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US 12,608,573 B2Granted
Framed card or excavation effect on card
AssigneeGiesecke+Devrient Epayments GmbH
InventorAurelie Dayde
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Abstract
The present disclosure discloses a card having an inclined or excavated edge surrounding the card or part of the surface of the card. At least a part of the inclined or excavated edge or part of the surface of the card may be coloured or in white. The revealed part may particularly be formed by means of a printing process or alternatively by way of superimposed foil layers.
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A card document comprising:
- one or more layers having a top plane, a bottom plane;
- and at least one stepped structure;
- wherein the stepped structure includes at least one step originating from the top plane or the bottom plane of the card document, which locally reduces a material thickness of the card document;
- wherein a contour that separates the stepped structure from the respective top plane or bottom plane is closed in itself and wherein the at least one step is at least partially featuring a step color different from a plane color of the top plane and the bottom plane,
- which is due to the step being at least partially formed by a layer of the card document having a layer color that is different from a layer color of a layer at least partially forming the respective top plane or bottom plane.
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A card document comprising:
- one or more layers having a top plane, a bottom plane and at least one stepped structure;
- wherein the stepped structure includes at least one step originating from the top plane or the bottom plane of the card document, which locally reduces a material thickness of the card document;
- wherein a contour that separates the stepped structure from the respective top plane or bottom plane is entirely surrounded by the top plane or the bottom plane from which it originates, and wherein a bottom of the stepped structure is directly exposed to the environment;
- wherein the at least one step is at least partially featuring a step color different from a plane color of the top plane and the bottom plane, which is due to the step being at least partially formed by a layer of the card document featuring a layer color that is different from a layer color of a layer at least partially forming the respective top plane or bottom plane.
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A card document comprising:
- one or more layers having a top plane, a bottom plane and at least one stepped structure;
- wherein the stepped structure comprises at least one step originating from the top plane or the bottom plane of the card document, which locally reduces a material thickness of the card document;
- wherein a contour that separates the stepped structure from the respective top plane or bottom plane, at the same time, forms part of an edge of the card document, and
- an electronic element on the top plane or the bottom plane;
- wherein a shortest distance between the contour and the electronic element is less than three quarters of a maximum extension of the card document;
- wherein the at least one step is at least partially featuring a step color different from a plane color of the top plane and the bottom plane, which is due to the step being at least partially formed by a layer of the card document featuring a layer color that is different from a layer color of a layer at least partially forming the respective top plane or bottom plane.
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