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Document | Title | Date |
20080258456 | Visually Variable Security Element and Method for Production Thereof - The present invention relates to an optically variable security element ( | 10-23-2008 |
20090008924 | AUTHENTICATING BANKNOTES OR OTHER PHYSICAL OBJECTS | 01-08-2009 |
20090008925 | SECURITY DEVICE FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OR AUTHENTICATION OF GOODS AND METHOD FOR SECURING GOODS USING SUCH A SECURITY DEVICE - A security device for the identification or authentication of goods is described. It comprises a stochastic pattern comprising structures having an average lateral structure size d and arranged such that an image of at least a part of the security device, when treated through 2D Fourier transformation and calculation of a corresponding Power Spectrum Density, may lead to a peak, in a spatial-frequency domain, having a position in this domain correlated to d and a size distribution value w which, when inverted, is correlated to a size distribution of the structures. The value w according to the invention is smaller than 2/d, so that when directing a coherent light beam on at least part of the structures a ring-shaped scattering speckle pattern is formed, on the basis of which d and w may be calculated to implement identification or authentication of the device. | 01-08-2009 |
20090045618 | Security Device - A security document has a first region and an adjacent second region, the regions defining a security device. Opposite sides of the first region are provided with first and second, complementary indicia registered with respect to one another, the first region being sufficiently transparent that both the first and second indicia are viewable from either side of the document under reflected light. Third indicia are provided on the second region on the same side of the document, registered with, and complementary to, the first indicia, and fourth indicia are provided on the second region on the same side of the document, registered with, and complementary to, the second indicia, the third and fourth indicia also being complementary to and registered with respect to one another. The second region is sufficiently opaque such that when the document is viewed under reflected light only the third and fourth indicia facing the observer are visible, but is sufficiently transparent when the document is viewed from either side under transmitted light, both the third and fourth indicia are visible. | 02-19-2009 |
20090072526 | Diffractive Security Element with Individualized Code - Described is a security element for increasing the forgery-proof nature of a security document, in particular an identity card or pass, a passport or an identification card. The security element ( | 03-19-2009 |
20090115184 | FORGERY-PROOF VALUE DOCUMENT AND METHOD FOR ITS EXAMINATION - A forgery-proof value document, in particular a postage stamp, is examined for its authenticity. The value document contains a two-dimensional area with a security element in the form of a two-dimensional structure. The two-dimensional area is provided with, for example printed with, at least one first and at least one other substance. When illuminated with light that is visible to the human eye, the two substances have the same hue and different hues when illuminated with infrared light. The security element is placed on the value document by use the first substance, the remaining part of the area by use of the at least one other substance. When illuminated with visible light the entire two-dimensional area appears in the same hue. When illuminated with infrared light the security element is optically distinguished from the remaining area. | 05-07-2009 |
20090115185 | SECURITY ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR ITS PRODUCTION - The present invention relates to a security element ( | 05-07-2009 |
20090121472 | UV-Visible-IR Multi-Wave Length Laser Marking Process - An anti-counterfeiting method and apparatus causes a first mark to be produced on an object such as a pill in a package and then causes a second mark to be produced on said object while also producing said second mark on the plastic package cover over said object. A first laser beam producing means produces a first laser beam, preferably in the IR spectrum, and produces said first mark on the object when the beam passes through said cover. A second laser beam producing means produces a second laser beam preferably in the UV spectrum. The second laser beam also passes through said cover and produces said second mark superimposed on said first mark on said object. The second mark is always different from said first mark. Continued passing of said second beam through said cover causes said cover cloud up and form said second mark on said cover also. Accordingly, it is possible to determine if said object is in its original packaging by comparing the second mark on the object with the mark on the plastic cover and, if the objects are separated from their original packaging, when and where the object was made from the information embedded in said second mark on said object. | 05-14-2009 |
20090121473 | Optical Structure, in Particular for a Security Document and/or a Document of Value - The present invention provides an optical structure, in particular for a security document and/or a document of value, the structure comprising:
| 05-14-2009 |
20090127844 | Security Element Having a Laser Marking - The present invention relates to a security element for security papers, value documents and the like, having a laser-markable transparent or translucent marking layer into which, through the action of laser radiation, visually perceptible identifiers are introduced in the form of patterns, letters, numbers and/or images. The identifiers each comprise a lamellar structure composed of a plurality of substantially parallel lamella that extend into the depth of the marking layer and include the parameters color, width, height, lateral orientation, tilt angle and/or spacing. | 05-21-2009 |
20090179418 | OPTICALLY EFFECTIVE SURFACE RELIEF MICROSTRUCTURES AND METHOD OF MAKING THEM - The present invention relates to an element comprising a surface area with a specific, optically effective surface relief microstructure ( | 07-16-2009 |
20090200791 | Oriented Image Coating on Transparent Substrate - The present invention discloses a security element comprising a transparent substrate and a magnetically oriented image coating on said substrate, wherein said image coating is preferably laid out such as to show a 3-dimensional effect, appearing in positive or negative relief respectively, if observed form the recto- or the verso side, respectively. The security element can be easily identified by the unaided eye, by just turning around the document and observing the angle-dependent image on either side. On the other hand, the security element cannot be reproduced by scanning or copying the document. | 08-13-2009 |
