EP0760991B1 - Etiquettes d'identification et leurs procedes de fabrication - Google Patents

Etiquettes d'identification et leurs procedes de fabrication Download PDF

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EP0760991B1
EP0760991B1 EP95919528A EP95919528A EP0760991B1 EP 0760991 B1 EP0760991 B1 EP 0760991B1 EP 95919528 A EP95919528 A EP 95919528A EP 95919528 A EP95919528 A EP 95919528A EP 0760991 B1 EP0760991 B1 EP 0760991B1
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  • This invention relates to identification markers and their application, and particularly to such markers for products.
  • products as used herein is to be widely interpreted to include any product usefully susceptible to marking such personal property items owned by individuals and corporately, and items capable of removal as widely varied as automobiles and watches, for example, and to products comprising toxic and/or hazardous materials, for example.
  • the identification of products can be important particularly to prove ownership in the event of loss of that product through theft or accidental misplacement, for example.
  • the subsequent recovery of the product requires accurate identification of the product so that the correct product is returned to the owner. This problem is significant even where the particular item is visibly marked with a serial number or such other device since there is rarely a properly recorded serial number of individual personal property.
  • Serial number plate While the use of a Serial number plate is of limited value for indicating ownership, another method for marking a product involves physically marking a serial number on the item with an indelible ink or by engraving the serial number on the item for example.
  • Each of the foregoing techniques for property identification can be circumvented, for example, by the simple removal of the serial number or replacement of the serial number plate with another plate. The ease by which these marking systems are circumvented has created a significant problem in product recovery.
  • Another problem with the foregoing techniques for property identification is that the certain marking tag systems are inappropriate in that they may interfere with the function or even aesthetic appearance of the product. For example, an item of jewellery such as a valuable gem stone mounted in a ring setting is difficult, if not impossible, to mark with an identification system that cannot be easily circumvented.
  • EP-A-160504 discloses a method of numbering documents such as bank notes which are produced and used in large numbers and which, for a given series, are identical one with another except for a unique multi-digit number upon each individual document, the number thus uniquely identifying that document within the series.
  • the document suggests rendering unauthorised reproduction of the document more difficult by ensuring that at least two characters in the identifying number differ from another (in addition to any differences in the letters or digits which they represent) in one or more visible characteristics. Suggested characteristics are different heights or widths or different type styles.
  • Document GB 1095286 discloses a security device used in security papers in which fine security ribbons having a width of substantially 0.75mm include printed characters of a height of substantially 0.4mm. Alternative inks for the characters are disclosed, together with the insertion of mutilated portions of the design in regions between the printed design.
  • Document EP 310707 discloses a document with magnetically detectable anti-forgery means including a plate-like element embedded in a strip of plastic or aluminium film. This strip supports mutually spaced regions obtained with a deposition of magnetic material. The regions of magnetic material are readable with a magnetic reading head applicable externally to the plate-like element.
  • tag particles each of which carrying an identical indicia.
  • These tag particles are of a small miniature size and may be generally circular of no more than 1 or 2mm in diameter or strip or thread-like of no more than 1 or 2mm width, for example, and carry microscopic identification indicia.
  • the tags may be produced by any convenient method from any suitable material and may be, for example, punched, essentially as miniature particles, from a microfiche film having an identical plurality of indicia printed, or slit from an elongate film.
  • tag tags are referred to herein as "marker tags of the kind described".
  • the tag particles may be loosely spread over and throughout the product concerned, and/or may be adhered to the product, and indeed may be applied to one or more surfaces of the item of property by being suspended in a liquid adhesive such as a lacquer for example which is then sprayed upon the relevant surface or surfaces, adhering the tag particle to those surfaces under the dried adhesive or lacquer layer.
  • tag marker is strip or thread-like it may be used specifically in this form with the product concerned, such as, for example, tear strips on wrapped products, woven into hems of cloth, and security threads in banknotes, these being formed of plastics film, for example, which may be metallised.
  • a weaknesses of any form of security labelling system is that exact copies can be made of the labels and these copies can then be used to mark items for which they were not intended in an attempt to alter or mask genuine identity of those items.
  • labels can be made in the style of legitimate labels but with different indicia and these counterfeit labels can be used in an attempt to alter or mask the identity of items.
  • the invention also provides an identification marker tag as set out in claim 12.
  • the appropriate plurality of identifying indicia are produced on a computer screen which is then photographed and reduced in size to form the microfiche. Since the printing is computer generated, it is possible to impose encryption features on any or all of the characters for any particular indicia identification text, and also to produce a highly varying pattern of background printing, such as a series of rectilinear and curvilinear lines of the kind frequently used on bank notes as referred to above. It is clear that by recording the nature of the encryption and the nature of the background printing employed on every batch, it would be a relatively simple task to differentiate between counterfeit labels and legitimately produced ones. For simplicity, this recording can be held on a computer which is programmed to store a log of all labels produced with the associated encryption data.
  • the invention includes within its scope tagging particles made using the method hereinabove specified.
  • Figure 1 there is shown schematically a marker tag 1, grossly enlarged, punched out from a film including microscopic identification characters 2.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates character variations for the tag of Figure 1.
  • the lower line shows encryption where:-

