Magnetic card protection system
CA 1297583 C · Owner: Leblanc, Kenneth L. · Inventors: Hall, Gavin Michael; Leblanc, Kenneth L.
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A protective device for protecting the information on magnetically encoded areas of plastic cards comprising strips of a ferro-magnetic amorphous composition having a metal-glass characteristic situated adjacent and covering the magnetically encoded areas on either side so as to redirect any corrupting electromagnetic and statomagnetic fields. In a preferred embodiment, the protective strips are incorporated in a card holding unit.
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- Granted March 17, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended March 17, 2009.
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