ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,965, issued on April 29, was assigned to HID Global CID SAS (Surenes, France).

"Identification document data page and related production method" was invented by Hermann Hecker (Berlin), Alice Vermeulin (Paris) and Marie Vangheluwe (Le Cannet, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a multilayer structure intended to be inserted in an identification document and comprising at least one first layer at least partially opaque forming a data area, the first layer comprising at least one through opening integrally confined by at least partially opaque material of the first layer, and a second layer at least partially ...