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  1. Procédé de fabrication d'une marque distinctive d'identification (1) de construction généralement plane, dont une dimension dans le plan mesure moins de 2 mm et porte des inscriptions d'identification (2), comportant les étapes consistant à faire varier les caractéristiques physiques visibles de la matière imprimée (2) appliquée sur la marque distinctive lors de la production de celle-ci, caractérisé par l'enregistrement de la nature de la variation, pour ainsi fournir une identification de produits.
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel les caractéristiques physiques de la matière imprimée (2) sont appliquées à la marque distinctive (1) entre, ou dans et entre, des lots de celle-ci ou des groupes de lots de telles marques.
  3. Procédé selon la revendication 1 ou 2, dans lequel les marques (1) ont la forme de rubans ou de fils.
  4. Procédé de fabrication d'une pluralité de marques distinctives d'identification, chaque marque étant fabriquée par le procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, comportant l'application d'un arrière-plan imprimé sur la marque distinctive, à la matière imprimée (2) appliquée à celle-ci, l'arrière-plan imprimé étant étendu, lors de la fabrication des marques distinctives, en travers d'un certain nombre de marques similaires (1), ce par quoi aucune marque ne sera identique.
  5. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel les marques distinctives (1) sont poinçonnées ou découpées à partir d'un film de matériau produit par photographie à partir d'un écran d'ordinateur sur lequel la matière imprimée est générée par ordinateur, ou à partir de toute autre sortie générée par ordinateur, une telle génération par ordinateur facilitant les variations des caractéristiques d'inscription dans la matière imprimée et un motif varié d'impression d'arrière-plan.
  6. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel on fait varier la dimension d'au moins un caractère dans la matière imprimée (2).
  7. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel on fait varier le style d'au moins l'un des caractères dans la matière imprimée (2).
  8. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel au moins l'un des caractères dans la matière imprimée (2) est tourné par rapport à son alignement correct.
  9. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel au moins l'un des caractères dans la matière imprimée (2) est déplacé de sa position normale.
  10. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel au moins l'un des caractères dans la matière imprimée (2) est fabriqué de telle sorte qu'une ou plusieurs de ses lignes aient une épaisseur différente d'autres caractères dans la matière imprimée (2).
  11. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel un caractère supplémentaire est ajouté à la matière imprimée (2) de manière aléatoire.
  12. Marque distinctive d'identification de construction généralement plane, dont une dimension dans le plan mesure moins de 2 mm et porte des inscriptions d'identification (2) pour fournir une identification de produits, les caractéristiques physiques visibles de la matière imprimée (2) appliquée sur la marque distinctive (1) étant variées et enregistrées au cours de la production de celle-ci.
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PCT/GB1995/001156 WO1995032490A1 (fr) 1994-05-21 1995-05-22 Etiquettes d'identification et leurs procedes de fabrication

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EP0160504A2 (fr) * 1984-04-27 1985-11-06 THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY LIMITED Documents numérotés, méthodes et moyens pour leur production
EP0310707A2 (fr) * 1987-10-08 1989-04-12 MANTEGAZZA ANTONIO ARTI GRAFICHE S.r.l. Document avec moyen antifraude détectable magnétiquement et ruban avec code d'identification détectable magnétiquement et code d'identification

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