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Printed and encoded mass distributable response piece and method of making the same

US5087805A · kind A · utility

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20Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 31, 1989
Grant dateFeb 11, 1992
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Expiry dateOct 31, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H2701/1916
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method of simultaneously encoding successive groups of printed paper sheets or mass distributable material wherein the sheets are provided with unperceptable and virtually invisible common code pattern by laser means which is supplied with a distinct series of coded pulse signals in synchronism with control pulses to produce a different optically-scannable coded hole pattern on each group of printed sheets.

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