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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2019
Applicant:
Crane & Co., Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Inventors:
Giles D. Prett, Dalton, MA (US);
Kraig M. Brigham, Lenox, MA (US);
Manish Jain, Pittsfield, MA (US);
Assignee:
Crane & Co., Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B42D 25/346 (2014.01); B42D 25/324 (2014.01); B42D 25/36 (2014.01); G07D 7/164 (2016.01); G07D 7/0047 (2016.01); B42D 25/29 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B42D 25/346 (2014.10); B42D 25/29 (2014.10); B42D 25/324 (2014.10); B42D 25/36 (2014.10); G07D 7/0047 (2017.05); G07D 7/164 (2013.01);
Abstract
A security document has a security substrate, a security device and a structural weakness element, wherein the security device is coupled to the security substrate, wherein the structural weakness element is integrated with at least one of the security substrate or the security device, the structural weakness element defining an anti-harvesting area and a bulk area, and wherein the anti-harvesting area has one or more of structural fidelity or optical fidelity with the bulk area.