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US 12,322,236 B2Granted
Counterfeit preventative barcodes
AssigneeMulti Packaging Solutions, Inc.
InventorKenneth L. Glinert
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Abstract
Packaging comprising: (a) a prepaid card at least partially enclosed within the packaging, the prepaid card including a barcode at least partially visible through a cutout in the packaging; and (b) a reference barcode located on the packaging, wherein the reference barcode is compared to the barcode of the prepaid card to ensure the reference barcode has the same or similar design to that of the barcode of the prepaid card to identify counterfeit or tampered with packaging.
Claims20
Packaging comprising:
- a prepaid card at least partially enclosed within the packaging, the prepaid card including:
- a barcode at least partially visible through a cutout in the packaging, the barcode including a color gradient at least partially extending along the barcode to vary a color of the barcode;
- and
- a first hologram covering at least a portion of the barcode, wherein the first hologram is a pattern printed directly over the barcode such that barcode is scannable through the first hologram;
- and
- a label located on the packaging, the label including a reference barcode and a second hologram disposed over the reference barcode,
- wherein the barcode is configured to be compared to the reference barcode and the first hologram is configured to be compared to the second hologram to identify counterfeiting or tampering of the prepaid card.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.