Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
107 words
A method of securing simple codes, which are built--up of a plurality of lines, symbols or patterns, which are readable by a machine, and which codes are intended to be located on documents, valuable documents or marked units, characterized i n that at the generating or writing-down of the codes one or several of said lines, symbols or patterns constituting the code each are caused to transform to a line or an area, which do not constitute a part of the code, but which constitute a part of a pattern, in order to render a falsification by altering the code after its ' writing-down substantially more difficult.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
107 words
A method of securing simple codes, which are built--up of a plurality of lines, symbols or patterns, which are readable by a machine, and which codes are intended to be located on documents, valuable documents or marked units, characterized i n that at the generating or writing-down of the codes one or several of said lines, symbols or patterns constituting the code each are caused to transform to a line or an area, which do not constitute a part of the code, but which constitute a part of a pattern, in order to render a falsification by altering the code after its ' writing-down substantially more difficult.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
46 words
A method as defined in claim 1, characterized in that two or more of said lines or areas, which do not constitute a code, together are caused to form a pattern over a portion of the document or the like, on which the code is applied.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
25 words
A method as defined in claim 2, characterized in that said pattern in its entirety is generated outside the area taken up by the code.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
52 words
A method as defined in claim 1,2 or 3, characterized in that a so-called line code is generated and at its generating or writing-down one or several of the lines associated with the code are caused to continuously or intermittently transform to a line deviating from the line associated with the code.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
31 words
A method as defined in claim 4, characterized in that said lines are caused to form an angle to the lines associated with the code and/or are caused to be non-linear.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
24 words
A method as defined in claim 4 or 5, characterized in that said lines are caused to describe wave patterns or other non-linear patterns.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
30 words
A method as defined in claim 1,2 or 6, characterized in that said pattern, which does not constitute a code, consists of a safety pattern, preferably of a so-called guilloche.