Patent · US Expired

Copy restrictive documents

US5856266A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 9, 1997
Grant dateJan 5, 1999
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Expiry dateMay 9, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/31993
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A media for restricting the copying of a document utilizing one or more microdots that are embedded in said document for providing a non-visual, but machine detectable mark or marks. The detected means for detecting the presence of one or more microdots in said document inhibits a copy machine from copying the document.

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