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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:
May. 11, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gary Field, Portsmouth, RI (US);
Assignee:
ZIH Corp., Hamilton, BM;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/315 ; G06K 1/906 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/315 ; G06K 1/906 ;
Abstract
A thermal transfer printing process for making identification cards is provided. The process involves printing indicia onto a dye-receptive surface of a card substrate. A metallic dye is applied in precise registration with selected print indicia to form a metallic border along the edges of the indicia. The invention also includes identification cards produced by this process. The process can be used to produce cards such as licenses, employee badges, student cards, bank cards, and the like having unique security features.