PACKAGING FOR SMOKING PRODUCTS HAVING A MARKING THEREON

• US 20150041345A1
• Filed: 08/11/2014
• Published: 02/12/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sicpa Holding SA
• Original Assignee: Sicpa Holding SA
• Inventors: KERKAR, Brahim
• Granted Patent: US 9,773,433 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 206/242
• CPC Class Codes: A24D 1/02 with special covers
• CPC Class Codes: B65B 19/02 Packaging cigarettes
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2203/00 Decoration means, markings, information elements, contents indicators see also B65D5/4212, B65D33/004
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 85/10 for cigarettes
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 2003/0213 Concealed data
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 2003/0272 Labels for containers
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/02 Forms or constructions layered products B32B
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/0291 Labels or tickets undergoing a change under particular conditions, e.g. heat, radiation, passage of time

Abstract

Disclosed is a packaging for smoking products that comprises an area with a warning relating to the health hazards of smoking thereon. The area comprises at least one marking that is suitable for identification and/or authentication and/or track and/or trace purposes.

Claims

1. A packaging for smoking products, wherein the packaging comprises an area that carries a warning relating to health hazards of smoking thereon, said area comprising at least one marking that is suitable for identification and/or authentication and/or tracking and/or tracing purposes.

2. The packaging of claim 1, wherein the warning comprises a plurality of characters.

3. The packaging of claim 2, wherein the characters are present within a box formed by lines.

4. The packaging of claim 2, wherein the characters comprise alphanumeric characters.

5. The packaging of claim 2, wherein the at least one marking or a part thereof is present in the form of one or more characters among the plurality of characters.

6. The packaging of claim 5, wherein the at least one marking or a part thereof is present in the form of at least two characters among the plurality of characters and said at least two characters are separated by a predetermined number of remaining characters.

7. The packaging of claim 2, wherein the at least one marking or a part thereof is present at least one of above and below one or more characters of the plurality of characters.

8. The packaging of claim 3, wherein the at least one marking or a part thereof is present in the form of at least a part of one or more lines which form the box.

9. The packaging of claim 1, wherein the at least one marking or a part thereof is invisible to the unaided eye.

10. The packaging of claim 1, wherein the at least one marking or a part thereof is present as at least one of a cloud of dots, randomly distributed dots, one or more glyphs, a data matrix, a barcode, one or more optionally encoded and/or encrypted characters, and flakes comprising a chiral liquid crystal polymer.

11. The packaging of claim 1, wherein the at least one marking or a part thereof comprises a luminescent ink.

12. The packaging of claim 1, wherein the at least one marking or a part thereof comprises an ink that differs from ink used for making the warning only in that it has luminescent properties.

13. The packaging of claim 1, wherein the at least one marking or a part thereof comprises an ink that is different from ink used for making the warning to provide supplemental encoded information.

14. The packaging of claim 1, wherein at least a part of said packaging carries a plastic or polymer film or sheet thereon.

15. The packaging of claim 14, wherein said plastic or polymer sheet or film comprises a marking that is invisible to the unaided eye.

16. The packaging of claim 15, wherein said marking comprises one or more of luminescent particles, luminescent dyes, and luminescent flakes.

17. The packaging of claim 1, wherein the marking of the plastic or polymer film or sheet is different from the marking in the area of the health warning on the packaging.

18. The packaging of claim 1, wherein the packaging is a packaging for cigarettes.

19. A smoking product contained in the packaging of claim 1.

20. A cigarette packet which comprises the packaging of claim 1.

21. The cigarette packet of claim 20 which is enclosed in a plastic or polymer film.

22. The cigarette packet of claim 21, wherein the plastic or polymer film comprises a marking that is invisible to the unaided eye.

23. The cigarette packet of claim 22, wherein said marking comprises one or more of luminescent particles, luminescent dyes, and luminescent flakes.

24. The cigarette packet of claim 20, wherein the paper of the cigarettes comprises one or more fluorescent substances.

25. A method of providing a packaging for smoking products with a marking, wherein the packaging comprises an area that carries a warning relating to health hazards of smoking thereon and wherein the method comprises positioning on the packaging in the area that carries the warning at least one marking that is suitable for identification and/or authentication and/or tracking and/or tracing purposes.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein packages intended for marketing in different countries but with identical warnings are provided with markings which differ with respect to at least one property thereof that differs from one country to the next.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein the markings differ with respect to at least absorption and/or emission properties of inks used for printing the markings or parts thereof.

28. A method of enhancing the identifiability and/or authenticability and/or trackability and/or traceability of a packaging that contains smoking products and comprises an area that carries a warning relating to health hazards of smoking thereon, wherein the method comprises providing the area with at least one marking that is suitable for identification and/or authentication and/or tracking and/or tracing purposes.