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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2020
Filed:
May. 23, 2017
Applicant:
Agfa NV, Mortsel, BE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
AGFA NV, Mortsel, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 19/06 (2006.01); G06K 19/14 (2006.01); G06K 19/18 (2006.01); G06K 19/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 19/06037 (2013.01); G06K 19/0614 (2013.01); G06K 19/06056 (2013.01); G06K 19/06112 (2013.01); G06K 19/10 (2013.01); G06K 19/14 (2013.01); G06K 19/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of producing a 2D barcode on an article including a laser markable layer, wherein the 2D barcode includes a primary information pattern representing primary information, which can be read by a 2D-barcode-reader, and a secondary information pattern embedded within the 2D barcode, which is difficult to reproduce without alteration, includes a laser marking step of exposing the laser markable layer with an infrared laser thereby forming the secondary information pattern of the 2D barcode.