Pre-Grant Publication Number: 20080177799
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Prior Art Detail
Summary / Description
| Summary / Description | A document security system for securely printing documents that are uniquely marked on each page of ordinary or specialized paper with a security mark such that copying and or alteration is prevented, the security mark comprising information relating to the document and further being unique to each page having specific information relating to each page of the document. |
Basic Information
| Type of Prior Art | Issued Patents - US |
| Country | United States of America |
| Patent/Application # | US20040080777A1 |
| Kind Code | United States (US) - United STATES Patent - A |
| Patentee Name | Smith, Wendell M.; Smith's Parish, Bermuda |
| Relevant Pages, Columns, or Lines | [0012], [0013], [0014], [0015] |
| URL | |
| Filing Date | August 6, 2003 |
| Additional Information | |
Notes / To Do
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Excerpt
Excerpt [0012] Therefore, what is desired is a document security system that will watermark each page as it prints so as to indicate whether unauthorized printing, alteration or duplication of a document has occurred. The watermark being provided such that it cannot be accurately copied or counterfeited, and containing machine readable encoded data unique to each page.
[0015] .... a security encryption/certification is carried through to print the file. The printed pages are marked with a security marking ("a watermark"0 that uniquely identifies that particular authentic page of the printed document.
[0018] ... The mark may be measurably, probably unique to that document and even to that particular page of the printed document. ... |
Relevance
Claims
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Relevance
A 'watermark' described as a security marking is disclosed that identifies each particular page.
A 'watermark' described as a security marking is disclosed that identifies each particular page.
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