Method Patents (Class 283/67)
  • Patent number: 8608204
    Abstract: A self attaching tag made essentially of self adhesive printable plastic to be attached to a fragile and easily deformable object characterized in that the tag is covered with a plurality of varnishes which allow for the protection of pre-printing and for printing and writing on at the moment of use. The tags are delivered on large rolls where perforations allow for easy separation of the tags.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Brennoor Ltd.
    Inventors: Paul Anthony Brennan, Michael David Moorhouse
  • Publication number: 20130313817
    Abstract: A method for providing custom information to a user of a reversible child resistant closure includes maintaining a supply of closures, each closure including a first section configured to be applied to the container in a non-child resistant mode, a second section configured to be applied to the container in a child resistant mode, and a divider for forming a first section cavity and a second section cavity. One of the closures of the supply is configured to include printed information by inserting a first liner having indicia printed thereon in the first section cavity such that the indicia of the first liner is visible when the closure is installed in the child resistant mode and inserting a second liner having indicia printed thereon in the second section cavity such that the indicia of the second liner is visible when the closure is installed in the non-child resistant mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: TRI STATE DISTRIBUTION, INC.
    Inventors: David A. Miceli, Joseph A. Miceli
  • Patent number: 8585094
    Abstract: A method for deterring information copying, includes: combining a watermark serial number incorporate in a given medium with a content serial number to create a combined serial number, the watermark serial number uniquely identifies the given medium, and the content serial number uniquely identifies a content stored on the given medium; creating a digital signature by encoding the combined serial number using a private key of a public/private key pair; imprinting the content serial number and the digital signature on the given medium; decoding the digital signature imprinted on the given medium using a public key of the public/private key pair to obtain the combined serial number; comparing the decoded combined serial number with the watermark serial number and the content serial number imprinted of the given medium; and in response to determining that both match the combined serial number, determining that the content is authentic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Rajendran Appavu, Prashant N Kulkarni
  • Publication number: 20130300100
    Abstract: Adhesive medical tape with warning indicators. The warning indicators can indicate the presence of a dangerous condition in a medical setting, such as the presence of sharp needles or that a patient is infected with a bloodborne pathogen. Viewers who see the warning indicators can alter their behavior to avoid the dangerous condition when treating patients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventor: Grace Padilla-Kastenberg
  • Publication number: 20130300101
    Abstract: An anti-counterfeit feature for a multi-layer document or plastic laminated card is provided according to some embodiments. The laminated card can include an embedded layer including a radio frequency radiation absorbing or deflecting material. The card can be authenticated by detecting an absence or a modification of a radio frequency signal due to the card interfering with a radiation source. The laminated card can also include a pattern of perforations passing partially or fully through one or more layers of the card so as to produce an effect similar to a watermark in the assembled laminated card by giving the card a modified transparency in a pattern associated with the pattern of perforations. The card can be authenticated by observing a pattern of light through the perforations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: David Wicker, Kenneth Wicker, Michael Caton, Gary Andrechak, Jaeson Caulley, Michael Caulley, Phieu Luong
  • Patent number: 8579694
    Abstract: A method for lottery wagering on real-world events. One method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes selecting a set of variables, each variable representing a time-varying value capable of having a fixed value at a specified time. For each variable, the method includes selecting a range of values for the fixed value of the variable at the specified time, dividing the range of values into a set of n increments, randomly assigning a lottery number from a set of lottery numbers, 1 to n, to each increment, selecting a winning lottery number from the set of lottery numbers based on correlating the fixed value of the variable at the specified time with the increment associated with the winning lottery number; and determining a set of winning lottery numbers from the winning lottery numbers selected for each variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Inventors: James M. Odom, Scott D. Yelich
  • Publication number: 20130277957
    Abstract: A security feature for protecting valuable documents, in particular for ensuring the authenticity of valuable documents, comprises a luminescent pigment which has a host lattice doped with a first luminophore and a second luminophore, with an excitation energy of the first luminophore being transferable to the second luminophore. However, in the case of the luminescent pigment according to the invention, the excitation energy is not transferred completely from the first luminophore to the second, but rather only partially. The incomplete transfer of the excitation energy is achieved by selecting suitable amount-of-substance fractions of the first and the second luminophores on the luminescent pigment. As a result of the incomplete transfer of the excitation energy, the luminescent light that is emitted by the luminescent pigment also has, in addition to a luminescence peak of the second luminophore, a luminescence peak of the first luminophore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: Giesecke & Devrient GmbH
