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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. 10, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joachim Hoppe, Munich, DE;
Wolfgang Gauch, Otterfing, DE;
Assignee:
Giesecke & Devrient GmbH, , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 1/902 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 1/902 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for producing injection-molded cards with at least one decorative layer ( ) which is already applied to a foil ( ) or an inlay before injection molding. To protect the inks used for the decoration from thermal action and/or excessive pressures and/or high mechanical stress during injection molding, the decorative layer ( ) is covered according to the invention with a protective layer ( ) before the foil ( ) provided with the decoration or an inlay provided with a decoration is inserted into the injection mold.