Identity card, information carrier and housing designed for its application
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- US · United States
- Current Assignee / Owner
- VAN DER VALK ROBERT WILLEM
- Publication Date
- 2012-05-01
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
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Abstract
Description
[0001] Notice: More than one reissue application has been filed for the reissue of U.S. Pat. No. 6,382,506. The reissue applications are application Ser. No. 10 / 841,424 (the present application) and Ser. No. 13 / 220,521, which is a continuation reissue application.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention concerns an identity card comprising an easy-to-use, more specifically a card-shaped, information carrier provided with an electronically readable memory which is capable of digitally storing personal user data including the user's physical characteristics.
[0003] At present, an identity card is usually a document issued by the government, such as a passport or a driving licence, or a proof of identity which is applied within a specific business environment or for a particular professional group. In all these cases, the identity card comprises a representation in the form of a passport photograph of a user in combination with the printed personal data of the user,
[0004] How...