20090212553 | INFORMATION PAGE AND A METHOD - An information page ( | 08-27-2009 |
20090212554 | PRINTING - An image article comprises a substrate having a security image coated on at least a portion thereof, which security image effects less than 50% reflectance of radiation of a wavelength between 800 and 900 nm, wherein the security image comprises a defined infrared-absorbing compound, for example Pigment Green 8, wherein said infrared-absorbing compound does not create a strongly coloured security image. | 08-27-2009 |
20090230670 | Security Element Having a Viewing- Angle Dependent Aspect - The invention discloses a security element having a coating layer which appears transparent at certain angles of view, giving visual access to underlying information, whilst staying opaque at other angles of view. Documents of value, right, identity, security labels or branded goods comprising said security element, as well as a method for producing said security element, are also disclosed. Using appropriate substrate surfaces, optically variable and otherwise angle-dependent visual effects can be realized. | 09-17-2009 |
20090243279 | Security device for security substrates - The invention relates to a security device for security substrates, such as paper, used for making security documents, such as bank notes, having anti-counterfeitable features. The security device comprising a carrier ( | 10-01-2009 |
20090243280 | False positive testing device - A false positive testing device (FPTD) that contains a coating based on a one hundred percent solids varnish and a transparent reagent, that uses oxidative free radical polymerization as a drying mechanism, and that can be transferred to various types of porous substrates by conventional lithographic offset printing and/or dry offset printing. The substrates with the FPTD can be verified by using common currency detection protocols, such as testing with ultraviolet lights and/or counterfeit detection iodine based pen/pad stamps. | 10-01-2009 |
20090261572 | Security Document and Method of Making Same - Security document, such as a banknote, a value paper, an identification document, an access card, a security label or packaging, comprising an imprint-able substrate, chosen from the group of papers, cardboards, textiles and polymer sheets, as a first constituting part, and at least a second constituting part, chosen from the group of printing inks, security threads, windows, fibers, planchettes, foils, and decals, wherein a same security element is contained at least a first time in or on one of its constituting parts, and at least a second time in or on another of its constituting parts. Method for producing a security document, characterized in that a same security element is applied at least a first time in a first step to one constituting part of said document, and at least a second time in a second step to another constituting part of said document. | 10-22-2009 |
20090315318 | Personalizing ID Document Images - A security feature for an identification document comprising a document substrate, a first security feature applied to the document substrate, and an image of a bearer of the identification document transferred over the first security feature. The image includes a knockout portion in which selected areas of the image are not transferred to the substrate. The selected areas expose the first security feature and selected areas are in the form of personal information of the bearer of the document. | 12-24-2009 |
20100001508 | SECURITY DOCUMENT - The invention concerns a security document comprising a translucent carrier substrate, in particular of paper and/or plastic material, and at least one security element which is applied to the carrier substrate or embedded in the carrier substrate and which presents at least one image when viewed in the transillumination mode from at least a first side of the security document and simulates a presence of at least a first watermark in the carrier substrate, wherein the security element has at least region-wise at least one layer which simulates the first watermark, wherein the at least one layer of the security element, that simulates the first watermark, imparts thereto unexpected optical effects in relation to security elements with conventional watermarks. | 01-07-2010 |
20100025979 | Protective Element (Variants), Method For The Production Thereof, Counterfeit-Proof Material And Value Paper - The invention relates to security element for different articles including banknotes, valuable papers, credit cards, documents, certificates and other similar articles, to a method for producing thereof and also to a counterfeit-proof material and valuable document provided with the security element. The security element has several layers each having definite optical properties which are different for each layer, such as color, reflectance, transparency, density. At the same time, at least one external layer is formed with protrusions arranged in a determined and/or random order. A lower layer is formed to be continuous while all layers together form a multilayered structure with a three-dimensional net and/or checkerboard and/or cell and/or mesh and/or linear configuration in the form of patterns, symbols, drawings, characters or codes, wherein the structure develops at least one effect amenable to visual and/or automatic inspection. The disclosed invention makes it possible to develop a simple and available security element exhibiting optimized protective properties. | 02-04-2010 |
20100117350 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VALIDATING A SECURITY MARKING - A method and system for authenticating an item by using a security marking. The security marking is provided on the item with an OVD ink capable of absorbing light in a visible wavelength range to appear visibly black and producing a red fluorescent emission under ultraviolet excitation. Under visible light illumination and ultraviolet excitation, a visible image and a fluorescent image are obtained from the security marking using image scanners. The images are compared to find a substantial match with each other. The security marking can be a postage indicium, a barcode, a symbol, a message or an image. The item to be authenticated can be a mailpiece, a banknote, a tag, a ticket, a document, an identification card, or the like. | 05-13-2010 |
