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Method of making a foil faced financial transaction card having graphics printed thereon and card made thereby

DC
  • US 6,471,128 B1
  • Filed: 03/15/2000
  • Issued: 10/29/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A foil faced financial transaction card having graphics printed thereon, which card meets ANSI/ISO specifications for the characteristics of a financial transaction card, said card comprising:

  • a rigid plastic sheet substrate layer;

    a metal containing foil layer adhesively bonded on its back surface to a surface of said substrate layer, a front surface of said foil layer having a printable layer thereon;

    printed ink graphics overlying the front surface of the printable layer;

    a clear protective overlay adhesively bonded on the surface of the card over it said graphics thereon;

    wherein the component layers of material that form the foil faced card are bonded to one another to the extent that any layer possesses a minimum peel strength of 3.4 lbf/in to resist delamination of said card.

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