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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:
Jun. 20, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephen John Holman, Queensland, AU;
Francois Gougeon, Quebec, CA;
Assignee:
Oberthur Gaming Technologies Inc, Montreal, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B42D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
283109 ; 283110 ; 283111 ; 283903 ;
Abstract
A scratch-off lottery game including a substrate having at least one area having printed indicia thereon, the printed indicia being covered by at least one clear, transparent layer which can be removed by scratching, and at least one layer on said clear transparent layer which is colored, transparent and made of a non-scratch-off material, the colored transparent layer being affixed to the clear transparent layer in a manner in which removing the clear transparent layer by scratching results in removal of the colored transparent layer.