EP 1064973 B1 20040114 - Document with scratch-off layer precluding fraudulent reading
Title (en)
Document with scratch-off layer precluding fraudulent reading
Title (de)
Dokument mit abkratzbarer, betrügerisches Lesen verhindernder Schicht
Title (fr)
Document à couche grattable empêchant la lecture frauduleuse
Publication
Application
Priority
EP 99870136 A 19990701
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP1064973A1] The printed document, e.g. a lottery scratch card on which confidential information (2) printed on a base layer (1) is masked by an opaque scratch-off layer (4), has an outer surface layer (5) containing thermochrome pigments which react to a variation in temperature by a reversible change in colour. The pigments can be incorporated in the scratch-off layer (4) itself or in another layer (5) immediately adjacent to it, and this can be covered by an additional overprinted layer (6). When exposed to a temperature of some 25 deg C or e.g. ultraviolet light, an even colour change indicates that the scratch-off layer has not been disturbed. An uneven colouration indicates possible tampering.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
A63F 3/06 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
A63F 3/0665 (2013.01); A63F 3/0655 (2013.01)
Citation (examination)
WO 0005080 A1 20000203 - SCIENT GAMES INTERNATIONAL LTD [GB], et al
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 1064973 A1 20010103; EP 1064973 B1 20040114; AT E257736 T1 20040115; DE 69914187 D1 20040219; DE 69914187 T2 20040902; ES 2214005 T3 20040901
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 99870136 A 19990701; AT 99870136 T 19990701; DE 69914187 T 19990701; ES 99870136 T 19990701