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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:
Jan. 21, 1992
Filed:
Aug. 20, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Todd D Alband, Eagan, MN (US);
Assignee:
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ; B32B / ; C09J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428 3692 ; 428 342 ; 428 40 ; 428195 ; 428343 ; 428354 ; 428908 ; 428915 ; 428916 ; 206459 ; 206807 ; 215230 ; 283105 ; 229212 ;
Abstract
Tamper-indicating tape comprising a light transmissive monolayer film having opposing first and second major surfaces. On each surface is printed colored indicia, preferably identical, such that the colored indicia on each surface obscure the colored indicia on the opposing surface when the film has not been split internally, but neither of the colored indicia obscure the other when the film has been split internally.