Method of marking for deterring fraud with valuable documents

• US 4,627,642 A
• Filed: 09/05/1985
• Issued: 12/09/1986
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/1984
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sotimag
• Original Assignee: Sotimag
• Inventors: Peronneau, Georges, Chalus, Bernard
• Primary Examiner(s): Bell, Paul A.
• Application Number:
  US06/772,764
• Time in Patent Office: 460 Days
• Field of Search: 156/277, 283/74, 283/89, 283/91, 283/92, 283/107, 283/108, 283/109, 283/110, 283/111, 283/112, 283/904, 283/94, 427/261, 428/201, 428/204, 428/206, 428/207, 428/212, 428/690, 428/915, 428/916
• US Class Current: 283/92
• CPC Class Codes: B41M 3/144 using fluorescent, luminescent or iridescent effects
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 2033/04 Transparent material
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 2033/20 Coloured material; Pigments or inks
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 2033/30 Plastic material
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 2035/26 Halftone or interference patterns
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 25/00 Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features; Manufacture thereof printing processes to produce identification or security features B41M3/14
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 25/318 Signatures
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 25/387 absorbing or reflecting ultraviolet light
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 25/405 Marking
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 283/904 Credit card
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 428/915 Fraud or tamper detecting
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 428/916 Fraud or tamper detecting
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24851 Intermediate layer is discontinuous or differential
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24876 Intermediate layer contains particulate material [e.g., pigment, etc.]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24893 including particulate material
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24901 including coloring matter
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24942 including components having same physical characteristic in differing degree

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for deterring fraud with documents having monetary value such as a PVC substrate having a signature location on the substrate. In the method, a supporting ink layer 2 including a pigment and containing a product that assures it a certain porosity with respect to the substrate is deposited on the signature location; then a transparent, porous varnish layer 3 including a dissolved powder enabling a fluorescence of the desired color to be obtained under ultraviolet light is deposited on certain zones of the first ink layer 2; next a filigree pattern is printed in zones of either the first ink layer 2 or the varnish layer 3, using a silkscreening process and a second pigmented vinyl ink 4. The signature or identifying mark of the owner of the document is executed using a felt-tip pen having an indelible ink, of the type which is indelible to a product such as that sold under the mark "CORRECTOR". This method makes it possible to reveal any attempt at fraud and makes unauthorized reproductions of the documents more difficult.

Claims

1. A method for deterring fraud with documents having monetary value comprising a substrate (1) including a predetermined signature location, including the steps of:

depositing on the signature location a first supporting layer of ink (2) including a pigment having a predetermined porosity with respect to the substrate;

depositing on selected zones of the first supporting layer (2) a porous varnish layer (3), including in solution a powder enabling a fluorescence of a desired color to be obtained under ultraviolet light;

printing a filigree pattern on selected zones of the first supporting ink layer (2) and on the varnish layer (3) by silkscreening, using a second pigmented vinyl ink (4); and

applying an identifying signature (5) to the card using a felt-tip pen having an indelible ink wherein the porosities of the first ink layer (2) and of the layer (3) are different, and the penetration of the vinyl ink is better on the first ink layer (2) than on the varnish layer (3); and

the adherence of the indelible ink on the first ink layer (2) is better than the adherence of the varnish layer (3) on the first ink layer (2).

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the powder is a chelate of terbium that provides a green fluorescence.

3. A card, produced in accordance with the method of claim 2.

4. A method according to claim 1, wherein the powder is a chelate of dysprosium that provides a yellow fluorescence.

5. A card, produced in accordance with the method of claim 4.

6. A method according to claim 1, wherein the powder is of the esculin type that provides a blue fluorescence.

7. A card, produced in accordance with the method of claim 6.

8. A card, produced in accordance with the method of claim 1.

9. A method according to claim 1, wherein the ink of the first layer (2) is vinyl and contains titanium dioxide.

10. A method according to claim 2, wherein the varnish (3) is transparent and matte.

11. A method according to claim 9, wherein the powder is a chelate of terbium that provides a green fluorescence.

12. A method according to claim 9, wherein the powder is a chelate of dysprosium that provides a yellow fluorescence.

13. A method according to claim 9, wherein the powder is of the esculin type that provides a blue fluorescence.

14. A card, produced in accordance with the method of claim 9.

15. A method according to claim 1, wherein the varnish (3) is transparent and matte.

16. A method according to claim 15, wherein the powder is a chelate of terbium that provides a green fluorescence.

17. A method according to claim 15, wherein the powder is a chelate of dysprosium that provides a yellow fluorescence.

18. A method according to claim 15, wherein the powder is of the esculin type that provides a blue fluorescence.

19. A card, produced in accordance with the method of claim 15.