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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:
Nov. 14, 1989
Filed:
Jun. 14, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
Patrick J Donahue, Bell Mead, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Beatrice Foods Co., Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
235462 ; 235460 ; 235488 ; 235494 ; 283105 ; 283903 ;
Abstract
A scannable fraud preventing coupon or the like, comprising a first panel having a plurality of parallel bars providing a coded scannable image on a first surface thereof; a second panel secured to said first panel and including a portion thereof overlying said image; said image being scannable through said first and second panels; a series of lines disposed on said at least a portion of said second panel altering said image whereby scanning of said image is disrupted is disclosed.