Patent ID: 8002194

Claim:
A smart information carrier comprising a security element having two sides each side being laminated with at least one transparent polymer foil having a melting point higher than 150° C. so that said security element is surrounded by an edge at least 1 mm wide in which said at least one transparent polymer foil on each side of the security element are laminated to one another, said security element comprising an IC-module and a natural fibre-containing or synthetic fibre-containing continuous support exclusive of an antenna, said IC-module comprising an electronic chip and an antenna integrated therein, wherein said support is security printed on at least the side of said support nearer to said IC-module and said IC-module is at least substantially encapsulated with a transparent polymer or polymer mixture with a melting point up to 150° C. wherein the transparent polymer or polymer mixture also coats at least the part of the side of said support nearer to said IC-module non-adjacent to said IC-module.