Patent Database and Patent Bulletin

The unique information source on intellectual property for currency

(15% discount to Currency News subscribers)

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The Currency Patent Database is a comprehensive source of detailed data on patents relating to currency issues since 1999. All the latest and historical information can be found through a simple range of searches, providing expert intelligence at your fingertips.

Navigate your way around the complex subject of patents without spending hours searching patent sources and libraries
Learn about the new developments that are pushing the technical boundaries of currency production and circulation
Identify precise trends in materials and technical improvements
Locate new technologies to improve your own products and services
See what innovations your competitors have developed

The Currency Patent Database is specific to banknotes and the patents issued for their production, processing and circulation. Information on each patent includes publication date, applicant, priority country and equivalent patents and abstracts and over 500 have full-text entries. The database can be sorted by company name, priority and patent number, keyword and indexing categories, which include:

Security features - substrates, design and print, optically variable devices, inks, authentication features
Equipment/systems - verification and authentication, processing and handling, dispensing and recycling, anti-theft, decontamination, cleaning

The Currency Patent Database is the only source of information exclusive to banknotes. It is published annually on CD ROM in an easy to use format. Upgrades are published twice-yearly to keep your database right up to date. You can also keep up to date by taking out a subscription to the Currency Patent Bulletin, issued monthly in electronic format with information on all the latest patent applications.

Take out a subscription to the Currency Patent Bulletin along with your purchase of the Currency Patent Database and save 20%. If you subscribe to Currency News, you benefit from a further 15% discount.