Substrate with a fragmented marking thereon

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10565485-B2
Application number	US-201415314397-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 24, 2014
Priority date	Jun 10, 2014
Publication date	Feb 18, 2020
Grant date	Feb 18, 2020

Abstract

Disclosed is a substrate with a marking thereon. A part of the substrate has a two-dimensional structure attached thereto, and a part of the marking is present on the structure and the other part of the marking is present on the substrate itself.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An article having a marking thereon, comprising:
the article, and
a two-dimensional structure attached to a part of the article, wherein a part of the marking is present on the two-dimensional structure and another part of the marking is present on the article itself,
wherein the part of the marking, which is present on the two-dimensional structure, completely penetrates the two-dimensional structure, such that
the part of the marking, which completely penetrates the two-dimensional structure, is visible on an underlying surface of the article after the two-dimensional structure is removed from the article.

2. The article of claim 1 , wherein the marking is present as at least one of an image, a picture, a logo, indicia, and a pattern representing a code selected from one or more of a 1-dimensional barcode, a stacked 1-dimensional barcode, a 2-dimensional barcode, a 3-dimensional barcode, and a data matrix.

3. The article of claim 1 , wherein the two-dimensional structure is present as at least one of a label or sticker.

4. The article of claim 1 , wherein the two-dimensional structure has a thickness of from 60 μm to 300 μm.

5. The article of claim 1 , wherein the two-dimensional structure is made of at least one of paper and a polymeric material.

6. The article of claim 1 , wherein at least a part of the marking has been produced by a laser.

7. The article of claim 6 , wherein an intensity of the laser has been varied to create different color effects on at least one of: the marking and the article.

8. The article of claim 1 , wherein the marking is present only on surfaces of the article and the two-dimensional structure.

9. The article of claim 1 , wherein a surface of the article is covered by a varnish and the marking is present on the varnish.

10. The article of claim 1 , wherein the article is made of metal.

11. The article of claim 10 , wherein the article is made of aluminum.

12. The article of claim 1 , wherein the article is present as a can or a capsule.

13. The article of claim 1 , wherein the two-dimensional structure comprises a color-shift layer on at least a part of a surface of the two-dimensional structure that is opposite to the article.

14. A method of providing an article with a marking, comprising:
applying the marking on a portion of the article that has a two-dimensional structure attached thereto so that a part of the marking is present on the article itself and another part of the marking is present on the two-dimensional structure,
wherein the part of the marking, which is present on the two-dimensional structure, completely penetrates the two-dimensional structure such that
the part of the marking, which completely penetrates the two-dimensional structure, is visible on an underlying surface of the article after the two-dimensional structure is removed from the article.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the two-dimensional structure comprises a color-shift layer on at least a part of a surface of the two-dimensional structure that is opposite to the article.

16. A method of improving the protection of an article having a marking thereon against counterfeiting, comprising:
providing a part of the marking on the article itself and providing another part of the marking on a two-dimensional structure which is affixed to the article,
wherein the part of the marking, which is provided on the two-dimensional structure, completely penetrates the two-dimensional structure such that
the part of the marking, which completely penetrates the two-dimensional structure, is visible on an underlying surface of the article after the two-dimensional structure is removed from the article.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the two-dimensional structure comprises a color-shift layer on at least a part of a surface of the two-dimensional structure that is opposite to the article.

Assignees

• Sicpa Holding Sa

Inventors

• Albinyana Frederic
• Sannier Gael
• Schwab Xavier
• Bethenod Dominique

Classifications

• G06K7/1434

  Barcodes with supplemental or add-on codes · CPC title

• G06K7/14 Primary

  using light without selection of wavelength, e.g. sensing reflected white light {(G06K7/10831 - G06K7/1097 take precedence)} · CPC title

• G06K19/06046

  Constructional details · CPC title

• G06K19/06028

  using bar codes · CPC title

• G06K19/06103 Primary

  the marking being embedded in a human recognizable image, e.g. a company logo with an embedded two-dimensional code · CPC title