A method of forming an embossed character on an IC card

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EP 0 385 583 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	17.10.1990 Bulletin 1990/42

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	05.09.1990 Bulletin 1990/36

(21)	Application number: 90301020.5

(22)	Date of filing: 31.01.1990

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁵: B42D 15/02

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE FR GB

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Priority:

31.01.1989 JP 23494/89

(71)	Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
	Osaka 545 (JP)

(72)	Inventor:
	Komaki, Shigeki Nara-shi Nara-ken (JP)

(74)	Representative: Brown, Kenneth Richard et al
	R.G.C. Jenkins & Co. 26 Caxton Street London SW1H 0RJ London SW1H 0RJ (GB)

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(54)	A method of forming an embossed character on an IC card

(57) A method of forming an embossed character on an IC card, comprising the steps of: applying a viscous resin, which adheres to the surface of the IC card and hardens when exposed to ultraviolet light, onto the surface of the IC card while forming a desired character with the resin; and projecting ultraviolet light onto the surface of the IC card so as to harden the resin applied in the form of the desired character.

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