Patent ID: 9701145
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: B41M,B42D,G09F,Y10T

Claim:
1. A covert label comprising: a substrate; a field of ink applied onto said substrate; ink disposed within said field of ink, wherein said ink is operable to preferential removal according to a preconfigured pattern, wherein said preconfigured pattern is unrevealed, comprises an incentive and comprises information associable with at least one object; and an ink removal mechanism disposed over said field of ink and comprising an adhesive surface coupled with said ink, wherein activation of said ink removal mechanism reveals said preconfigured pattern such that said preconfigured pattern is unrevealed until activation of said ink removal mechanism, wherein said activation allows said at least one object to be operable, wherein said preconfigured pattern comprises ink having adhesion to said substrate different than adhesion of surrounding ink within said field of ink, and wherein one of: