Cards and devices with embedded holograms

• US 8,944,333 B1
• Filed: 09/18/2013
• Issued: 02/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dynamics Inc.
• Original Assignee: Dynamics Inc.
• Inventors: Mullen, Jeffrey D., Nicklaus, Eric R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Marshall, Christle I
• Application Number:
  US14/030,712
• Time in Patent Office: 503 Days
• Field of Search: 235487-495
• US Class Current: 235/488
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2307/412 Transparent
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2457/08 PCBs, i.e. printed circuit boards
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 27/08 of synthetic resin
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 3/08 characterised by added members at particular parts layer formed of separate pieces of material which are juxtaposed side-by-side B32B3/14, B32B3/18
• CPC Class Codes: G03H 1/0476 Holographic printer G03H1/268 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 15/12 by photographic printing , e.g. by laser printers
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/042 the record carrier having a form factor of a credit card and including a small sized disc, e.g. a CD or DVD disc shaped data carriers in general, see G11B20/00 and G11B23/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06112 the marking being simulated using a light source, e.g. a barcode shown on a display or a laser beam with time-varying intensity profile
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06206 the magnetic marking being emulated
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0716 at least one of the integrated circuit chips comprising a sensor or an interface to a sensor
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/077 Constructional details, e.g. mounting of circuits in the carrier
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07709 the interface being a keyboard
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/16 the marking being a hologram or diffraction grating

Abstract

A card, such as a payment card, or other device may include an electronics package. The electronics package may include electronic components mounted on a flexible, printed circuit board. The electronics package may be laminated (e.g., via a hot, cold, or molding lamination process) between layers of transparent polymer. A hologram may be fixed to one side of the electronics package such that the hologram may be viewed from the exterior of the laminated card having transparent polymer layers. As such, the hologram may not be removed without breaching the integrity of a transparent polymer layer.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

affixing a hologram to a hologram region of a card layer; and

printing a first material layer on the card layer such that at least a first portion of the hologram region does not include the first material layer.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

printing a second material layer on the hologram and the first material layer such that the first portion of the hologram region does not include the second material layer.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

printing a second material layer on the hologram and the first material layer such that the first portion of the hologram region does not include the second material layer,

wherein the hologram region does not include the first material layer.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the hologram region does not include the first material layer, and

a thickness of the first material layer is about the thickness of the hologram.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the card layer is a polymer layer.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the printing a first material layer on the card layer includes printing the first material layer on a second portion of the hologram region.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the affixing a hologram includes utilizing an adhesive.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the first material layer is opaque,

the printing a first material layer on the card layer includes printing the first material layer on a second portion of the hologram region and on the hologram, and

a viewable region of the hologram is a different shape than the hologram.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the first material layer includes an acrylic material.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the printing a first material layer includes drop-on-demand printing.

11. A method comprising:

affixing a signature panel to a signature region of a card layer; and

printing a first material layer on the card layer such that at least a portion of the signature region does not include the first material layer.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

printing a second material layer on the signature panel and the first material layer such that the first portion of the signature region does not include the second material layer.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

printing a second material layer on the signature panel and the first material layer such that the first portion of the signature region does not include the second material layer,

wherein the signature region does not include the first material layer.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the signature region does not include the first print material region, and

a thickness of the first material layer is about the thickness of the signature panel.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the card layer is a polymer layer.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the printing a first material layer on the card layer includes printing the first material layer on a second portion of the signature region.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the affixing a signature panel includes utilizing an adhesive.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein the first material layer is opaque,

the printing a first material layer on the card layer includes printing the first material layer on a second portion of the signature region, and

an area of a viewable region of the signature panel is a different from an area of the signature panel.

19. The method of claim 11, wherein the first material layer includes an acrylic material.

20. The method of claim 11, wherein the printing a first material layer includes drop-on-demand printing.