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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:
Dec. 09, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael Banahan, Montebello, NY (US);
Assignee:
American Bank Note Holographics, Inc., Elmsford, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B42D 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B42D 1/500 ;
Abstract
Tamper-apparent authenticating labels which comprise a protective film, an OVD image layer and a visually transparent ink pattern therebetween, to be applied to commercial articles. Authenticity of the label can be verified by viewing the taggant with a detector. The label reveals tampering when the film is separated from the article, causing separation of portions of the OVD under the ink. Also, methods for making tamper-apparent authenticity labels.