Value document comprising a serial number

US8400673B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GIESECKE & DEVRIENT GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Georg Depta · Rosenheim, DE
• Karlheinz Mayer · Grünenbach, DE
• Christof Baldus · Birkenfeld, DE
• Peter Franz · Mumpf, CH
• Max Voit · Weilheim, DE
• Walter Dorfler · Munich, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 25, 2005
• Grant date: Mar 19, 2013
• Expiry date: Mar 1, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B42D2035/50
• WIPO field: Other consumer goods
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

The invention relates to a value document, especially a banknote, having an individualizing mark that is applied at least once each to the front and the reverse of the value document. Here, at least one of the individualizing identifiers applied to the front and reverse is applied to the value document with a non-contact method.