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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2011
Applicants:
William F. Behm, Roswell, GA (US);
Kenneth Earl Irwin, Jr., Dawsonville, GA (US);
Inventors:
William F. Behm, Roswell, GA (US);
Kenneth Earl Irwin, Jr., Dawsonville, GA (US);
Assignee:
Scientific Games International, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B42D 25/27 (2014.01); B42D 25/378 (2014.01); B42D 25/373 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B42D 25/378 (2014.10); B42D 25/27 (2014.10); B42D 25/373 (2014.10);
Abstract
A security-enhanced document, such as an instant lottery ticket, includes a substrate. Indicia is provided on the substrate, and a scratch-off-coating (SOC) layer is applied over the indicia to maintain the indicia unreadable until removal of the SOC layer. The indicia is printed onto the substrate as pigmented particles. One or more opacity film layers may be provided over or under the pigmented particle indicia.