AUTHENTICATION SEAL

• US 20100090008A1
• Filed: 10/13/2008
• Published: 04/15/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/13/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: On Track Innovations Limited (Nayax Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: On Track Innovations Limited (Nayax Ltd.)
• Inventors: SHAFRAN, Guy, BASHAN, Oded
• Application Number:
  US12/250,050
• Publication Number:
  US 20100090008A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/488
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07749 the record carrier being capable of non-contact communication, e.g. constructional details of the antenna of a non-contact smart card
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07758 arrangements for adhering the record carrier to further objects or living beings, functioning as an identification tag
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07798 part of the antenna or the integrated circuit being adapted for rupturing or breaking, e.g. record carriers functioning as sealing devices for detecting not-authenticated opening of containers electronic seals G09F3/03
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/08 using markings of different kinds or more than one marking of the same kind in the same record carrier, e.g. one marking being sensed by optical and the other by magnetic means
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/083 Constructional details
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/10 at least one kind of marking being used for authentication, e.g. of credit or identity cards verification of coded identity or credit cards in mechanisms actuated by them G07F7/12
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/10 Methods of surface bonding and/or assembly therefor

Abstract

An authentication seal suitable for affixing to physical objects sought to be notarized, legalized or otherwise authenticated, the authentication seal including an object interface layer including an adhesive surface for fixed engagement with a surface of an object sought to be authenticated, an inlay layer, fixed to the object interface layer, the inlay layer including a substrate having embedded thereon a wireless communication antenna coupled to an electronic chip device containing authentication information which is wirelessly readable via the wireless communication antenna and an outer layer, fixed to the inlay layer and having visually sensible authentication indicia thereon.

Claims

1. An authentication seat suitable for affixing to physical objects sought to be notarized, legalized or otherwise authenticated, the authentication seal comprising:

an object interface layer including an adhesive surface for fixed engagement with a surface of an object sought to be authenticated;

an inlay layer, fixed to said object interface layer, said inlay layer comprising a substrate having embedded thereon a wireless communication antenna coupled to an electronic chip device containing authentication information which is wirelessly readable via said wireless communication antenna; and

an outer layer, fixed to said inlay layer and having visually sensible authentication indicia thereon.

2. An authentication seal according to claim 1 and wherein said electronic chip device contains authentication information which is wirelessly writable therein via said wireless communication antenna.

3. An authentication seal according to claim 1 and wherein said outer layer is formed with forgery resistant indicia.

4. An authentication seal according to claim 1 wherein said electronic chip device is a smart card chip device.

5. An authentication seal according to claim 1 wherein said object interface layer and said inlay layer are formed as a single layer.

6. An authentication seal according to claim 1 wherein said inlay layer and said outer layer are formed as a single layer.

7. A method for manufacturing an authentication seal suitable for affixing to physical objects sought to be notarized, legalized or otherwise authenticated, the method comprising:

producing a seal inlay layer by embedding onto a substrate a wireless communication antenna coupled to an electronic chip device adapted to contain authentication information which is wirelessly readable via said wireless communication antenna;

adhering an object interface layer, including an adhesive surface for fixed engagement with a surface of an object sought to be authenticated, to said inlay layer;

and adhering an outer layer, having visually sensible authentication indicia thereon, to said inlay layer.

8. A method for manufacturing an authentication seal according to claim 7 and wherein said electronic chip device is adapted to contain authentication information which is wirelessly writable therein via said wireless communication antenna.

9. A method for manufacturing an authentication seal according to claim 7 or claim 8 and wherein said outer layer is formed with forgery resistant indicia.

10. A method for manufacturing an authentication seal according to claims 7 and wherein said electronic chip device is a smart card chip device.

11. A method for manufacturing an authentication seal suitable for affixing to physical objects sought to be notarized, legalized or otherwise authenticated, the method comprising:

producing a combined seal inlay and object interface layer by embedding onto a substrate a wireless communication antenna coupled to an electronic chip device adapted to contain authentication information which is wirelessly readable via said wireless communication antenna and providing said substrate with an adhesive surface for fixed engagement with a surface of an object sought to be authenticated; and

adhering an outer layer, having visually sensible authentication indicia thereon, to said combined seal inlay and object interface layer.

12. A method for manufacturing an authentication seal suitable for affixing to physical objects sought to be notarized, legalized or otherwise authenticated, the method comprising:

producing a combined seal inlay and outer layer by embedding onto a substrate a wireless communication antenna coupled to an electronic chip device adapted to contain authentication information which is wirelessly readable via said wireless communication antenna and providing, on an outer surface of said substrate, visually sensible authentication indicia; and

adhering an object interface layer, including an adhesive surface for fixed engagement with a surface of an object sought to be authenticated, to said combined seal inlay and outer layer.

13. A method for authenticating an object comprising:

providing an authentication seal suitable for affixing to physical objects sought to be notarized, legalized or otherwise authenticated,

fixing said authentication seal onto a physical object sought to be notarized, legalized or otherwise authenticated; and

writing to or reading from said electronic chip device said authentication information via said wireless communication antenna.