    Inventors: Johann Kecht, Kai Uwe Stock
  • Publication number: 20130270394
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for assisting in management of unmanned aerial vehicles. Planned routes are identified for the unmanned aerial vehicles. The planned routes are displayed on a map. A set of planned routes is identified that is within a predefined distance of a selected planned route during substantially a same point in time within a viewing area on the map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Joshua Lee Downs
  • Publication number: 20130264813
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for constructing an optical device having a substrate and a filter layer provided on the substrate. The filter layer includes features that render a first image and gaps between the features. An image layer is provided on the filter layer and includes image elements provided within the gaps between the features. The first image is rendered in reflected light and the second image is rendered in transmitted light. According to one example, a second filter layer may be provided on a second side of the substrate such that features of the filter layer and second features of the second filter layer may be at least partially out of vertical alignment in order to define a plurality of light ray entry angles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventor: Cary M. Quinn
  • Patent number: 8554606
    Abstract: A system and method for managing sponsorships by a sponsor, in which the party requesting the sponsorship requests to use content owned and protected by the sponsor, such as trademarks, logos, and copyrighted material. An embodiment of the method involves receiving, at a computer network site, a request for sponsorship from a requestor and responding to the request by sending either an approval or a rejection. If an approval is sent, the method further involves providing the requestor with access to content of the sponsor through the site. As part of providing this access, the method can involve requiring the requestor to accept an agreement posted on the site. The method can also include monitoring the requestor's actual use of the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Marcus Delgado, Sandra J. Evans, Harrison P. Lantz, Amy L. Sherwood, David L. Furth
  • Patent number: 8544893
    Abstract: The invention relates to a security element for protecting documents of value, which has magnetic material. Furthermore, the invention relates to a document of value, a transfer material and method for producing such security elements and documents of value as well as a method and an apparatus for checking such a security element or document of value. According to the invention the security element has at least two magnetic materials, wherein the magnetic materials have different coercive field strengths and are applied onto and/or incorporated in the security element in such a manner that their remanence is equally high.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Giesecke & Devrient GmbH
    Inventors: Jürgen Schützmann, Lothar Schütt
  • Patent number: 8540285
    Abstract: A chemically etched two dimensional matrix symbol is provided on a substrate. The substrate may be metal or plastic. A process is described for forming a plurality of two dimensional matrix symbols at the same time in batches. The two dimensional data matrix symbol includes a substrate, a plurality of grooves and a plurality of raised areas, and a plurality of ink spots disposed in the grooves according to a predefined code. The matrix is readable by a scanning device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Texas Nameplate Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Roy Dale Crownover
  • Publication number: 20130241189
    Abstract: An index label and a method for applying an index label to a sheet or folder. A label assembly includes labels in a column, and each of the labels includes a fold line. A registration structure is adjacent the label column. Each label can be partially folded into a raised position, and the item to be label placed adjacent the raided portions, such as using the registration structure to align the item. The raised portion is lowered and adhered to the item. The remainder of the label is then removed from the label assembly and folded to adhere to itself and/or the item to form an index label on the item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Inventors: Timothy J. Flynn, Geoffrey T. Brossard
  • Patent number: 8534707
    Abstract: An information page (1) of a security document, includes: an information part (3), on the upper or lower surface of which part of the information recorded on the information page (1) can be seen; and a flexible connecting part (2) with good bending strength for attaching the information page (1) to a security document. To ensure that detaching the information part and the connecting part from each other leaves visible marks, the connecting part (2) has a netlike structure, and the connecting part (2) is arranged to penetrate into the information part (3) in the immediate vicinity of the upper or lower surface of the information part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Setec Oy
    Inventors: Jari Herlin, Maila Korhonen, Teemu Pohjola, Taru Syrjänen, Mika Holmberg
  • Publication number: 20130233919
    Abstract: Detachable printed image for track and trace purpose of a product, comprising a first and a second part, the first and second part both having the same single unique number for single use, the first and second part being separable from each other, wherein optionally the first and or second part comprises one or more of a colour code, a figure, a first text item, and a second text item, for recording product information and/or wherein optionally a tear line is present between said first and second part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: TTRC, Training, Trading & Consultancy B.V.