20100148487 | FLEXIBLE ADHESIVE LABEL FOR SECURITY FURNISHED WITH AT LEAST ONE CONTACTLESS MICROCIRCUIT FOR AN OFFICIAL DOCUMENT - A flexible adhesive label for anti-falsification security includes a first flexible sheet ( | 06-17-2010 |
20100164218 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING PRINTS WITH FLUORESCENT EFFECTS AND THE PRINT ITEM - The invention describes a method providing prints with fluorescent effects on a document generated by color electrophotographic print processes, employing an electrophotographic printer equipped with five print modules, where four printing stations are equipped with black, yellow, magenta and cyan toners and a fifth station is equipped with substantially clear fluorescent toners to be printed on top of the color toners or directly on a substrate of the print document. In further developments of the present invention, the clear fluorescent toner absorbs light in the UV-A range or comprises metallic pigments or metallic effect pigments added to the clear fluorescent toner. | 07-01-2010 |
20100194091 | SEE-THROUGH SECURITY ELEMENT WITH MICROSTRUCTURES - The present invention relates to a see-through security element ( | 08-05-2010 |
20100194092 | Discrimination Medium and Discrimination Method for Discriminating the Same - A discrimination medium on which printing can be freely performed, which cannot be easily falsified, in which the authenticity can be easily discriminated by unique appearance, and which can be produced at low cost, is provided. A cholesteric liquid crystal layer | 08-05-2010 |
20100213698 | IMPROVEMENTS IN SECURITY ELEMENTS - The invention relates to improvements in security elements for use in or on security substrates. In particular the invention is concerned with security elements having public recognition features. The security element comprises at least one light transmitting carrier substrate, a first metal layer having substantially metal-free areas defining indicia which are visible in transmitted light, a partial first light scattering layer providing further indicia which are visible in reflected light. The first light scattering layer overlaps the metal free areas in the first metal layer. | 08-26-2010 |
20100230946 | Printed matter providing optically readable information - [Problem] To provide a printed matter that provides optically readable information, has excellent durability against wind, rain, and light, and that can be produced more simply and at low cost. In addition, to provide a printed matter set that contains a plurality of the aforementioned printed matters, and a method for producing this printed matter set. | 09-16-2010 |
20100244429 | Issuing machine and issuing system - An issuing system for issuing unmodifiable and/or unforgeable hardcopy documents or securities includes a server and a plurality of issuing machines connected to the server via a network. Each of the issuing machines receives an ID recording medium provided by a potential purchaser, retrieves an identification recoded in the received ID recording medium, requests the potential purchaser to input request for a transaction of the security or fixed rate financing instrument, processes the requested transaction by retrieving information via a network from the server, and prints out on demand a hardcopy of the security or fixed rate financing instrument as purchased by the potential purchaser and a checksum thereon. A method for forming a new market with the issuing system. | 09-30-2010 |
20100253061 | PHOTONIC CRYSTAL SECURITY DEVICE AND METHOD - A method of forming an optically variable security device is provided. In the method, a photonic crystal material is provided and a process is performed upon the material which causes deformation of the material so as to form a first region (A) for which incident light received by the crystal material is selectively reflected or transmitted to generate a first optically variable effect, and a second region (B) for which incident light received generates an optical effect, different from the first optically variable effect. Corresponding devices having first and second regions are also disclosed. | 10-07-2010 |
20100314861 | Authentication with built-in encryption by using moire parallax effects between fixed correlated s-random layers - This invention discloses new methods and security devices for authenticating documents and valuable products which may be applied to any support, including transparent synthetic materials and traditional opaque materials such as paper. The invention relates to parallax moire shapes which occur in a compound layer consisting of the superposition of specially designed and possibly geometrically transformed s-random base layer and s-random revealing layer with a small gap between them. The base and revealing layers are formed respectively by base layer element shapes and revealing layer sampling elements positioned at s-random locations, where the base layer locations and the revealing layer locations are strongly correlated. When tilting the compound layer or changing the viewing angle, a parallax moire intensity profile of a chosen shape is seen moving in the superposition, thereby allowing the authentication of the document. A major advantage of the present invention is in its intrinsically incorporated encryption system due to the arbitrary choice of the s-random number sequences used for defining the positions of the specially designed base layer element shapes and revealing layer sampling elements that are used in this invention. | 12-16-2010 |
20100320744 | Printed matter, printed matter forming apparatus, and printed matter forming method - Provided is a printed matter, a printed matter forming apparatus, and a printed matter forming method, which improve the expression of the texture. A lower layer having an upper surface provided with concavities and convexities different for each region; an image layer provided above the lower layer, the image layer forming an image and transmitting part of incident light towards the lower layer; and a surface layer provided above the image layer, the surface layer having an upper surface provided with concavities and convexities different for each region, the surface layer transmitting part of incident light towards the image layer are included. This allows various textures to be expressed fully. | 12-23-2010 |
20110001314 | SECURITY CODES WITHIN SCRATCH-OFF LAYERS AND METHOD OF EMBEDDING THEREOF - A scratch-off document may include a substrate bearing printed content and a scratch-off layer covering the printed content. The scratch-off layer may include a mass of a first ink and a portion of a second ink embedded within the first ink. The first ink and the second ink may exhibit a metameric match when exposed to visible light, and the second ink may be positioned to form a security code | 01-06-2011 |
