component (31), are disposed in a winding level zone (Z1) situated outside the component level zone (Z2), and two module connecting contacts (32, 33) extend through the component level zone (Z2) up to the coil connecting contacts (4, 5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: Austria Card Plastikkarten
    Inventor: Markus Prancz