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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:
Sep. 03, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 24, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Pierre Merlin, Venelles, FR;
Gerard Coiton, Venelles, FR;
Assignee:
Gemplus Card International, , US;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K / ; B23K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
21912169 ; 21912185 ; 21912161 ; 21912174 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a method for the marking of particulars on a connector of a card called an electronic chip card, said connector having metal contacts with a given thickness. Said method comprises a step consisting of the etching, with a laser beam, of said particulars in the thickness of the metal contacts of the connector. Application to the marking of chip cards, bank cards, telephone cards etc.