Informational article and an associated method
AssigneeOpsec Security Group, Inc.
InventorsYoram Curiel, Mark Timothy Turnage
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Abstract
The present invention provides an informational article on which variable information is inserted. The informational article includes a substrate having a zone for inserting the variable information. A visual security device, such as an optically variable ink, a special film, or combinations thereof is disposed in the zone on the substrate. The visual security device is sized and arranged such that at least a portion of the variable information is adapted to being inserted over the visual security device.
Claims17
An informational article on which variable information is inserted, the article comprising:
- a substrate having a zone for inserting the variable information;
- a visual security device disposed within the zone and being sized and arranged such that at least a portion of the variable information is adapted to being inserted over the visual security device;
- and
- the visual security device being selected from the group consisting of an optically variable ink;
- a special film;
- and combinations thereof,
- wherein the covering is constructed and arranged such that efforts to remove the covering from the substrate will result in removal of a portion of the visual security device, and
- wherein the covering is an adhesive tape.
A method of protecting an informational article on which variable information is inserted, the method comprising:
- providing an informational article substrate having a zone for inserting the variable information and a visual security device selected from the group consisting of an optically variable ink;
- a special film;
- and combinations thereof, the visual security device being disposed within the zone;
- inserting the variable information in the zone so that at least a portion of the variable information is disposed over the visual security device;
- and
- securing a covering to at least a portion of the zone,
- wherein the covering is an adhesive tape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.