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20080258455 | Portable record system for a decorating scheme - A decorating scheme is disclosed which involves a bundle of flat and durable sticks which identify the various decorative schemes that have been applied to a certain room, on what date and the brand, quality and type of the decorative item that have been used and where the items were bought. | 10-23-2008 |
20090015000 | Apparatus and method for identifying a container - A container identifying apparatus and method are provided for distinguishing easily confusable containers in social settings. In particular, an apparatus having a charm attached to a flexible band may be stretched around a beverage bottle neck or body, stretched around a beverage can tab, or wrapped around the handle of a beverage mug. The container identifying apparatus may also be beneficially used to identify containers other than beverage containers, such as lip balm containers, sunscreen containers, lotion containers, deodorant containers, snack containers, and any other container that may be confused with a similar container in a social situation. | 01-15-2009 |
20090091120 | Safety skin applique kit for identification of lost persons - A safety skin appliqué kit for parents and custodians of children, disabled persons, and the elderly, including a marking pen and a pre-packaged collection of preprinted skin appliqués each removably sandwiched between two carrier sheets. Each of the appliqués further comprise a die cut section of breathable polyurethane tape, printed with a forward image on one side defined by a lightly-colored high-contrast window, and pre-printed plea to call if lost. The appliqués are coated with hypoallergenic acrylate adhesive for application to skin or other surfaces. Parents and custodians can apply one of said appliques' to their child, disabled person, or elderly charge, and write a contact telephone number in the window of the appliqué. This way, if their charge becomes lost, passersby will notice the appliqué, read the contact telephone number, and call the custodian. | 04-09-2009 |
20090096206 | Automobile Identification Device - A vehicle identification system is disclosed that organizes pertinent data about an automobile and the automobile's owner on a card the size of a credit card. Various pictures of the vehicle are positioned on the card for quick visual inspection, and a bar code and magnetic strip interface with established national networks so that registration information can be gained instantaneously. Detailing performed on the vehicle can also be stored on the card via the bar code and/or magnetic strip to assist insurance and law enforcement employees in confirming a vehicle. | 04-16-2009 |
20100013209 | Security device for confidential information - This security device for confidential information, mentioned in a document (D), includes an element ( | 01-21-2010 |
20100013210 | SECURITY DOCUMENT/CARD FOR IDENTIFICATION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SECURITY DOCUMENT/CARD - A security document, in particular, a card, for identification, preferably ID cards (for example, a personal identity card), comprising a card body, a security element, applied to the card body and planar information preferably in words and/or images, characterized in that the information is at least partly overlaid over or covered by the security element, wherein the security element is completely or at least partly visible. | 01-21-2010 |
20100164217 | Security Feature and Method for Manufacturing the Same - A method for manufacturing a security feature for a security element, a security paper or a data carrier that exhibits a substrate into which at least one through opening and at least one marking in registration with the through opening are to be introduced. | 07-01-2010 |
20100244428 | SECURITY SHEET - A security sheet having with high anti-forgery/falsification property has an engraving layer including a sheet surface provided with an engraved identification image and a visible image non-engraved and being identical in details to the identification image so as to allow observation by comparison. For example, when a policeman questions a suspicious person at night to ask that person to present an identification card, the policeman checks the engraved identification image through tactile sense and visual sense. At the same time, the policeman checks the engraved identification image and the non-engraved visible image identical in details thereto through observation by comparison between both images by visual sense and through face-to-face observation of the person. With this, identity of the person can be authenticated by making use of tactile sense and visual sense complementarily. | 09-30-2010 |
20100276919 | SECURITY SHEET COMPRISING A COEXTRUDED MEDIUM - A sheet including a coextruded medium made from at least one polymer material, including a core layer and at least one skin layer, the core layer including voids, the sheet having intaglio printing performed thereon. | 11-04-2010 |
20110057434 | Image Destruct Feature Used With Image Receiving Layers In Secure Documents - An image destruct material comprises a release layer positioned between an image receiving layer and a base layer. The adhesion between the release layer and the base layer is greater than adhesion between the release layer and the image receiving layer. The release layer material can be used in secure documents that have an image receiving layer. After information is printed on the image receiving layer, an overlaminate is applied over it. Removal of the overlaminate destroys the printed image on the receiving layer because of the relative adhesive properties of the image receiving layer, overlaminate and release layer. | 03-10-2011 |
