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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. 25, 1994
Filed:
Jan. 14, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ronald F Wochinski, Palatine, IL (US);
Victor L Salmons, Waukegan, Both of, IL (US);
Assignee:
The Hedman Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B42D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
283 73 ; 283 58 ;
Abstract
A check protector comprises a print head operating under microprocessor control to print on a medium two separate patterns of characters, each indicating the same amount, preselected by means of a keyboard, and for printing immediately before one of the patterns an intelligible message indicating that the predetermined amount is a maximum amount, thereby to produce a secure financial instrument which is difficult to alter or forge for the purpose of increasing the amount.