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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2018
Applicant:
Intercontinental Great Brands Llc, East Hanover, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Patrick Jules Joseph Poitevin, Derbyshire, GB;
Stuart Mackintosh Blyth, York, GB;
Assignee:
INTERCONTINENTAL GREAT BRANDS LLC, East Hanover, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M 5/34 (2006.01); B41J 3/407 (2006.01); G09F 3/00 (2006.01); G09F 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M 5/34 (2013.01); B41J 3/4075 (2013.01); G09F 3/0294 (2013.01); G09F 3/0297 (2013.01); G09F 2003/0202 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of marking a package () includes providing a package () including an additive transformable from a first state to a second state in response to an external stimulus and presenting said package via a sales device (). At least a portion of said additive is in said first state when said package is presented in said sales device (). At least a portion of said additive is activated to form identifying indicia on said package within said sales device ().