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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2004
Steven J. Simske, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Lester Ortiz, Camuy, PR (US);
Malena Mesarina, San Francisco, CA (US);
Vinay Deolalikar, Mountain View, CA (US);
Cyril Brignone, Mountain View, CA (US);
Guillaume Oget, Santa Clare, CA (US);
Steven J. Simske, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Lester Ortiz, Camuy, PR (US);
Malena Mesarina, San Francisco, CA (US);
Vinay Deolalikar, Mountain View, CA (US);
Cyril Brignone, Mountain View, CA (US);
Guillaume Oget, Santa Clare, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A coating for an object having identifying indicia disposed thereon. An ink layer contacts at least a portion of the identifying indicia. The ink layer obscures the portion when exposed to light within a predetermined wavelength range, and the ink layer reveals a predetermined area of the portion when exposed to light outside of the predetermined wavelength range.