20110079997 | Security Element and Method for the Production Thereof - The invention relates to a security element ( | 04-07-2011 |
20110089677 | SECURITY SHEET INCLUDING A RIBBON PRESENTING A ZONE OF REDUCED OPACITY - A sheet comprising a fiber substrate and at least one ribbon defining at least one zone of reduced opacity, the sheet including at least two complementary security elements situated respectively on either side of said at least one ribbon and of complementarity that is observable in show-through by virtue of the zone of reduced opacity. | 04-21-2011 |
20110095518 | SECURITY ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A security element for securing valuable articles comprises an optically variable layer ( | 04-28-2011 |
20110101670 | SECURITY ELEMENT WITH OPTICALLY VARIABLE ELEMENT - The invention relates to a security element of at least one thin layer element in form of a multi-layer composition, capable of interference. The multi-layer composition, capable of interference, consists of at least one reflecting layer, at least one partially transmitting layer and at least one dielectric layer arranged between these layers. | 05-05-2011 |
20110115212 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SECURITY ELEMENTS HAVING REGISTERED LAYERS OF DESIGNS - The present invention relates to a method for producing a security element ( | 05-19-2011 |
20110175345 | SECURITY FILM AND PROCESS FOR PREPARATION THEREOF - Disclosed heroin are an anti-counterfeiting film and a process for preparation thereof. The anti-counterfeiting film comprises a protective layer ( | 07-21-2011 |
20110204617 | SECURITY ARTICLE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - A method of manufacturing a security article (10) is provided, comprising applying an first adhesive layer to a substrate ( | 08-25-2011 |
20110215562 | PAIRED OPTICALLY VARIABLE SECURITY ELEMENT - Disclosed is a paired optically variable security element which comprises first and second optically variable thin-film multilayer interference devices in the form of optically variable foils or of printings made with inks comprising optically variable interference pigments, wherein said first and second interference devices exhibit spectral matching at a determined angle of incidence. Sets of optically variable devices and of coating compositions comprising optically variable pigments for the production of said paired optically variable security element are also disclosed, as well as the use of said security element for the protection of documents and goods, and security documents and goods carrying same. | 09-08-2011 |
20110291401 | FORGERY-PROOF SECURITY ELEMENT WITH COLOR SHIFT EFFECT - A tamper-proof security element includes at least one polymer spacer layer and two metal cluster layers. One or more of the layers, in addition to their function, fulfills a security feature in their color-shift set-up. | 12-01-2011 |
20110316269 | SECURITY ELEMENT - The invention relates to a security element comprising a transparent carrier substrate and a color-changing element made of a layer reflecting electromagnetic waves, a spacing layer, and a layer in the form of metal clusters, characterized in that the layer reflecting the electromagnetic waves is applied to the transparent carrier substrate partially as a line raster and partially as a contiguous layer made of one or more different metals. | 12-29-2011 |
20120001412 | Surface Modified Optically Variable Product for Security Feature - Surface modified optically variable product to provide security features in packaging materials and currency notes to prevent counterfeiting. Surface modified optically variable product is optionally readily functionalized to disperse them in organic and aqueous inks. | 01-05-2012 |
20120001413 | LAYER STRUCTURE AND FILMS FOR ID DOCUMENTS HAVING IMPROVED PROPERTIES FOR LASER ENGRAVING - The present invention relates to a layer structure having improved properties for laser engraving, to particular embodiments of said layer structures in the form of co-extrusion films, and to security documents, preferably identification documents comprising said layer structures. | 01-05-2012 |
20120007351 | COUNTERFEITING PREVENTION DEVICE HAVING PRINTING AND BIREFRINGENCE PATTERN - The present invention provides a counterfeiting prevention device comprising a support, a patterned optically anisotropic layer having two or more regions of different birefringence, and a printed layer in this order, which further comprises a laminate film of retardation lower than 50 nm attached on said printed layer. The counterfeiting prevention device has high visibility of a latent image and durability. | 01-12-2012 |
20120043750 | System and method for the authentication of physical documents - The invention relates to a system for authenticating a printed document, said document being printed on a substrate which includes plurality of electromagnetic responsive targets that are introduced to the substrate during its manufacturing process and randomly distributed therein, and wherein each target having a fiber form, said system comprises an authentication apparatus which comprises: (a) one transmitting antenna and one receiving antenna that are positioned above a moving conveyor, for radiating an original document during a scanning period in which the conveyor moves the document below said transmitting and receiving antennas; (b) a transmitter for providing electromagnetic signal to said transmitting antenna, and a receiver for receiving from said receiving antenna a responsive electromagnetic signal, said responsive signal being an accumulative response from plurality of said targets as obtained during said scanning period; (c) a sampling unit for sampling said accumulated responsive signal, thereby to produce a set of signal samples; and (d) a processing unit for analyzing one or more aspects of said signal samples, resulting with a set of one characterizing matrix for each aspect of said analyzed signal, wherein the collection of all said matrices forms an original set of characterizing matrices that characterize the substrate of this specific document; and the system also comprises a safe storage for storing said original set of characterizing matrices for possible future need for authenticating this specific document. | 02-23-2012 |
20120074684 | Security Substrates - The security substrate comprises an at least partially light transmitting carrier supporting a security feature and the security feature comprises at least first and second layers at least one of which covers an area which is less than a full surface area of the carrier and which at least partially overlaps the other layer. The layers have substantially the same color and texture and the reflective contrast ratio of the overlapping areas and the non-over lapping areas is less than 20% and the transmissive contrast ratio of the overlapping areas and the non-overlapping areas is greater than 3% | 03-29-2012 |
