FIELD: packing means, particularly for perforating, scoring, or applying code or date marks on material prior to packaging.
SUBSTANCE: method involves providing separate package members with characteristic marking characters; providing at least one package member with marking character cryptographically composed from marking characters of separate package members. The characteristic marking characters are random or correspond to predetermined properties of package members. User can check correspondence between package members by comparing separate marking codes and common code with the use of reading assembly.
EFFECT: possibility to determine whether the package has been produced at factory and improved counterfeit protection.
12 cl, 5 dwg
