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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. 07, 1995
Filed:
Jul. 29, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
James S Bianco, Enfield, CT (US);
David J Horan, Westfield, MA (US);
Assignee:
Control Module Inc., Enfield, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ; B44B / ; B29D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359567 ; 101-5 ; 101 22 ; 264-134 ; 283 86 ; 359-2 ; 359573 ; 359575 ;
Abstract
In a preferred embodiment, a method of producing embossed first and second elongate, edgewise side by side, repeating, optical patterns on a sheet for use in producing secure identification means, the method comprising: continuously embossing the first and second optical patterns on the sheet, such that the first and second patterns repeat at different rates, so that the first pattern will 'walk' with respect to the second pattern.