Patent ID: 7770801

Claim:
A reward card comprising: a core card stock comprising a material having a recycle code of 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5; variable ink-jet printed indicia on the card stock; and a hot stamped substantially transparent foil layer consisting essentially of a material selected from the group consisting of cellulose acetate, cellulose butyrate, nitrocellulose, alkyl cellulose ethers, carboxy-alkyl cellulose ethers, hydroxy-alkyl cellulose ethers, mixed ether-esters of cellulose, polyvinyl acetate resins, polyvinyl chloride resins, copolymers of vinyl acetate and styrene, coumarone-indene resins, polyethylene resins, acrylic resins, polyamide resins, applied to at least the variable printed indicia on the card stock to protect the printed indicia, wherein the card is devoid of an amount of adhesive layer between the card stock and the foil layer sufficient to adhere the card stock and the foil layer to one another and wherein an overall recycle code for the reward card is 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5.