Electronic passport

1. A method of manufacturing an identification document in form of a booklet, the identification document bearing a plurality of sheets folded or foldable substantially at respective longitudinal lines so as to make pages of the booklet,

the identification document comprising:

a cover sheet;

an electronic data storage means embedded in said cover sheet; and

a data sheet distinct from said cover sheet and made by a first and a second layer of plastic material,

wherein the data sheet is arranged internally to said cover sheet and defines a data page bearing identification data of a subject and a connecting page bound with said cover sheet,

the method of manufacturing comprising:

(a) gluing one fly leaf layer of said cover sheet with an inlay intermediate layer bearing the electronic data storage means and with said connecting page of said data sheet, for the obtaining of a composite layer;

(b) connecting said composite layer with further sheets of the booklet, for obtaining an assembled structure; and

(c) gluing said assembled structure, at said one flyleaf layer, with an external layer of said cover sheet,

wherein said booklet comprises said data sheet having said intermediate layer of flexible material interposed between said first and second layer of plastic material and extending between said first and second layer of plasticmaterial at least at the longitudinal folding line, and

wherein said cover sheet and data sheet are connected therebetween at the respective longitudinal folding lines.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein said electronic data storage means is arranged at a side opposite to the longitudinal folding line with respect to said data page.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein said data sheet is arranged in a position immediately contiguous to said cover sheet.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein said flexible material is or comprises polyester.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein said plastic material is or comprises polycarbonate.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein said connecting page is glued onto said cover sheet.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein said data sheet comprises, at least at said connecting page, a further intermediate filling layer, arranged in a position adjacent to said intermediate layer of flexible material in order to compensate for a thickness thereof and preferably made of polycarbonate.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising introducing in the data sheet one or more anti-counterfeiting security elements.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein introducing said one or more anti-counterfeiting security elements is at the longitudinal folding line.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising introducing one or more anti-counterfeiting security elements at said intermediate layer of flexible material.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein introducing said one or more anti-counterfeiting security elements comprises introducing one or more holograms.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein said data page has a thickness comprised in a range of about 0.5 mm-0.8 mm.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein said connecting page has a thickness comprised in a range of about 0.2 mm-0.5 mm.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein said electronic data storage means is an RFID element.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein said cover sheet comprises at least one external layer made of fabric.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the at least one external layer made of fabric is Buckram cloth and further comprises an internal flyleaf layer.

17. The method of claim 1 , further comprising sewing said cover sheet and data sheet thereamong at the respective longitudinal folding lines thereof.

18. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identification document is a passport.