    Inventor: Frans U. A. van Waes
  • Publication number: 20130229007
    Abstract: A certificate and method is provided that reduces the likelihood of counterfeiting via photocopier by providing various features that would require the use of a color duplex copier in order to effectively copy the certificate. Requiring the use of a color duplex copier is an effective deterrent because the use of such a device significantly reduces the profit margins of counterfeiting efforts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: COMUNIQUEST, INC.
    Inventor: James Olson
  • Patent number: 8523234
    Abstract: A set of sheet dividers comprises a first plurality of sheet dividers, each divider comprising a sheet with a tab extending therefrom at a different location and for a first length along the same side as all other dividers in the first plurality; and a second plurality of sheet dividers, each divider comprising a sheet with a tab extending therefrom at a different location and for a second length along the same side as all other dividers in the second plurality, the second length being shorter than the first length, the second plurality being divided into subsets of dividers having their tabs adjacent one another and overlaid by the tab of a corresponding one of the first plurality of sheet dividers when the subset and corresponding one of the first plurality of sheet dividers are stacked together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: CCL Label, Inc.
    Inventors: Tara M. Green, Regina A. Reichert, Monica L. Brox, Ronald Ugolick
  • Publication number: 20130217454
    Abstract: A method for playing an educational card game is provided. The method comprises (a) providing a plurality of cards placed in a deck, wherein each of the plurality of cards comprises at least two unique elements and each of the plurality of cards comprises one element common with other cards of the plurality of cards and randomly assigning a card of the plurality of cards to each of the at least two players; (b) selecting a seed card from the deck by each of the at least two players; (c) placing a card from the plurality of cards between the at least two players; (d) identifying, calling the common element between the card and the seed card and collecting the card by a player of the at least two players, wherein the card is now treated as the seed card; and (e) repeating steps (c)-(d) until the deck is depleted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Inventors: Joseph F. LaFrance, Diane M. LaFrance
  • Publication number: 20130214523
    Abstract: The invention relates to a security feature having a luminescent substance with the general formula AXO3:Z (I) or B0.5XO3:Z (II) or A1-2yByXO3:Z (III), where A is an alkali metal, B is an alkaline earth metal, X stands for Nb or Ta, Z is the luminescence activator, and y lies between 0 and 0.5. The invention also relates to a security element, a security paper and a value document which is equipped with the security feature according to the invention, and to the use of the luminescent substance with the general formula (I), (II) or (III) as a feature substance for authentication. The luminescent substance is obtained by annealing solid starting materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Inventors: Johann Kecht, Stephan Steinlein, Kai Uwe Stock
  • Publication number: 20130207374
    Abstract: Security documents often incorporate optically variable devices to prevent or hinder counterfeiters. Disclosed herein are layered optically variable devices such as colour-shift foils, and methods for their production and use. Such devices afford new techniques for a user of a security document to check quickly and easily whether the security document is a legitimate document or a counterfeit copy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: Fortress Optical Features Ltd.
    Inventors: Charles Douglas MacPherson, Bruce Alfred Hardwick
  • Publication number: 20130207375
    Abstract: A security document has a substrate (1) with a foil element (6) applied to it. The foil element (6) comprises a security feature, such as a diffractive structure (12), for example a hologram. To easily detect a removal of the foil element (6) using conventional detection devices, markings (4, 14, 15) intersecting with the foil element (6) are printed onto the top surface (7) of the foil element (6), the bottom surface (8) of the foil element (6), or onto the substrate (1), thus that they are removed together with the foil element (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: ORELL FÜSSLI SICHERHEITSDRUCK AG
    Inventors: Martin Eichenberger, Hendrik Wiermer
  • Patent number: 8505978
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention would provide shape-customized, value-bearing item labels, such as, for example, shape-customized, postage-indicia-bearing labels and would further provide systems and methods for creating and providing shape-customized, value-bearing item labels, such as, for example, shape-customized, image-customized, postage-indicia-bearing labels. Various embodiments of the present invention would provide shape-customized labels adapted for receiving value-bearing item indicia, such as, for example, postage indicia and would provide systems and methods for creating and providing shape-customized labels, such as, for example, shape-customized, image-customized labels, adapted for receiving value-bearing item indicia, such as, for example, postage indicia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Stamps.com Inc.
