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Card Printing Mechanism With Card Return Path

Patent No. EP3383662 (titled "Card Printing Mechanism With Card Return Path") was filed by Entrust on Dec 30, 2016. The application was issued on Sep 2, 2020.

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A card processing system for personalizing plastic cards such as financial cards, identification cards, and gift cards. The system includes a card processing mechanism that applies personal information to the card, such as printing, magnetic stripe encoding, or chip embedding, and a card handling mechanism that transports the cards through the processing system.

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EP3383662

ENTRUST
Application Number
EP16884229A
Filing Date
Dec 30, 2016
Status
Granted And Under Opposition
Jul 31, 2020
Publication Date
Sep 2, 2020
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