20110084473 | IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENT WITH IMPROVED ANTI-TAMPER SECURITY; METHOD OF PRODUCING AN IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENT WHICH FACILITATES DETECTION OF TAMPERING WITH THE IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENT - An identification document has a substrate and a laminating film bonded to the substrate. The surface of the substrate facing the laminating film bears first text, numeric and/or image data detectable with the naked eye at least when illuminated by daylight and a first zone with a fluorescent substance. Under excitation with light in a specific wavelength range the substance fluoresces in colour in a manner detectable with the naked eye. The laminating film has a second zone which bears second text, numeric and/or image data. The first zone of the surface of the substrate and the second zone of the laminating film overlap one another at least partially. | 04-14-2011 |
20110115210 | METHOD FOR MACHINING A BLANK HAVING AN INDIVIDUAL SCALE-UP FACTOR AND BLANK THEREFOR - In a method for processing a blank ( | 05-19-2011 |
20110115211 | SECURE DOCUMENT COMPRISING A NON-FORGEABLE INFORMATION TYPOGRAPHY - The invention relates to a secure document including at least one inscription layer having identity information inscribed in or on the inscription layer. The inscribed identity information is coded according to a type of code such that the inscribed identity information includes a first series of first characters and/or first images made redundant with a second series of second characters and/or second images said to be non-forgeable, a second character and/or a second image not being able to be converted into another second character and/or a second image without erasing at least some of the identity inscriptions. | 05-19-2011 |
20110127763 | MICROPOROUS MATERIAL CONTAINING A SECURITY FEATURE - Provided is a microporous material, e.g., a microporous sheet material, having a matrix of polyolefin, finely-divided, substantially water insoluble particulate filler, a network of interconnecting pores communicating throughout the microporous material, and at least one retrospectively identifiable taggant material embedded within the matrix, optionally the at least one taggant being unique to an end user for the microporous material, wherein the polyolefin is present in the microporous material in an amount of 20 to 35 weight percent, based on the weight of the microporous material. The taggant material provides a marker, signature or code that is capable of retrospective identification by machine, instrument or by the naked eye. Articles including the microporous material and processes for preparing the microporous material also are provided. | 06-02-2011 |
20110133444 | Color coded anatomical and non-anatomical sticker labels to be used on medication bottles to identify what medication is used for and when medication is due to be administered - Current medication labels are very difficult for people with disabilities, language barriers, functional impairments, or illiteracy to read, potentially increasing the risk for accidental medication overdoses and/or poor compliance with medication administration and adherence. By having a color coded sticker system with an enclosed full body guide in the form of a poster, and a home health medication record card, these stickers are placed on each medication bottle as a symbol for what the medication is used for. The stickers are color coded in order to distinguish the time the medication is to be administered. Home health agencies may use the poster and stickers as they educate their patients about the medications they take. | 06-09-2011 |
20110133445 | MARKING BASED ON MODIFIED CHIRAL LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS - A liquid crystal polymer marking is obtainable by a process that comprises applying a chiral liquid crystal precursor composition onto a substrate, heating the composition to a first chiral liquid crystal state, applying to at least one area of the precursor composition a chiral dopant composition, heating the at least one area to bring same to a second chiral liquid crystal state, and subsequently curing and/or polymerizing the resultant product. This abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way. | 06-09-2011 |
20110175343 | Identification system for drill pipes and the like - An identification system for marking a component which in use is subject to wear includes an identification disk which comprises generally parallel upper and lower faces and a thickness which is defined between the upper and lower faces, a unique identifying marking which is provided on at least the upper face and which corresponds to the identity of the component, a cavity which is formed in the body of the component and extends from the outer surface of the body to a depth that is greater than the thickness of the disk, and a lip which is formed from a portion of the body adjacent the cavity and which, when the disk is positioned in the cavity, overlaps an outer peripheral portion of the upper face to thereby secure the disk in the cavity without obscuring the identifying marking. | 07-21-2011 |
20110181036 | Color Laser Engraving - The present disclosure relates generally to color laser engraving. One claim recites a method of color laser exposing a document, the document comprising a multi-layer structure including a surface layer and one or more sub-layers, the one or more sub-layers including coloring, said method comprising: receiving the document; and selectively providing openings in the surface layer with a laser to expose one or more of the sub-layers, wherein the coloring is perceptible through the openings, and in which the coloring comprises a plurality of different colors arranged in a grouping, with the one or more sub-layers comprising repeated instances of the grouping. Of course, other claims are provided too. | 07-28-2011 |
20110260442 | Method For Making Tactile Marks on a Substrate - Durable, easily recognizable and easy-to-feel tactile marks are provided which may be incorporated into security documents, such as banknotes, to assist visually impaired people in validating such security documents. Deposits are printed onto the substrate, using an ink, resin or ink-like printing material, in a predetermined pattern to form tactile marks adhering to the substrate. A sufficiently high pressure is applied to the substrate with the printed tactile marks to calender the tactile marks, thereby forming corresponding protrusions in the substrate on the opposite sides of the printed tactile marks. An energy curable printing material may be used to print the deposits and the calendering of the tactile marks may be performed by intaglio printing. | 10-27-2011 |