    Inventor: J P Leon
  • Publication number: 20130193678
    Abstract: A media process for advertising includes positioning an insert on a front page of a periodical. The insert is removable from the periodical so that a purchaser can read any periodical content that is positioned under the insert and the insert includes instructions for the user to obtain additional advertising material. A media process for advertising also includes positioning an article onto a front page of a periodical, with the article including advertising material, such as a periodic offer. An apparatus for advertising on a front page of a periodical includes a sleeve for holding an insert, an adhesive applied to a bottom surface of the sleeve, and an insert positioned inside the sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: THE KENNEDY GROUP INCORPORATED
    Inventor: THE KENNEDY GROUP INCORPORATED
  • Patent number: 8485558
    Abstract: A method of using a folding apparatus to form an outsert having product information printed thereon comprises making a plurality of folds in a first direction in a sheet of paper; aking a plurality of folds in a second direction perpendicular to said first direction to form folded articles; making another fold in said second direction to form an outsert including causing a movable member of a folding apparatus to make contact with and move an intermediate portion of a folded article towards a pair of adjustably-spaced folding members, at least one of said adjustably-spaced folding members having a position that is adjustable to allow said adjustably-spaced folding members to be adjustably spaced apart from each other by a distance that is within a range defined by a lower boundary of 0.25 inches and an upper boundary of 0.45 inches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: G&K-Vijuk Intern. Corp.
    Inventors: William C. Neubauer, Roger Mattila, Ilija Ilijevski
  • Patent number: 8485559
    Abstract: Techniques are described for authenticating security documents having security images that incorporate multiple security features. The techniques may produce robust template matching results in situations of lighting unevenness, even with stronger occluding objects. The techniques may be particularly useful in validating a security document having a security image composed of one or more “virtual” retroreflective images formed over a background of a repeating retroreflective image. The virtual retroreflective images within the security image provide strong signals that may dominate analysis and validation of the background retroreflective image, thereby resulting incorrect authentication. The techniques provide a modified normalized cross-correlation analysis that masks out the strong signals contributed by the additional security features, such as the retroreflective virtual images, while still allowing for fast and efficient template matching to be performed with respect to the background image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: Yiwu Lei
  • Patent number: 8474874
    Abstract: A moiré pattern display sheet is defined by a surface, with the surface being configured to be curved. A first layer has a pattern printed thereon. The pattern comprises a series of visual elements in a first row that have been distorted at least in a first direction. At least some of the series of visual elements are printed to approximately follow an arc having a sweep angle associated therewith. A light steering optical layer overlays the first layer. The light steering optical layer comprises a plurality of parallel optical features which each have a width and which change the direction of the light and thereby provide a depth effect of the visual elements to a viewer looking through the light steering optical layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Travel Tags, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Lynn Hoffman, John Tomczyk, Alain Yves Abdelkader
  • Patent number: 8468703
    Abstract: An image card has an image formed on a card base by engraving striped grooves having different angles according to the degree of shading of the image by the engraving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Semco Corporation
    Inventor: Yuichi Hoshiyama
  • Publication number: 20130154250
    Abstract: Security articles and methods of personalizing security articles. Specifically, this disclosure relates to security articles that contain a security feature that is a composite image, where the composite image includes laser-personalized security information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventor: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
  • Patent number: 8448991
    Abstract: Improvements that prevent tampering of images on identification documents for example identity cards, credit cards and the like, and passports. The document includes a full color image of a person, and a second, full, achromatic image of the person formed underneath and spaced from the color image and in congruence therewith using a laser. The second full image is not visible underneath the first full image during normal viewing of the document, and is only visible upon removal of all or a portion of the first full image. As a result, the document and the image have no outwardly apparent visual difference to the document holder or to a would-be counterfeiter. This provides a covert security feature that is not known or seen until the document is attacked by removing the first full image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: DataCard Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Baxter, Wim Tappij Gielen
