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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2023
Giesecke+devrient Mobile Security Gmbh, Munich, DE;
Kevin Lee Ballard, Munich, DE;
GIESECKE+DEVRIENT EPAYMENTS GMBH, Munich, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a card-shaped data carrier, such as an identification card, and includes the steps of: providing a card body with printed features and with an overlay layer disposed over the printed features; providing a press tool having a profile corresponding to a predetermined shape registered to the printed features on the card body, wherein the profile is provided by an electroformed layer; and embossing the profile of the press tool in the overlay layer. A lamination plate is provided for embossing an overlay layer of such data carrier, including a profile with a predetermined shape. The profile is registered to printed features on the card body, and the profile is provided by an electroformed layer.