20110291400 | Privacy Cover System - A privacy cover system for efficiently increasing the privacy of an information card by reducing the visibility of the card at offset angles. The privacy cover system generally includes a privacy cover to attach to an information card over at least a portion of information upon the information card, wherein the privacy cover aligns with the information of the information card. The privacy cover is adapted to allow viewing of the information of the information card through the privacy cover over a first range of angles (i.e. viewing angles) and is adapted to prevent viewing of the information of the information card through the privacy cover over a second range of angles (i.e. restricting angles) by distorting the information. | 12-01-2011 |
20110304131 | LABELING AND VERIFYING AN ITEM WITH AN IDENTIFIER - A system for manufacturing a label comprises a tag reader a computer, and a label writer. The tag reader determines an identifier based at least in part on a data read by the tag reader. The computer receives an identifier, a key, and a goods information and provides a message authentication code. The label writer receives the message authentication code and provides a label. | 12-15-2011 |
20120018993 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR STRUCTURING THE SURFACE OF A HARD MATERIAL COATED SOLID BODY BY MEANS OF A LASER - In the method for structuring at least one area of a solid body surface provided with a ta-C coating, by means of a first laser, preferably an excimer laser having pulse durations in the nanosecond range, a first structure is produced upon which a second, ripple-like structure is superposed by means of a second laser, preferably having pulse durations in the femtosecond range. Preferentially, the excimer laser structuring is carried out according to the mask projection technique and the femtosecond laser structuring according to the focus technique. This method allows the rational manufacture of very complex, extremely fraud-resistant authentication features and/or of esthetically attractive, optical diffraction effective colored patterns. | 01-26-2012 |
20120193905 | Multilayer Body - The invention relates to a multilayer body ( | 08-02-2012 |
20120280483 | ROLL OF PRE-PRINTED STAMP LABEL STOCK AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A ROLL OF PRE-PRINTED STAMP LABEL STOCK - A roll of pre-printed stamp label stock comprises a core, and a web of material having a longitudinally-extending axis and wound on the core along the axis. The web includes (i) a release liner having a front major side surface and a back major side surface opposite the front major side surface, (ii) a longitudinally-extending series of pre-printed stamp label panels disposed on the front major side surface along the axis and separated apart from each other by transversely-extending gaps between each pair of panels, and (iii) a longitudinally-extending first series of sense marks disposed on the back major side surface along the axis and located on the back major side surface opposite at least some of the transversely-extending gaps on the front major side surface to enable a cutter to transversely cut the web at a location on or adjacent to a sense mark of the first series of sense marks and thereby ensure the web is cut transversely only through a transversely-extending gap and not a stamp label panel on the front major side surface of the web. | 11-08-2012 |
20120299286 | POLYMER-BONDED QUATERRYLENE AND/OR TERRYLENE DYES AND COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING SAME - Method for increasing at least one of the solubility and dispersibility of a quaterrylene and/or terrylene dye in a liquid medium, including binding the quaterrylene or terrylene dye to a polymer which is soluble in the liquid medium. Various aspects relate without limitation to polymer-bonded quaterrylene or terrylene dyes, processes, markings, security features, articles and dye-doped polymers. | 11-29-2012 |
20130015651 | LUMINESCENT PHOSPHOR COMPOUNDS, ARTICLES INCLUDING SUCH COMPOUNDS, AND METHODS FOR THEIR PRODUCTION AND USE - Embodiments include luminescent phosphor compounds that include one or more emitting ions and one or more disturbing ions, and methods for their production. An emitting ion in the compound may be characterized by a first decay time constant when the emitting ion is undisturbed. However, a corresponding disturbing ion in the compound, which is different from the emitting ion, causes the emitting ion to have a pre-defined, target disturbed decay time constant that is greater than zero and less than the first decay time constant. An embodiment of an authentication system is configured to measure the decay time constant of a phosphor compound applied to an article, and to determine whether the decay time constant corresponds to a phosphor compound that includes a particular disturbing ion (e.g., in order to determine whether or not the article is authentic). | 01-17-2013 |
20130056971 | MOIRE MAGNIFICATION DEVICE - A moiré magnification device including a transparent substrate carrying: an array of micro-focusing elements, the focusing elements defining a focal plane; a first array of microimage elements in a first colour and a second array of microimage elements in a second colour, the first and second arrays of microimage elements are located in a plane substantially coincident with the focal plane of the focusing elements, the second array of microimage elements being laterally offset from the first. The pitches of the micro-focusing elements, first and second arrays of microimage elements and their relative locations are such that the array of micro-focusing elements cooperates with each of the first and second arrays of microimage elements to generate respective magnified versions of the microimage elements due to the moiré effect. An interruption zone is perceived between the magnified versions of the first and second microimage arrays, respectively, and exhibits no magnified versions. | 03-07-2013 |