  • Publication number: 20130127150
    Abstract: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon compounds having an S atom or S(?O)2 moiety incorporated in their basic polycyclic structure that can have a nitrogen-containing heterocycloaliphatic group and/or a substituted or unsubstituted phenoxy group and/or a polymeric moiety bonded to the polycyclic structure and to compositions such as, e.g., printing inks which comprise these polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons as colorants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: SICPA HOLDING SA
    Inventor: Sicpa Holding SA
  • Publication number: 20130113199
    Abstract: A double postcard check mailer and a method of use therefore are described. The mailer is comprised of a check component and a payee data correction component detachably coupled to the check component. The mailer, when folded, has the dimensions of a double postcard. The mailer is sent to the payee of the check. The payee detaches the check component from the payee data correction component and cashes the check component. The payee further fills out the payee data correction component with updated information, such as a corrected address, and deposits the completed payee data correction component in the mail with postcard shipping postage. The original sender of the mailer receives the payee data correction component and updates the payee's information based on the data received in the completed payee data correction component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: KURTZMAN CARSON CONSULTANTS, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Rosenthal, Gerard Mullins, Benito Aguilar
  • Patent number: 8434791
    Abstract: Described are a number of mechanisms that can reduce transaction costs and increase the economic viability of a number of products. Included is a combination instant lottery ticket and debit card that makes it possible to issue prepaid debit cards having a relatively low monetary value. Also included is a combination on-line ticket/receipt and debit card that can automate the prize paying process, simplifying the retailer's responsibilities while reducing the potential for fraud. Various cash flow and authentication techniques such as age and location verification, nano payment methods and spam filters based on these mechanisms are also described. In addition, instant lottery tickets, and in particular, losing tickets can be provided with a small residual value by placing account information on the ticket. In another version, a lottery ticket can be combined with a payment card that operates as a closed payment system whereby the payment card can only be used with a specified vendor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Inventors: Kenneth E. Irwin, Jr., Mather Lindsay, Gary R. Streeter, Patricia M. Irwin
  • Publication number: 20130106090
    Abstract: The invention relates to a security feature with a luminescent pigment which has a host lattice doped with a luminophore and which is optically excitable to emit luminescent light. The luminescent light of the luminescent pigment has a luminescence spectrum with a first luminescence peak and a second luminescence peak whose peak intensities respectively depend on an amount fraction x of the luminophore in the luminescent pigment. In the luminescent pigment according to the invention, the host lattice and the luminophore and the amount fraction x of the luminophore are chosen such that even a slight increase or reduction of the amount fraction x of the luminophore causes a strong relative change of the peak intensities IA and IB. This increases the forgery-proofness of the luminescent pigment according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: Giesecke & Devrient GmbH
    Inventors: Johann Kecht, Kai Uwe Stock, Stephan Steinlein
  • Publication number: 20130093174
    Abstract: There is described a security element or document comprising a substrate (20) and at least a first dynamic-effect feature (100; 120; 121; 122; 123; 130; 135; 140; 150; 171; 181; 191; 200) provided on the substrate which includes a dynamic-effect component that is responsive to illumination stimulus of a selected excitation wavelength or wavelength band to produce an optical spectral response, which optical spectral response changes dynamically over an observable period of time between multiple color appearances (C, F, M; C1, M1) upon and while being subjected to the illumination stimulus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Inventors: Elizabeth Anne Downing, Johannes Georg Schaede
  • Publication number: 20130093173
    Abstract: A method for deterring information copying, includes: combining a watermark serial number incorporate in a given medium with a content serial number to create a combined serial number, the watermark serial number uniquely identifies the given medium, and the content serial number uniquely identifies a content stored on the given medium; creating a digital signature by encoding the combined serial number using a private key of a public/private key pair; imprinting the content serial number and the digital signature on the given medium; decoding the digital signature imprinted on the given medium using a public key of the public/private key pair to obtain the combined serial number; comparing the decoded combined serial number with the watermark serial number and the content serial number imprinted of the given medium; and in response to determining that both match the combined serial number, determining that the content is authentic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rajendran APPAVU, Prashant N. KULKARNI
  • Publication number: 20130093172
    Abstract: A security element (1) for a security paper, value document or the like, having a carrier (8) which has an areal region (3) which is divided into a multiplicity of pixels (4) which respectively includes at least one optically active facet (5), whereby the majority of the pixels (4) respectively have several of the optically active facets (5) of identical orientation per pixel (4), and the facets (5) are so oriented that the areal region (3) is perceptible to a viewer as an area that protrudes and/or recedes relative to its actual spatial form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: Giesecke & Devrient GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Fuhse, Michael Rahm, Andreas Rauch, Witttich Kaule
  • Patent number: 8419069
    Abstract: In order to produce a data carrier, a substrate is printed with a printing ink and personalized by means of a laser. The printing ink is laser-active and is converted at least in regions during the personalization in such a way that, for example, a silver-grade pigment is formed which is readily visible only when the substrate is inclined. In particular, the printing ink has a comparatively small proportion of carbon black that is converted by the laser essentially without disturbing combustion and overall formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Trüb AG
    Inventors: Stefan Egli, Stephan Hofstetter, Paul Christen
  • Patent number: 8409705
    Abstract: Fibers having a plurality of colored regions printed on front and rear sides of said fiber are disclosed, wherein the colors are visible only under ultra-violet light. The regions may be in the form of stripes or may be arranged in a pseudo-random pattern. The regions may be differently colored. Such fibers can be incorporated into paper products as a form of counterfeit protection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: D.W. Spinks (Embossing) Ltd.
    Inventor: Gary D Spinks
  • Patent number: 8403367
    Abstract: A discrete micro continuous tone image provided on a photosensitive media, a product containing the micro discrete continuous tone image, and a method of making same. The micro discrete continuous tone image can be formed using near field optics which results in forming images of about 20 microns in size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: David L. Patton, John P. Spoonhower
  • Publication number: 20130069358
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of securement of a security document comprising providing a security document to be secured comprising a support on which are inscribed personalization data, an optical security component covering at least a portion of the personalization data and an adhesive layer positioned between the support and the optical security component, and applying a transparent anti-adhesive layer on the optical security component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: HOLOGRAM.INDUSTRIES
    Inventor: Hologram. Industries
  • Patent number: 8398118
    Abstract: A device and method for allowing secure self-capture of multifold fingerprint impressions. The device includes a strip of fingerprint labels wrapped about a tubular ergonomic roller. A subject inserts the thumb of a first hand into the ergonomic roller and grips the roller between his thumb and forefinger. The subject then rolls the inked tip of a finger on his second hand across a label in a first rotational direction while rotating the ergonomic roller in an opposite rotational direction. To prevent fraudulent substitution of fingerprinting materials that are distributed to a subject, the materials are marked with machine readable invisible barcodes that are associated with a unique identification number. After a subject captures his fingerprints and submits his materials to a trusted observer, the barcodes on the materials are compared to the identification number to determine whether the materials submitted are in-fact those that were distributed to the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Inventor: David M. Allburn
  • Publication number: 20130062872
    Abstract: It is a common problem for the typical consumer that is not highly educated or experienced in pairing wine with food, to determine what food recipe would be best suited to combine with a given bottle of wine. This invention offers the consumer a significant reduction in effort, time and risk by providing a food recipe affixed to the wine bottle. The food recipe affixed to the bottle has been selected based on its complimentary flavor and aroma to the wine, creating an attractive pairing of food and wine for the consumer. When selecting the bottle of wine, the consumer has an immediate recommendation for a food recipe to pair with the wine without requiring the consumer to further research such recommendations, thereby saving the consumer time and effort, while reducing their risk in making poor pairing decisions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventor: Eugene Anthony Sheridan
  • Publication number: 20130049348
    Abstract: An organization aid device, an organization aid carrier device, system, and method for organizing and retrieving cards is disclosed. The organization aid device allows for organization of plurality of card-like devices and quick identification of a particular card-like device from a stack of similar card-like devices, such that when a plurality of card-like devices are stored in a confined carrier, a desired card-like device can be accurately retrieved from the rest of the card-like devices and/or from the confined carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Inventors: Amber LEMNA, Elizabeth A. HATTARA
