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US 7024807
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Patent summary
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Patent Overview — US 7,024,807 B2
Title: Greeting card with scanable gift card
Patent number: US 7,024,807 B2
Application number: US 10/076,198
Inventor: Joseph W. Street
Original/current assignee: Ward/Kraft, Inc.
Priority and filing date: 2002-02-13 (same date; application filed by Ward/Kraft, Inc.)
Pre-grant publication: US 2003/0150142 A1, published 2003-08-14
Grant date: 2006-04-11
Adjusted expiration: 2022-04-21; status listed as "Expired – Fee Related"
Classifications: B42D 15/02, 15/04, 15/045; G09F 1/00, 1/10
Purpose and plain-language scope
The patent describes a combined product in which a gift card (a card with coded or encodable account information, e.g., a PIN, magnetic strip, bar code, or transponder chip) is temporarily coupled to a greeting card and sold as a unit. The gift card sits between the greeting card's front and rear panels, held by adhesive, a mechanical fastener such as a staple, or slits/tabs, and is positioned inside the panels' surrounding margin. The recipient opens the card to reveal the gift card, then detaches and carries it. Preprinted indicia (artwork, sentiment) may appear on either panel and may be hidden behind the gift card as a "surprise" message revealed on removal. An optional die-cut window in a panel can be placed in registry with the card's scannable strip to aid scanning at purchase. The stated aim is to avoid a separate carrier package, convey a personalized sentiment with the gift, and let the gift card be activated at the point of purchase, per U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,706,275 and 5,918,909 (incorporated by reference).
Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/US7024807/en
What the excerpt does not establish
Only FIGS. 1–4 and part of the description are present; the text ends mid-sentence ("once activat…"), so claims are not reproduced here. No independent verification of dates, assignee, status, claims, or legal conclusions is provided; the excerpt is not a legal analysis.
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