Frankie K Thomas

US Patent:

20140009551, Jan 9, 2014

Filed:

Nov 28, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/687946

Inventors:

William A. Biondo - Beverly Hills MI, US
Frankie K. Thomas - Poland OH, US
Kevin W. SNIDER - Clawson MI, US

Assignee:

GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC - Detroit MI

International Classification:

B41J 13/00

US Classification:

347107

Abstract:

Improved product labels cannot be easily counterfeited. A plurality of small dots printed on the label are interpreted as dirt or flaw or misprint so that the counterfeit label will not reproduce the plurality of small dots. A first image printed on the label and having a first level of spectural reflectivity, and a second image printed atop the first image using ink having a spectural reflectivity different from the spectural reflectivity of the first image. A plurality of very small dots creates a grayscale field, and a symbol printed within the grayscale field of very small dots, thereby creating a watermark of such high complexity that it cannot be counterfeited. A symbol printed on the label, and a raised dot of ink printed atop the symbol at a precise location to be sensed by finger contact and thereby indicate the authenticity of the label.

US Patent:

20110281041, Nov 17, 2011

Filed:

May 11, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/777544

Inventors:

Denis L. MAZINI - Sao Paulo, BR
Zachary A. ROMME - Sterling Heights MI, US
D. Lucia KLOSE - Birmingham MI, US
William A. BIONDO - Beverly Hills MI, US
Frankie K. THOMAS - Oxford MI, US
Kevin W. SNIDER - Lake Orion MI, US

Assignee:

GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC. - DETROIT MI

International Classification:

B44F 1/12
B32B 38/14
B32B 3/10

US Classification:

428 29, 428138, 156277, 156234

Abstract:

A vehicle identification number (VIN) label is provided. The label includes an adhesive layer; a self-destruct layer positioned on the adhesive layer; a first facestock layer positioned on the self-destruct layer; a second facestock layer positioned on the first facestock layer and defining a first window relative to the first facestock layer; and an indicia layer with a first vehicle identification number (VIN) within the first window of the second facestock layer.