Patent ID: 6224108
Filing Date: 2001-05-01
Classification: B42D,Y10S

Abstract:
A packaged data card assembly comprising:(a) at least one data card having a first substrate with opposite faces and personal identifying indicia, correlated with an activatable account, on a first one of said faces;(b) a package including at least one panel having a second substrate separate from said first substrate, said data card being detachably connected to said panel so the said personal identifying indicia are concealed by said panel;(c) activation indicia on said package in an exposed location, said activation indicia being correlated with said account so that said account is activatable by said activation indicia;(d) first account verification indicia on said data card and second account verification indicia on said package, both different from said personal identifying indicia and both correlated with said account, said first and second account verification indicia both being visibly exposed, said first one of said faces of said debit card containing said first account verification indicia, and said panel of said package including an aperture visibly exposing said first account verification indicia.