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CA 1315822 C · Owner: Frankfurt, Robert · Inventors: Frankfurt, Robert

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An unique credit card which can be registered to the holder and is virtually as unique as a finger print. A preferred embodiment of the invention is a credit card comprising a plastic bse layer containing one or more distinctive gems retained thereto. Preferably the gem or gems are contained within receptacles in the plastic base layer. The distinctiveness of the gems can be recorded against the name of the proper holer, and fraudulent possession of the card detected.

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  • Granted April 6, 1993. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended April 6, 2010.
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FiledApril 29, 1988
GrantedApril 6, 1993
Term endedApril 6, 2010
Patent numberCA 1315822 C
Classification (IPC)G06K19/02 +1 more

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19891992199519982001200420072010Application filedApril 29, 1988Patent grantedApril 6, 1993Term endedApril 6, 2010

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