Card packaging method, corresponding packaged card and method of use
AssigneeSTMicroelectronics S.r.l.
InventorsGiuliano Filpi, Antonio Montanino
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Abstract
An exemplary package comprises a smart card having a first side and a second side, the first side comprising a first area having reproduced thereon first readable information and a second area having reproduced thereon second readable information. The first side having a laminar member applied so as to cover the first side, the laminar member comprising a light-impermeable material and a first light-permeable portion at the first side. The first readable information is visible through the first light-permeable portion and the second readable information is covered and made invisible by the light-impermeable material. A light-permeable film material is wrapped onto the smart card having the laminar member applied thereon.
Claims20
A method of packaging a smart card having a first side and a second side, the method comprising:
- applying a laminar member onto the smart card to cover the first side, the first side comprising a first area having reproduced thereon first readable information and a second area having reproduced thereon second readable information, the laminar member comprising a light-impermeable material and a first light-permeable portion at the first side, the first readable information being visible through the first light-permeable portion and the second readable information being covered and made invisible by the light-impermeable material;
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- wrapping the smart card having the laminar member applied thereon with a light-permeable film material.
A package comprising:
- a smart card having a first side and a second side, the first side comprising a first area having reproduced thereon first readable information and a second area having reproduced thereon second readable information,
- a laminar member covering the first side, the laminar member comprising a light-impermeable material and a first light-permeable portion at the first side, the first readable information being visible through the first light-permeable portion and the second readable information being covered and made invisible by the light-impermeable material;
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- a light-permeable film material wrapped onto the smart card having the laminar member applied thereon.
A method of using a package, the method comprising:
- having a smart card with a first side and a second side, the first side comprising a first area having reproduced thereon first readable information and a second area having reproduced thereon second readable information, the first readable information being visible through the first light-permeable portion and the second readable information being covered and made invisible by the light-impermeable material;
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- visually reading the first readable information visible through a first light-permeable portion of a laminar member covering the first side, the laminar member comprising a light-impermeable material and the first light-permeable portion at the first side, and a light-permeable film material being wrapped onto the smart card having the laminar member applied thereon while refraining from removing the laminar member from the first side.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.