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Booklet with photograph and personal information

Assignee: Fujifilm Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1988-10-28
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Granted: 1990-03-27
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Expires: 2008-10-28
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Abstract

Abstract A personal booklet with a picture and personal data of the bookholder, such as a passport for providing the bookholder's identity, comprises transparent and supporting sheets bound in the booklet separately from and adjacent to each other, and an identification data bearing sheet with an image receiving layer formed on a surface thereon. The image receiving layer includes a composite image of the picture and the personal data, and optically readable personal data of the bookholder described by optically readable characters such as font type numbers and/or alphabets. The transparent sheet and the supporting sheet are adhered with adhesive layers to sandwich the identification data bearing sheet therebetween.

Inventors

  • 👤 Yuji Oshikoshi
  • 👤 Yoshimi Sugamuma
  • 👤 Hiroshi Hara
  • 👤 Kazuo Shiota
  • 👤 Nobumitsu Takehara
  • 👤 Kiichiro Sakamoto

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-03 07:32
CPC Classifications
B; B42; B42D; B42D25/00; B42D25/20; B42D25/24; B42D1/00; B42D1/003; B42D1/008; B42D1/009; B42D1/10; B42D25/40; B42D25/45; B42D25/465; B42D25/47; G; G03; G03C; G03C11/00; G03C11/14; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S283/00; Y10S283/904

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 20
Claim 1
Independent Claim 98 words
A booklet for identifying a holder thereof, said booklet being provided with a picture and personal data of said holder, which comprises: a supporting sheet bound in said booklet; an identification data bearing sheet adhered to one side of said supporting sheet, said data bearing sheet having an image receiving layer on which a composite image of said picture and personal data is formed; and a transparent sheet bound in said booklet adjacent to said supporting sheet, said transparent sheet being adhered to said one side of said supporting sheet to sandwich said identification data bearing sheet therebetween.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 98 words
A booklet for identifying a holder thereof, said booklet being provided with a picture and personal data of said holder, which comprises: a supporting sheet bound in said booklet; an identification data bearing sheet adhered to one side of said supporting sheet, said data bearing sheet having an image receiving layer on which a composite image of said picture and personal data is formed; and a transparent sheet bound in said booklet adjacent to said supporting sheet, said transparent sheet being adhered to said one side of said supporting sheet to sandwich said identification data bearing sheet therebetween.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 32 words
A booklet as defined in claim 1, wherein said composite image comprises an image optically printed on a thermal transfer type photosensitive printing paper and thermally transferred onto said image receiving layer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 15 words
A booklet as defined in claim 1, wherein said composite image comprises a computer-generated image.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 16 words
A booklet as defined in claim 1, wherein said composite image comprises an optically provided image.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 21 words
A booklet as defined in claim 1, wherein said transparent sheet includes a transparent adhesive layer adhered to one surface thereof.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 24 words
A booklet as defined in claim 1, further comprising a transparent adhesive layer applied to said image receiving layer and to said supporting sheet.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 24 words
A booklet as defined in claim 1, further comprising a transparent adhesive sheet for adhering said transparent sheet to said identification data bearing sheet.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 112 words
A booklet for identifying a holder thereof, said booklet being provided with a picture and personal data of said holder, which comprises: a transparent sheet and supporting sheet bound in said booklet adjacent to each other; an identification data bearing sheet adhered to one side of said supporting sheet, said data bearing sheet having an image receiving layer on which a composite image of said picture and personal data is formed; an optically readable data printing area having optically readable personal data of said booklet holder; and an adhesive layer for adhering said transparent and supporting sheets to sandwich said identification data bearing sheet therebetween as a single page in said booklet.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 112 words
A booklet for identifying a holder thereof, said booklet being provided with a picture and personal data of said holder, which comprises: a transparent sheet and supporting sheet bound in said booklet adjacent to each other; an identification data bearing sheet adhered to one side of said supporting sheet, said data bearing sheet having an image receiving layer on which a composite image of said picture and personal data is formed; an optically readable data printing area having optically readable personal data of said booklet holder; and an adhesive layer for adhering said transparent and supporting sheets to sandwich said identification data bearing sheet therebetween as a single page in said booklet.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 21 words
A booklet as defined in claim 8, said adhesive layer comprising a transparent adhesive layer previously adhered to said transparent sheet.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 27 words
A booklet as defined in claim 9, wherein said image receiving layer of said identification data bearing sheet is comprised of an optically readable data printing area.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 19 words
A booklet as defined in claim 9, wherein said transparent adhesive layer comprises said optically readable data printing area.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 18 words
A booklet as defined in claim 9, wherein said adhesive layer is comprised of a double-faced adhesive sheet.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 22 words
A booklet according to claims 8 or 11, wherein said optically readable data printing area is overlapped on said image receiving area.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 22 words
A booklet as defined in claim 8, wherein said image receiving layer comprises an image thermally transferred from a photosensitive printing paper.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim 92 words
A booklet for identifying a holder thereof, said booklet being provided with a picture and personal data of said holder, which comprises: a transparent sheet and a supporting sheet bound in said booklet adjacent to each other; an identification data bearing sheet with an image receiving layer formed on one surface thereof, wherein said image receiving layer includes a composite image of said picture and said personal data, and optically readable personal data; and an adhesive layer for adhering said transparent and supporting sheets to sandwich said identification data bearing sheet therebetween.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim 92 words
A booklet for identifying a holder thereof, said booklet being provided with a picture and personal data of said holder, which comprises: a transparent sheet and a supporting sheet bound in said booklet adjacent to each other; an identification data bearing sheet with an image receiving layer formed on one surface thereof, wherein said image receiving layer includes a composite image of said picture and said personal data, and optically readable personal data; and an adhesive layer for adhering said transparent and supporting sheets to sandwich said identification data bearing sheet therebetween.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim 22 words
A booklet as defined in claim 15, wherein said image receiving layer comprises said image thermally transferred from a photosensitive printing paper.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim 29 words
A booklet according to claims 15 or 16, wherein said adhesive layer comprises first and second adhesive layers disposed on respective inside surfaces of said transparent and supporting sheets.

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