Arjowiggins Security

Arjo Wiggins Limited

Arjo Wiggins Security Sas

Didier Gouelibo

Sandrine Rancien

Gilles Darnault

A method of reading at least one bar code carried by a substrate, the method including: a) generating, especially in an automatic manner, when presenting the bar code to a system for reading the bar code, at least one authentication cue related to an intrinsic physical characteristic of the substrate and independent of the data contained in the bar code, and b) allowing the reading of the bar code, only in the event of a positive authentication of the substrate or reading the bar code regardless of the result of the authentication of the substrate and in the event of negative authentication of the substrate, preventing access to just one part of the data contained in the bar code and/or to any data that may be associated with the bar code, and which is stored on a separate data medium from the substrate.

Method of reading at least one bar code and system for reading a bar code

The invention relates to a self-adhesive or heat-sealable security information medium designed to be applied to a page of a security document and to receive printing and/or writing, comprising an adhesive layer and at least one covering layer that covers the adhesive layer, characterized in that the cohesive strength of the covering layer is less than the adhesive strength of the adhesive layer. The invention also relates to a method for the security protection of a page of a security document and to a security protection feature used in the security protection method. The invention also relates to a page of a security document possessing said security protection feature and to a passport possessing said page.

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Cernay la Ville, France

Didier Gouelibo