US 11,840,111 B2
Method for producing banknotes including in each case at least one integrated circuit
Robert Stierman, Alphen aan den Rijn (NL); Aurélie Berthon, Villars-sous-Yens (CH); and Angèle Monney, Fribourg (CH)
Assigned to KOENIG & BAUER AG, Würzburg (DE)
Appl. No. 17/613,134
Filed by KOENIG & BAUER AG, Würzburg (DE)
PCT Filed Oct. 20, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/079470
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 22, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/099049, PCT Pub. Date May 27, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 131 654 (DE), filed on Nov. 22, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0212492 A1, Jul. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. B42D 25/305 (2014.01); B42D 25/29 (2014.01); B42D 25/44 (2014.01); B42D 25/46 (2014.01); B42D 25/351 (2014.01); B42D 25/435 (2014.01); B42D 25/455 (2014.01)
CPC B42D 25/305 (2014.10) [B42D 25/29 (2014.10); B42D 25/351 (2014.10); B42D 25/435 (2014.10); B42D 25/44 (2014.10); B42D 25/455 (2014.10); B42D 25/46 (2014.10)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for producing banknotes including, in each banknote, at least one integrated circuit, the banknotes being produced from a substrate including a sheet or a material web as a production panel, each banknote including an aperture through the substrate of the banknote and an integrated circuit arranged in the aperture of the banknote, the method comprising:
in a first method step, disposing a plurality of the integrated circuits on a band-shaped foil, wherein the integrated circuits are disposed on the band-shaped foil at respective positions corresponding to respective positions of the apertures in the banknotes, wherein the respective positions at which the integrated circuits are disposed on the band-shaped foil enables subsequent arrangement of one integrated circuit in each aperture of each banknote; and
in a second method step, contacting the banknotes with the band-shaped foil having the plurality of integrated circuits disposed thereon to position the integrated circuits in the apertures of the banknotes, so that one integrated circuit is arranged in each aperture in each banknote, wherein at least one of:
information about a currency is stored in the integrated circuits;
information about a value of a corresponding banknote is stored in the integrated circuits;
information about an issuing bank of the banknotes is stored in the integrated circuits; or
information as to whether a corresponding banknote was already brought into circulation, or when this took place, is stored in the integrated circuits.