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Postage meter with coded graphic information in the indicia

US4835713A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 6, 1985
Grant dateMay 30, 1989
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Expiry dateAug 6, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07B2017/00717
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A postage meter is disclosed in which security information is encoded in the printed indicia. The information is encoded in a binary format which is transformed in a predetermined manner such that the information is retrievable by a special reader and decoding algorithm for obtaining the original binary format. The transformed indicia may be in one color or maybe multicolored.

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