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Document protection methods and products

US5788285A · kind A · utility

92Cited by
20References
12Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 19, 1996
Grant dateAug 4, 1998
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 19, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S285/902
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method and product for making non-reproducible documents, in which a nearly invisible indicia on the document is printed by continuous screened lines of a desired pitch, and a background that will not reproduce by copying that is formed by orthogonal reproduction of positive/negative images of continuous lines to produce broken lines of a desired width and pitch.

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