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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. 26, 1991
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Timothy T Crane, Dalton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Crane & Co., Dalton, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B44C / ; C23F / ; B29C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1566591 ; 156633 ; 156634 ; 156656 ; 156668 ;
Abstract
A metallized plastic strip containing security indicia is incorporated within currency paper to deter counterfeiting. The plastic strip is made difficult to detect under reflected light by selective pigmentation to match the currency inks. The presence of the security indicia is verified by detection under transmitted light.