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Secure physical documents, and methods and apparatus for publishing and reading them

  • US 7,309,017 B2
  • Filed: 10/31/2003
  • Issued: 12/18/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A security document, comprising:

  • a printed document; and

    one or more memory circuits configured to be read wirelessly and attached to or incorporated within the printed document at a predetermined position or positions with respect to the printed document,wherein data in each of the one or more memory circuits is protected from access by an unauthorized reader,wherein each of the one or more memory circuits is physically isolated so as to inhibit physical tampering or is configured to indicate when physical tampering has occurred, andwherein physical isolation of each of the one or more memory circuits employs one or more tamper-evident strips, andwherein each of the one or more memory circuits provides security for a single portion of the printed document adjacent to the respective one or more memory circuits, wherein the document comprises a plurality of portions to which security can be individually provided.

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