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Multi-color overprinting of scratch-off lottery tickets

CA 2176175 C · Owner: Babn Technologies Inc. · Inventors: Desbiens, Jean-Pierre

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A method of producing a lottery ticket and lottery tickets produced thereby wherein an overprinting layer is provided over a scratch-off layer, the overprinting layer comprising an image obtained from a design in which the colors in the design have been separated into half tone images of each color and are superimposed on the scratch-off layer of the lottery ticket.

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  • Filed May 9, 1996 and granted August 24, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 9, 2016.
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FiledMay 9, 1996
GrantedAugust 24, 1999
Term endedMay 9, 2016
Patent numberCA 2176175 C
Classification (IPC)B41M3/14 +2 more

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1997199920012003200520072009201120132015Application filedMay 9, 1996Patent grantedAug 24, 1999Term endedMay 9, 2016

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