Method and device for coding articles
CA 2491028 C · Owner: Seto, Myron · Inventors: Seto, Myron; Bremond, Olivier; Tiller, Thomas
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The invention is about a marking method and a corresponding coding center device for the marking of individual items (1) such as security documents, currency, tax excise stamps labels, pieces of packaging, articles, or transportation means, with pertinent information indicating their nature and/or content, origin and/or destination etc. and their registration in a , remote centralized data base, enabling the tracking & tracing of said items (1) and of the goods they may be applied to. The method of the invention is based on a three-step print~readcancel (PRC) sequence embodied in a device , comprising a printing unit (P) a reading unit ( R) and a canceling unit (C ) arranged in-line on …
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- Filed May 16, 2003 and granted December 30, 2014. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 16, 2023.
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