Patent · US Expired

Book on a pocket card

US4917292A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 21, 1988
Grant dateApr 17, 1990
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Expiry dateApr 21, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S283/904
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A plastic card or credit card size has a strip of optical recording material thereon containing microtext. The microtext is either electronically or optically reduced from 5 to 200 times and laid out in miniature pages, arranged in an array on the strip. The strip has a metallic or metal particle layer, giving it a shiny gold or silver coloration, against which the microtext appears dark, or vice-versa.

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