20120080878 | SECURITY FEATURE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SECURITY FEATURE - The invention relates to a security feature for securing documents of value having a plurality of microcapsules, which respectively have a wall and in which is respectively contained a liquid medium in which are distributed several magnetic particles which are movable in the liquid medium and whose arrangement within the microcapsule is changeable by the action of a magnetic field, whereby the magnetic particles are configured to arrange themselves within the microcapsule such that they form a light-diffractive structure. | 04-05-2012 |
20120091703 | SECURITY DOCUMENT WITH AN OPTICALLY VARIABLE IMAGE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - A security device ( | 04-19-2012 |
20120098249 | SECURITY ELEMENT, SECURITY SYSTEM AND PRODUCTION METHODS THEREFOR - The invention relates to a security element for security papers, value documents or the like, with a carrier having an upper side and a lower side and comprising several reflective first micro-imaging elements flatly arranged in a first pattern, and second micro-imaging elements flatly arranged in a second pattern, a first microstructure object which contains several first microstructures which are arranged in a first microstructure pattern so adapted to the first pattern that the first microstructure object is imaged in magnified form in front of the upper side by means of the first micro-imaging elements, and a second microstructure object which contains several second microstructures which are arranged in a second microstructure pattern so adapted to the second pattern that the second microstructure object is imaged in magnified form in front of the underside by means of the second micro-imaging elements. | 04-26-2012 |
20120104742 | GAME TICKET - A lottery ticket is formed by a substrate sheet material on which is printed game and other indicia with some or all of the game indicia being covered by a scratch-off material removable by the player. A ticket viewing device in the form of a flat panel defining glasses may be contained in a pocket formed on one side of the sheet or they can be supplied separate from the ticket. The glasses are used by the player for viewing the ticket with at least some of the indicia being printed in a manner which cooperates with the ticket viewing device so that the indicia are visible to the player in a three dimensional format. The pocket can be formed an attached layer of a different material for example of transparent plastic or the pocket can be formed by folding one edge of the substrate. | 05-03-2012 |
20120146323 | Multi-Layer Body - The invention relates to a multi-layer body ( | 06-14-2012 |
20120161431 | METHOD OF FORMING A PHOTONIC CRYSTAL MATERIAL - A method of forming a film of photonic crystal material. A first process is performed upon a material capable of having a photonic crystal structure, this process causing deformation of the material so as to form a film in which incident light received by the material is selectively reflected or transmitted to generate a first optical effect in the film. A second process is performed upon substantially all of the film which applies a shear stress to the film. This causes a change in the material structure so as to generate a second optical effect in the film, different from the first optical effect, in response to incident light. Security films, devices, articles and documents formed using the method are also discussed. | 06-28-2012 |
20120187674 | SECURITY ELEMENT FOR DETECTING AUTHENTICITY - The present invention pertains to a security element for authenticity verification, in particular, of security documents, banknotes, valuable documents, coins, chips, commodities, design elements, data carriers and similar objects. The inventive security element comprises a first layer ( | 07-26-2012 |
20120217736 | Laser Markable Security Film - A security film including, in order, a transparent biaxially oriented polyethylene terephthalate support ( | 08-30-2012 |
20120223516 | Security Document with Security Feature on Edge - A security document precursor including one or more lamellae provided with two or more holes near a perimeter edge surface of the precursor, wherein the holes perforate the largest surface of the one or more lamellae, and wherein at least one of the holes is filled with a coloured material which differs in colour from at least one of the one or more lamellae, such that the coloured material is visible from a direction perpendicular on the perimeter edge surface; wherein at least one of the one or more lamellae is transparent or translucent: or wherein at least one of the one or more lamellae is opaque and the opaque part of the at least one of the one or more lamellae between the perimeter edge and the hole filled with a coloured material has been removed. A security document and a method of preparing the security document precursor are also disclosed. | 09-06-2012 |
20120228860 | SECURITY ELEMENT HAVING A MICROSTRUCTURE - The invention relates to a security element for security papers, value documents and the like with at least one microstructure which has a visual appearance that is viewing angle-dependent in transmission, whereby the at least one microstructure is formed from an arrangement of a multiplicity of structure elements with a characteristic structure spacing of 1 μm or more. According to the invention it is provided that the security element contains at least one motif image which, through the viewing angle-dependent visual appearance of the microstructure, is visible in transmission from certain viewing angles, and invisible in transmission from other viewing angles, and that the microstructure and the motif image together have a thickness of 50 μm or less. | 09-13-2012 |
20120242073 | Method and Apparatus of Constructing Miniature Diplomas and Transcripts - Miniature diplomas and/or miniature transcripts may be printed on PVC plastic cards using an ID card printer. The front of a miniature diploma may display or image of a regular diploma, including scanned signatures of school officials. The front of a transcript may display dates of attendance, courses taken, grades, and scanned signature of a registrar. A plurality of information may furthermore be printed on card backs. An ID card printer with or without a lamination module may be used. Methods are furthermore disclosed for planning the tasks related to printing miniature diplomas and/or miniature transcripts onto PVC plastic cards. | 09-27-2012 |
