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Packaging that can be checked for tampering

US7301460B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 28, 2005
Grant dateNov 27, 2007
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 31, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65D2203/10
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to packaging, e.g. an envelope or a parcel, that can be checked for tampering, which packaging includes a hermetically sealed body, the body being formed by folding a sheet of material that has been cut to a predefined shape. In order to track the object packaged in the packaging and in order to check the packaging for tampering, the tampering further includes an electronic component that can be interrogated remotely and that is formed by data storage means connected to an antenna. The antenna is formed by an antenna circuit which extends at least over the entire periphery of the inside surface of the sheet of material. Thus, any fraudulent opening of the packaging can be detected by the antenna circuit breaking, thereby making any transmission with the component of the packaging impossible.

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