20130062873 | Traceable and Theft Deterrent Reclaimable Product - A theft deterrent product may be provided. The theft deterrent product may comprise an outer layer, an inner portion, and a center portion. The outer layer may comprise tin. The inner portion may be inside the outer layer and may comprise copper. The center portion may be inside the inner portion and may comprise steel. A plurality of indicia may be located periodically and longitudinally on the product. The plurality of indicia may respectively correspond to a plurality of unique codes and may be etched through the outer layer and into the inner portion. | 03-14-2013 |
20130147179 | METAMERIC SECURITY DEVICES USING AN ACTIVE MATERIAL - An integrated security structure is provided employing an external source of energy to change the appearance of the structure rendering the structure more challenging to duplicate due to its complexity. The security structure includes a substrate forming part of a bank note, identification document, or other security device; an active device within the substrate changing color between at least two colors wherein a color of the substrate surrounding the active device matches one of the at least two colors to form a metameric device. At least one Interference Security Image Structure (ISIS) is configured to be metameric with a bleached state of the active device and is therefore invisible at normal incidence. Another ISIS is metameric with the colored state of the electrochromic device and consequently becomes invisible during coloration. When the whole device is tilted, both ISIS's change color while the rest of the device essentially remains the same. | 06-13-2013 |
20130175793 | IDENTITY DOCUMENT WITH SECURE IMAGE - An identification document and method of manufacturing the same is disclosed. Specifically, the identification document includes an image area in which both a base material of the identification document and a security material are present. One or more images are written into the image area such that reliefs are created in both the base material and the security material and also such that the image is a continuous image, even across transitions from the base material and the security material. | 07-11-2013 |
20130200606 | SECURITY IMPROVEMENTS FOR FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATES - A method of creating an optical security element in a value document using a low-cost printing device of a data processing terminal is described. The method comprises: providing a flexible substrate having a pre-printed ink portion; wherein the pre-printed ink portion is provided in an unexposed state which does not provide an optical security function of the security element; configuring a variable laser irradiation device to determine a part of the unexposed pre-printed ink portion to be exposed to laser radiation in a machine-controlled manner, and exposing the unexposed pre-printed ink portion to laser radiation in the machine-controlled manner to create from the pre-printed ink portion a predefined pattern, wherein the optical characteristics of the pattern provide the optical security element. | 08-08-2013 |
20140028011 | FINE PARTICLES, PARTICLE GROUP, ANTI-COUNTERFEITING INK, ANTI-COUNTERFEITING TONER, ANTI-COUNTERFEITING SHEET, AND ANTI-COUNTERFEITING MEDIUM - A main object of the present invention is to provide fine particles, a particle group, an anti-counterfeiting ink, an anti-counterfeiting toner, an anti-counterfeiting sheet, and an anti-counterfeiting medium enabling to achieve a high level of authentication. The object of the present invention is achieved by providing the fine particle comprising an identification information group including multiple types of identification information identifiable by magnification, characterized in that the identification information group includes first identification information and second identification information which cannot be identified at any magnifying power capable of identifying the first identification information. | 01-30-2014 |
20150035268 | PRINTING METHOD WITH OXIDATIVE-DRYING INTAGLIO INK AND UV-VIS-CURABLE INTAGLIO INKS - The present invention relates to the field of the intaglio printing process. In particular, the present invention relates to a method that combines intaglio inks curable by oxidation with UV-VIS-curable intaglio inks on one intaglio plate or cylinder. The disclosed method results in an intaglio printed security element using advantageously the unalike properties of the different inks while enabling the printing on a standard printing press in one printing step. | 02-05-2015 |
20150054274 | INK COATINGS FOR SECURITY DOCUMENTS TO PREVENT FORGERY BY MEANS OF HEAT SENSITIVE ERASABLE INK - Disclosed is a solvent-borne or UV-curable fugitive ink composition for application to a substrate that is to be provided with indicia. The ink composition comprises at least one halochromic compound and at least one filler compound and is capable of preventing indicia formed with a heat sensitive erasable ink on an area of the substrate carrying the fugitive ink composition and thereafter subjected to a thermal treatment from becoming invisible to an unaided eye. | 02-26-2015 |
20160059610 | TIME-DEPENDENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND USES THEREOF - The present disclosure provides for identification systems and related methods of use. The disclosed identification systems can include a first ink and a second ink, each of which can comprise one or more time-dependent properties. The first and second inks can be disposed in a spatial pattern on a substrate. A time-dependent property of the first ink can cause a portion of the first ink to migrate from one location to another location over time, and a time-dependent property of the second ink can cause a portion of the second ink to migrate from one location to another location over time. Migration of the inks can also cause the spatial pattern to change from a first state at a first time to a second state at a second time. Evaluation and/or interpretation of the state of the spatial pattern at a second time can provide information about a product. | 03-03-2016 |