Title says it. Just had to sort a bunch of pics where obverse shots got separated from reverse. A little modification of the slab and label would be needed, so might cost a few cents more. Would need a two-sided label and window in reverse side of slab (PCGS). Or label that that wraps around top of insert (NGC). Cal
SEGS has a patent on label on the top of the slab, it's probably illegal (and ugly) for NGC to make a label that folds over the top
I'm surprised they ever got it in the first place. Compugrade beat them to it by 7 years. Patents are supposed to be new inventions.
Unfortunately, it ain't that simple. Especially when you get a bunch of pics from someone else with file names that don't contain the cert. nos. There have been times too when file names got changed in a way that made the cert. nos. go away. And there are times when I don't want the cert. no. in the file name. Cal
All my photo files either use the cert number or my own inventory number with _OBV or _REV at the end. It's way too easy for files to get disassociated from each other if you don't use a best practice naming convention. If other's are using poor naming practices and it's affecting you, ask them to knock it off. Look at it this way, the TPGs aren't going to redesign their slabs to make it easier for people to be lazier with their file naming. Ain't gonna happen. There isn't really another solution.
SEGS' patent (https://patents.google.com/patent/USD423757S/en) is a DESIGN patent, i.e. the physical appearance of the item. The claim is for "The ornamental design for a coin case, as described and shown." Design patents were valid for 14 years in 2000 (when this was issued), 15 years since 2015. So it expired in 2014.