  • Patent number: 8382164
    Abstract: In apparatus for and a method of inserting a series of contents (1) into a series of containers (3), identifying magnetic indicia are printed on each one of the series of contents before insertion in the containers. After insertion and sealing of the containers the contents cannot be visually inspected without breaking the seals. The indicia are magnetically read by a reader (7) through the material of the sealed containers (3) and visible indicia corresponding to the identifying magnetic indicator retrieved from store (6), and applied to the exterior of the containers by a printer (5). The apparatus and method are applicable to automatic mailing systems where it is necessary to ensure that the correct addresses corresponding to a previously inserted series of letters in a series of respective envelopes are printed later on the exteriors of the envelopes. Instead of magnetically based systems, infra-red radio isotope or radio frequency identification based systems may also be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Inventors: Ian Gibb, Allan Harle
  • Publication number: 20130043669
    Abstract: A casualty and triage information collection form and record sheet of flexible plastic film including a writing surface and backed by a layer of an adhesive by which the record sheet can be attached to a patient's clothing or skin. The flexible plastic film is strong enough and elastic enough to serve as a wound dressing. The adhesive is protected before use by a release liner sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Inventors: Lance David Hopman, Adrian Abram Polliack
  • Publication number: 20130033032
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a security thread or stripe for the incorporation into or onto a value-document or currency substrate, as well as a method and means of making such thread or stripe. The thread or stripe comprises a plastic foil which carries a hardened coating comprising oriented magnetic or magnetizable pigment particles, the orientation of said pigment particles representing graphic information. Preferred are optically variable magnetic or magnetizable pigment particles. Said hardened coating may also be comprised between a first and a second plastic foil. Said graphic information is a repetitive seamless pattern of suitable repetition length, which is produced using a magnetic orienting cylinder having a corresponding repetitive seamless magnetic field pattern. A magnetic orienting cylinder and a process for process for producing such magnetic orienting cylinder are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: SICPA HOLDING SA
    Inventors: Pierre Degott, Claude-Alain Despland, Mathieu Schmid, Edgar Muller, Gebhard Ritter
  • Publication number: 20130033031
    Abstract: The present application is directed to systems and methods for delivering warnings and instructions for a container. A base label may be adhered to the container, and at least a first, a second, and a third visual representation of a warning or instruction is displayed on the base label. A top label may cover at least a portion of the base label. The top label may be rotatable about the base label. The top label may have a transparent window allowing at least one of the first, second, or third visual representations to be visible through the transparent window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2012
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Inventor: Stephen M. Key
  • Publication number: 20130001940
    Abstract: A security and/or authentication device comprising: a compressible photonic crystal having an ordered array of voids, the photonic crystal having a reflection peak, wherein compression against at least a portion photonic crystal results in a decrease of intensity of the reflection peak in at least that portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: Opalux Incorporated
    Inventors: Andre Arsenault, Paul Chan
  • Patent number: 8336361
    Abstract: In an apparatus and a method for producing diffraction- and interference-active structures by micro-pattern stamping a metal object, a micro-stamping arrangement is provided including a micro-stamping station with a micro-pattern stamp for generating a diffraction-active structure on the metal object, an application station for applying a protective layer to the diffraction-active structure and a macro-stamping station for applying a macroscopic image relief over the diffraction active structure while it is protected by the protective layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Schuler Pressen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Jürgen Fahrenbach
  • Publication number: 20120319395
    Abstract: A security element for a security paper, value document or the like, having a carrier which has a reflective areal region which is divided into a multiplicity of reflective pixels. The area of each pixel is smaller than the area of the reflective areal region by at least one order of magnitude. Each pixel has at least one reflective facet which is formed in a surface of the carrier, and the at least one reflective facet reflects light incident along a predetermined direction on the areal region directionally in a reflection direction predefined by the orientation of the facet. The orientations of the facets of different pixels have a substantially random variation over the reflective areal region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Inventors: Christian Fuhse, Manfred Heim, Michael Rahm, Andreas Rauch, Stefan Bichlmeier