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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2008
Piotr Stojak, Cracow, PL;
Przemyslaw Wolanin, Gm. Wieliczka, PL;
Leszek Odziomek, Cracow, PL;
Andrew Trofimiuk, Colombier, CH;
Didier Graf, Eclépens, CH;
Jiri Zeleny, {hacek over (C)}áslav, CZ;
Radek Zeleny, {hacek over (C)}áslav, CZ;
Jiri Riha, Zru{hacek over (c)} nad Sázavou, CZ;
Piotr Stojak, Cracow, PL;
Przemyslaw Wolanin, Gm. Wieliczka, PL;
Leszek Odziomek, Cracow, PL;
Andrew Trofimiuk, Colombier, CH;
Didier Graf, Eclépens, CH;
Jiri Zeleny, {hacek over (C)}áslav, CZ;
Radek Zeleny, {hacek over (C)}áslav, CZ;
Jiri Riha, Zru{hacek over (c)} nad Sázavou, CZ;
Philip Morris USA Inc., Richmond, VA (US);
Abstract
A wrapped container of consumer products bearing one or more machine readable indicia is disclosed, wherein the machine readable indicia are applied to the wrapper. The portion of the wrapper to which the machine readable indicia are applied may be substantially transparent and the surface of the container behind the machine readable indicia substantially neutral. Alternatively, the portion of the wrapper to which the machine readable indicia are applied may be substantially opaque. A method of providing a wrapped container of consumer products comprises wrapping a container of consumer products with a wrapper; and applying one or more machine readable indicia to the wrapper.