20120242074 | FORGERY-RESISTANT DOCUMENT, PARTICULARLY FOR SECURITIES AND THE LIKE - A forgery-resistant document, particularly for securities, which comprises a sheet- like medium having at least one first region which has at least one first graphic marking which is visible in transmitted light, and at least one second region which has at least one second graphic marking visible in transmitted light or in reflected light and different from the first graphic marking, the first graphic marking cooperating with the second graphic marking as a consequence of the at least partial superimposition of the first region with the second region so as to provide at least one graphic representation that is visible in transmitted light. | 09-27-2012 |
20120242075 | GOLD-COLORED THIN-FILM ELEMENT WITH MULTILAYER STRUCTURE - The invention relates to a thin-film element ( | 09-27-2012 |
20120248758 | SECURITY DOCUMENT - There is provided a security document ( | 10-04-2012 |
20120256409 | AUTHENTICITY FEATURE IN THE FORM OF LUMINESCENT SUBSTANCES - The invention relates to a security element having at least two luminescent substances. The invention starts out from a security element having at least two luminescent substances, whereby the security element has a first and a second luminescent substance which have a substantially identical, joint emission band, whereby at least the first or the second luminescent substance, or both luminescent substances, have at least one excitation band that leads to an emission at the joint emission band only in the case of the first or the second luminescent substance. | 10-11-2012 |
20120286504 | VOLUME HOLOGRAM SHEET TO BE EMBEDDED, FORGERY PREVENTION PAPER, AND CARD - An object of the present invention is to provide a thin volume hologram sheet to be embedded sufficiently resistant to a mechanical stress such as a stress including a tensile stress, a shear stress and a compression stress at the time of processing even under a heating condition, a forgery prevention paper and a card using the same. The object is achieved by providing a volume hologram sheet to be embedded comprising a volume hologram layer, and a substrate disposed only on one side surface of the volume hologram layer using an adhesion means, wherein a peeling strength of the volume hologram layer and the substrate is 25 gf/25 mm or more. | 11-15-2012 |
20120299287 | SECURITY SYSTEM WITH OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE - A security document comprises a substrate ( | 11-29-2012 |
20120326430 | MULTI COLOR-SHIFTING DEVICES - A color shifting security device has a Fabry-Perot type structure wherein a dielectric layer is disposed between a reflector and an absorbing layer. The absorber and reflector layers may be conforming and the dielectric layer therebetween is non-conforming, filling the regions in the micro structured adjacent absorbing or reflecting layer, at least one of which has a microstructure therein or thereon. By having the dielectric layer not conform to the microstructure it is next to, its thickness varies in cross section, which allows for different colors to be seen where the thickness varies. | 12-27-2012 |
20130043670 | SECURITY DEVICE - A security device includes a transparent, coloured element in a first region of the device and in a surface of which a first optically variable effect generating relief structure is formed. A reflection enhancing layer extends over the first optically variable effect generating relief microstructure and follows the contour of the relief, the reflection enhancing layer also being provided in a second region of the device laterally offset from the first region. | 02-21-2013 |
20130056972 | SECURITY ELEMENT HAVING LIGHT-CONDUCTING STRUCTURES - The invention relates to a security element having a carrier substrate, at least one surface layer and a waveguide layer, characterized in that the waveguide layer has at least one area in which light is guided both laterally and vertically. | 03-07-2013 |
20130056973 | IMAGE CARD, IMAGE ENGRAVING DEVICE AND IMAGE ENGRAVING METHOD - An image card has an image formed on a card base by engraving striped grooves having different angles according to the degree of shading of the image by the engraving. | 03-07-2013 |
20130069360 | SECURITY DOCUMENT WITH INTEGRATED SECURITY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - A security document ( | 03-21-2013 |
20130099473 | SECURITY ARTICLES COMPRISING SECURITY FEATURES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF - A method is disclosed for manufacturing a security feature on a security article. The security article includes a first layer of plastics material, and the method includes, in any order: using a laser to irradiate a first region of the security article, the laser being operated at a low power level and low speed; and using a laser to irradiate a second region of the security article, the second region at least partially overlapping the first, the laser being operated at a higher power level and higher speed. In this way, the overlapping portions of the regions are marked and exhibit an optically variable appearance. Also disclosed is a security article including a first layer of plastics material exhibiting a laser marking of which at least a portion has an optically variable appearance. | 04-25-2013 |
20130099474 | SECURITY ELEMENT AS WELL AS VALUE DOCUMENT HAVING SUCH A SECURITY ELEMENT - A security element for a security paper, value document or the like, having a carrier which has a motif region that includes a visually perceptible motif with a first and a second motif part, wherein the motif region includes a first micro-optic representation arrangement which presents at least two different images in viewing angle-dependent fashion as a first motif part, and a second micro-optic representation arrangement which presents a reflective surface as a second motif part, which surface appears bulged relative to the actual macroscopic spatial form of the second micro-optic representation arrangement. | 04-25-2013 |
20130106092 | SECURITY DEVICE | 05-02-2013 |
20130119654 | PAPER SHEETS IDENTIFICATION APPARATUS - A paper sheets identification apparatus to identify the monetary kinds of paper sheets and to determine whether or not they are genuine provides for a simplified and general purpose detection to be performed irrespectively of the difference in the portions of each of such sheets in which their optical characteristics are arranged. The paper sheets identification apparatus includes a light emitting element; a light receiving element disposed opposite to the light emitting element with the transport path of such sheets interposed therebetween; a plurality of reflective mirrors to conduct light emitted from the light emitting element to the light receiving element; and a guide to move at least one of the reflective mirrors to the direction crosswise to the transport direction of such sheets within a surface in parallel with the carriage surface. | 05-16-2013 |
