Patents by Inventor Michael PRACHAR

Michael PRACHAR 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).

  • Publication number: 20180290481
    Abstract: The present invention is directed towards a method of manufacturing a security sheet (11) for displaying personal data and a security sheet (11) formed by such a method. The method comprises heating a plastic substrate (14) to an at least softened state. The method further comprises applying a resin (8) to a first and/or second outer surface (15, 16) of the plastic substrate (14) such that the resin (8) fuses with the plastic substrate (14) during the heating step to form at least one raised structure (25). The present disclosure is also directed towards a security document (10) comprising such a security sheet (11) and an apparatus (30) for manufacturing the security sheet (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: De La Rue International Limited
    Inventors: Matthew SUGDON, Michael PRACHAR, Mark DIXON
  • Publication number: 20170136801
    Abstract: A security booklet has a cover foldable about an axis; a set of page sheets stitched together along the axis about which they can be folded to define a set of pages, wherein each page sheet is formed of a single fibrous sheet; wherein one part of one of the page sheets laterally offset from the axis is adhered to the cover, while another part of the one page sheet can be folded separately from the cover and the other pages about the axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: DE LA RUE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Matthew Charles SUGDON, Michael PRACHAR, Michael Steven WATSON