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Title: US4634148: Negotiable instrument
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Country: US United States of America

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Inventor: Greene, Edwin B.; Greenbelt, MD 20770

Assignee: None

Published / Filed: 1987-01-06 / 1983-11-17

Application Number: US1983000552859

IPC Code: Advanced: B42D 15/00; G06K 9/20; G06K 19/08; G07F 7/08;
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IPC-7: B42D 15/00;

U.S. Class: Current: 283/070; 235/468; 283/058; 283/092; 283/901;
Original: 283/070; 283/058; 283/901; 283/092; 235/468;

Field of Search: 235/468 283/058,70,74,89,90,901,62,57,59,1 R

Priority Number:
1983-11-17  US1983000552859

Abstract: A negotiable instrument operable for automatic bank scanning and processing wherein the negotiable instrument includes three field areas to receive maker, payee, and amount indicia. A fluorescent ink is applied as background on at least one of the field areas of the negotiable instrument. When ultraviolet light is used to illuminate the negotiable instrument indicia added on top of the fluorescent ink may be automatically detected and scanned.

Attorney, Agent or Firm: Byrne, John J. ; Kile, Bradford E. ;

Primary / Asst. Examiners: Bell, Paul A.;

Maintenance Status: E1 Expired  Check current status

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Application Number Filed Patent Pub. Date  Title
US1981000277015 1981-06-24       


       
Parent Case:     This application is a continuation-in-part, of application Ser. No. 06/277,015, filed June 24, 1981.

Designated Country: AT BE CH DE FR GB LI LU NL SE  AU EP 

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I claim:     1. A method for processing a negotiable instrument having at least one generally rectangular field area on one side thereof to receive visible indicia by a payor of the negotiable instrument on top of a generally rectangular background field of fluorescent ink said method comprising steps of:
  • applying an ultraviolet source of light to said negotiable instrument;
  • scanning said negotiable instrument to locate said generally rectangular background field of fluorescent ink;
  • reading only the visible indicia highlighted by the fluorescence of said fluorescent ink;
  • developing digital information signals representative of only the visible indicia highlighted by the fluorescence of said fluorescent ink within said at least one generally rectangular field area; and
  • storing the digital information signals representative of the visible indicia within said at least one generally rectangular area.


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Patent  Pub.Date  Inventor Assignee   Title
Buy PDF- 24pp US3108694  1963-10 Crain et al.   System for collating documents in response to indicia apparing thereon
Buy PDF- 7pp US3169186  1965-02 Howard   Optical coded document reader
Buy PDF- 5pp US3426179  1969-02 Grimm et al.   DOCUMENT PROCESSING ARRANGEMENT
Buy PDF- 6pp US3477156  1969-11 Naito   IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM
Buy PDF- 4pp US3594933  1971-07 Cooper  Spectronics Corporation IDENTIFICATION DEVICE
Buy PDF- 7pp US3640009  1972-02 Komiyama   IDENTIFICATION CARDS
  US3689894  1972-09 Laura et al.  Foto-Mem, Inc. IMAGE STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM
Buy PDF- 4pp US3718908  1973-02 Bloomstein   SIGNATURE STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM
Buy PDF- 14pp US3820067  1974-06 Shepard  Cognitronics Corporation CHARACTER READING SYSTEM CONTROLLED BY PREPRINTED PROGRAM CONTROL CHARACTERS ON DOCUMENT FORM
Buy PDF- 6pp US4017101  1977-04 Case   Letter of credit device
Buy PDF- 8pp US4089995  1978-05 Ferro et al.  Post Office Phosphorescent materials
Buy PDF- 10pp US4157784  1979-06 Grottrup et al.  G.A.O. Gesellschaft fur Automation und Organisation mbH Safeguard against falsification of securities and the like which is suitable for automatic machines
       
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Publication Date IPC Code Assignee   Title
Get PDF - 22pp EP0003187 1979-07  G09F 3/02 THE POST OFFICE Improvements in or relating to identification matter 
Buy PDF DE1599011 1979-07  G09C 5/00 KOMIYAMA EIZO ICHIKAWA IDENTIFIZIERUNGSKARTE 


Other Abstract Info: DERABS G85-110479 DERABS G85-134798

Other References:
  • IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, vol., 4 No. 12, May 1962; Lasky, D. J. found in 235/468.


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