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US 6,764,571 B2Granted
Informational article and an associated method
AssigneeApplied Optical Technologies Holdings, Inc.
InventorYoram Curiel
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Abstract
The present invention is directed toward a tamper evident informational article such as a temporary vehicle registration which may be made of paper or paperboard. The informational article includes a substrate having a zone for inserting information and a refractive image disposed within the zone. A covering is secured to at least a portion of the zone. In that way, efforts to remove the covering from the substrate will result in removal of a portion of the refractive image.
Claims6
A method of protecting an informational article on which variable information is inserted, said article comprising:
- providing an informational article substrate having a zone for inserting said variable information and a refractive image disposed within said zone;
- inserting said variable information in said zone so that at least a portion of said variable information is disposed over said refractive image;
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- securing a covering to at least a portion of said zone, whereby efforts to remove said covering from said substrate will result in removal of a portion of said refractive image.
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