20130147180 | SECURITY DOCUMENT WITH EMBOSSED MULTI-LEVEL DOE - A security document comprising a substrate including at least one region of transparent or translucent plastics material forming a window or half-window area, and a security device integrated into the window or half-window area, wherein the security device is formed from an embossed radiation curable ink, the security device including a diffractive structure comprising a multi-level diffractive optical element (DOE). | 06-13-2013 |
20130154251 | OPTICALLY VARIABLE DEVICE - A security element, security device and method of forming a security device wherein the security element includes focusing elements, a first group of image elements, and a second group of image elements, each image element being located in an object plane to be viewable through a focusing element, and being located a distance from the focusing element such that the focal point width of the focusing element in the object plane is substantially equal to the size of the image element or differs from the size of the image element by a predetermined amount. | 06-20-2013 |
20130161939 | PRINTED ARTICLES WITH OPTICALLY VARIABLE PROPERTIES - A printed article with optically variable properties that includes a printable media on which a printed feature has been formed with an ink composition. Said ink composition contains metal oxide particles that have an average particle size in the range of about 3 to about 180 nm and that have a refractive index superior or equal to 1.2. The printable media contains a bottom supporting substrate, an ink-absorbing layer and a metallized top layer with pore diameters that are smaller than the size of the metal oxide particles, and the ink composition forms, onto the printable media, a printed feature that exhibits optically variable properties. | 06-27-2013 |
20130181435 | Synthesis of authenticable halftone images with non-luminescent halftones illuminated by a luminescent emissive layer - A method and computing system are proposed for producing an authenticable security device with two sides. The verso side is covered with a luminescent emissive variable intensity layer formed for example by invisible luminescent ink halftones and the recto side is covered with transmissive non-luminescent ink halftones. The backlit colors resulting from the emissions of the luminescent layer or resulting from illumination by normal white light through the transmissive non-luminescent ink halftones are predicted by a backlighting model. This model enables computing the surface coverages of the luminescent and/or non-luminescent ink halftones in order to obtain a desired color either under excitation light (UV light) or under normal white light. This enable creating authenticable backlit images substantially similar to pre-stored reference images, either under normal white light, under excitation light, or under both the normal white light and the excitation light. | 07-18-2013 |
20130193679 | OPTICALLY VARIABLE SECURITY ELEMENT WITH TILT IMAGE - (EN) The invention relates to an optically variable security element ( | 08-01-2013 |
20130207376 | SECURITY ELEMENT, SECURITY DOCUMENT AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF - A security element for a security booklet includes a plurality of pages including a first outermost page and a second outermost page. The security element includes at least one line of stitching joining the plurality of pages to one another. The stitching is formed of at least a first thread and a second thread, the first thread disposed on an outer surface of the first page, and the second thread disposed on an outer surface of the second page. The first and second threads interlock at each of a series of spaced apertures through the plurality of pages along the line of stitching. At one or more selected aperture(s), a loop of the second thread extends to the outer surface of the first page. The first thread has an optical characteristic different from the second thread, so the second thread at the selected aperture(s) is distinguishable from the first thread. | 08-15-2013 |
20130234427 | THE USE OF ARYL OR HETEROARYL SUBSTITUTED DITHIOLENE METAL COMPLEXES AS IR ABSORBERS - The present invention relates to the use of specific metal complexes of dithiolenes with aryl or heteroarylsubstituted imidazolidine-2-chalcogenone-4,5-dithione ligands as colourless IR absorbers. | 09-12-2013 |
20130270812 | FORGERY PREVENTING MEMBER, FORGERY PREVENTING SHEET, AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method of manufacturing a forgery preventing member includes forming a first adhesive layer on one surface of a sheet substrate, forming a second adhesive layer on the other surface of the substrate, superimposing the substrate and a first water-soluble sheet or unsized paper with the first adhesive layer being sandwiched therebetween, superimposing the sheet substrate and a second water-soluble sheet or unsized paper with the second adhesive layer being sandwiched therebetween, and cutting or punching the substrate on which the adhesive layers are formed with the substrate being sandwiched between the first water-soluble sheet or unsized paper and the second water-soluble sheet or unsized paper. | 10-17-2013 |
20130270813 | MICRO-OPTIC VIEWING ARRANGEMENT - A micro-optical inspection arrangement comprises micro-focusing elements which are composite bodies consisting of a main part and an additional part and which have a reference focal length. The main parts are provided as micro-focusing element preforms, and the additional parts are formed from one or more functional coatings. The invention also relates to a method for producing such a micro-optical inspection arrangement and to a micro-optical displaying arrangement comprising the micro-optical inspection arrangement according to the invention and a microstructure arrangement, in particular a moiré magnification arrangement and a modulo magnification arrangement. The invention also relates to security elements and data carriers that have the micro-optical inspection arrangement according to the invention. | 10-17-2013 |
20130285361 | Security Element and Method for Producing a Security Element - A security element ( | 10-31-2013 |
