US Patent 12020092 Generating an encoded document

A check payable by a financial institution that includes a code printed thereon that stores information about the check and a method for generating a check payable by a financial institution that includes printing a code on the check that stores information about the check. In one embodiment, the code is a QR code and in another embodiment, the check does not include any of a check amount, an issue date, a payor, a payee, an account number, a routing number or a check number printed on it.