Printed matter – Having revealable concealed information – fraud preventer or... – Identifier
Reexamination Certificate
1998-12-08
2001-01-30
Gerrity, Stephen F. (Department: 3722)
Printed matter
Having revealable concealed information, fraud preventer or...
Identifier
C281S002000, C281S008000, C281S010000, C281S015100, C281S013000, C283S079000, C283S098000, C283S099000, C283S100000, C283S101000, C283S116000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06179337
ABSTRACT:
TECHNICAL FIELD
The invention relates to business cards, and, in particular, to business cards having removable labels.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
A wide variety of devices and systems have been proposed for organizing and storing business cards. Many business people receive a number of business cards from a variety of sources as they conduct their business activities. For many people, the business cards are simply dropped in a drawer or left in a pile somewhere on or in a desk, the information on the cards thus being available only with some searching and effort. Other times a business card will be taped in a particular location, such as a file, a personal planner, etc. While this makes the information on the card available when that particular file or planner is being used, the information is not otherwise available or readily at hand, since the business card is essentially a “one use” device—i.e., it presents information in only one place.
One solution proposed for handling business cards is a business card folder or notebook containing, for example, pages of transparent pockets into which cards may be inserted. While these types of organizers can be used to organize the cards, they again present the information only in one place. Many business people do not find the time to maintain such dedicated card organizers. Even with such an organizer, if one needs the information to be available in more than one location, it must be manually copied from the business card to, e.g., a contact list in a personal planner, personal phone list, a file folder, etc.
Business people who work out of more than one office (e.g., either branch locations or even a home office) also experience frustration in not having business card information readily available at each of their office locations. Unless they are very conscientious about maintaining a business card organizer and keeping it with them at all times, they often will find that the information they need is on a business card located at one of their other offices.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The invention provides a multiple-use business card assembly having a standard wallet-sized card with top and bottom surfaces. Business card identification information is printed on the top surface. Two or more adhesive-backed removable labels are secured to the bottom surface of the business card, and each of these labels has the business card identification information printed on it. Thus, when a person receives the business card, they may peel off one of the removable labels and place it, for example, in their personal planner. Another label may be peeled off and placed, for example, in a file relating to the person identified on the business card. Yet another label may be peeled off and placed, for example, on a conventional ROLODEX®-style card. The business card itself is still intact, and may be placed in a business card organizer, in the proverbial pile of cards on one's desk, or in any other convenient location. The business card may be of the conventional flat type, or may be of a folded tent-type. The card may also include a release liner beneath the removable labels, the release liner also optionally including additional printed information.
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Capture Business Cards LLC
Fredrikson & Byron , P.A.
Gerrity Stephen F.
Phan Daniel
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