Method for reducing invalid acceptances of expired printed offers and end-consumer re-distribution of printed works
OwnerSteven Jerome Mooreinventor
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Abstract
There is disclosed a method for the time-delayed defacement of all or part of a printed work, such as a time-dependent coupon. Such method comprises applying opaque print onto a substrate and applying an opacity-labile composition of lesser nascent opacity than the visible print onto the substrate in such a manner that a change in the opacity of the opacity-labile composition causes a time-delayed defacement of the printed substrate.
Claims20
A method for the time-delayed defacement of all or part of a printed work comprising:
- applying opaque print to a substrate to form said printed work;
- applying an opacity-labile composition, labile to changes in heat, acid, base or water, of lesser nascent opacity than said opaque print on or in proximity to said opaque print in such a manner that a change in the opacity of the opacity-labile composition causes a defacement of said printed work.
A method for the time-delayed defacement of all or part of a printed work designed for time-limited distribution, re-distribution, acceptance or transaction comprising:
- applying print to a substrate to form said printed work;
- providing an opacity-labile composition which can change opacity and result in defacement of a printed work if not protected from the environment to which it is to be exposed;
- encapsulating said opacity-labile composition with a coating of degradable material which degrades when exposed to an environment capable of degrading said degradable material, to form an encapsulated composition;
- applying the encapsulated composition to said printed work;
- exposing said encapsulated composition to an environment capable of degrading said degradable material which changes the opacity of said opacity-labile composition and results in the defacement of said printed work.
A method for the time-delayed defacement of all or part of a printed work designed for time-limited distribution, re-distribution, acceptance or transaction comprising:
- applying print to a substrate to form said printed work;
- providing an opacity-labile composition which can change opacity and result in a defacement of a printed work;
- providing an activating agent composition which can activate said opacity-labile composition to change opacity;
- encapsulating said activating agent with a coating of degradable material which degrades when exposed to an environment capable of degrading said degradable material, to form an encapsulated activating agent composition;
- applying said opacity-labile composition and said encapsulated activating agent composition to said printed work;
- exposing said encapsulated activating agent composition to an environment capable of degrading said degradable material which changes the opacity of said opacity-labile composition and results in the defacement of said printed work.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.