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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:
Aug. 27, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 19, 1992
Thomas F Blaylock, Irvine, CA (US);
Marvin C Schroeder, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Pierce Companies, Inc., Santa Ana, CA (US);
Abstract
A method is provided for automatically printing a unique serial number on MICR documents wherein the serial number may be used to identify the source of the document. If problems occur during subsequent processing of the document, the serial number may be decoded to identify the source of the document for repair, etc., or to identify the source of printing fraudulent checks or if the document was printed on stolen equipment. The unique codes are preferably embedded within character fonts used to print the MICR documents. In this manner, no further modification to MICR printing systems is required. Rather, by modifying MICR fonts to each include a unique serial number, the serial number is automatically printed on all documents printed using the font.