20130285362 | OPTICAL DEVICE EXHIBITING COLOR SHIFT UPON ROTATION - An optical device exhibiting a color shift upon rotation is disclosed. The optical device has a textured surface having a relief structure finer than a human eye resolution but large enough not to exhibit diffraction effects. The textured surface is coated with an interference thin film that exhibits a color shift with tilt. A uniform color seen at one angle of rotation changes to another uniform color when the optical device is rotated in its own plane. A method of manufacturing of such an optical device, as well as the use of the optical device as an optical security and authentication element, is also disclosed. | 10-31-2013 |
20130334808 | ECO-FRIENDLY CARD CONSTRUCTION AND METHOD - An eco-friendly card construction includes four plies of paper stock and an adhesive between each of the four plies of paper stock, the adhesive holding the plies to one another. The card has a Sheffield smoothness of 30 or less and a thickness in the range of 27-30 mils. | 12-19-2013 |
20130341902 | SECURITY ELEMENT FOR DOCUMENTS - A security element ( | 12-26-2013 |
20130341903 | ANTI-COUNTERFEIT MEDIUM AND VERIFICATION METHOD - An anti-counterfeit medium includes a portion having optical transparency, a retardation layer facing the portion and including regions whose slow axis directions are different from each other, and a polarizing layer facing the retardation layer at a position of the portion. The anti-counterfeit medium includes only the polarizing layer as a polarizer. A portion out of the anti-counterfeit medium where the portion, the retardation layer, and the polarizing layer form a stacked structure has optical transparency. | 12-26-2013 |
20140028012 | OPTICAL SAFETY COMPONENT HAVING A TRANSMISSIVE EFFECT, MANUFACTURE OF SUCH A COMPONENT, AND SECURE DOCUMENT PROVIDED WITH SUCH A COMPONENT - According to one aspect, the invention relates to an optical safety component having a plasmonic effect intended to be observed by transmission, including two layers ( | 01-30-2014 |
20140042738 | SECURITY ELEMENT - A polarising security element for polarising light of a predetermined wavelength including a first dielectric material having a refractive index nb and at least one polarising region of mutually parallel segments of a second material having a refractive index np which is different from nb, the second material being a dielectric or conducting material. The segments of the second material are in contact with the first material and the segments have a width and/or an average spacing which is less than a predetermined range of wavelengths. A method of manufacturing such a security element in which a relief structure is embossed in the layer of the first dielectric material, the relief structure includes mutually parallel peaks and troughs, and the second layer of dielectric or conducting material is applied on the relief structure to form the at least one polarising region of mutually parallel segments. | 02-13-2014 |
20140049034 | OPTICALLY VARIABLE SECURITY FEATURE - The invention relates to an open optical security feature which provides for a high level of security and can be produced relatively straightforwardly in a technical production method. The security features of optically variable inks with tilt effect and the properties of a latent image are combined with one another and interwoven. By virtue of the security feature being generated by printing, the security feature can be realized in a cost-effective manner, but nevertheless with a very high level of security being provided. The resulting security feature can readily be verified at any time, by any desired individual, without any additional auxiliary means being required. | 02-20-2014 |
20140054882 | LAMINATED BODY HAVING HOLOGRAM | 02-27-2014 |
20140070525 | SECURITY DOCUMENT - A security document includes a substrate, and an imaging thermal coating on at least a portion of the surface of the substrate for thermal printing on the security document. The imaging thermal coating is soluble in one or more solvents. A warning message is printed on the substrate in an ink which is substantially insoluble in the one or more solvents. An obscuring coating on the substrate covers the warning message such that the warning message is not apparent to an observer. The obscuring coating is soluble in the one or more solvents, such that the obscuring coating is removed from the substrate if the document is subjected to washing with the one or more solvents to remove printed images on the imaging thermal coating. By this arrangement, an attempt to alter the security document by washing the security document with the one or more solvents is made apparent. | 03-13-2014 |
20140077487 | COLORING FORGERY PREVENTION STRUCTURE AND COLORING FORGERY PREVENTION MEDIUM - A forgery prevention structure configured by layering at least a relief forming layer, a first reflection layer, a functional thin film layer, and a second reflection layer, in this order, wherein the relief forming layer has, on one side, a relief structure which has an effect of diffracting, scattering, absorbing, and polarizing/separating at least a part of a wave-length range of visible light; the first reflection layer and the functional thin film layer are provided along a whole surface of an uneven area of the relief structure; the second reflection layer is provided in an arbitrary area which covers a part of the uneven area of the relief structure. | 03-20-2014 |
20140103633 | OPTICAL SECURITY DEVICE AND SYSTEM AND FABRICATION METHODS THEREOF - The present invention relates generally to an optical security device and an optical security system in which hidden images that are invisible to the naked eye under unpolarized illumination, become visible under either linearly or circularly polarized illumination. Preferred fabrication methods of said optical security device are disclosed. | 04-17-2014 |
20140103634 | STRUCTURED COLOR FILTER DEVICE - A structured color filtering device includes one or more unit cells. Each unit cell includes a substrate having a surface with a step function surface profile having two or more discrete levels formed therein. The step function surface profile forms in the surface a plurality of grooves arranged in a fundamentally symmetric pattern having a periodic groove pitch. When ordinary light is incident on the surface, the surface is structured to diffract light having a predetermined wavelength toward observation points at all polar angles above the surface greater than a predetermined incident angle. | 04-17-2014 |
20140103635 | CHROMOPHORES WITH PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTITUENTS - The present invention relates to specific metal complexes of dithiolenes with perfluoroalkyl substituted imidazolidine-2-chalcogenone-4,5-dithione ligands, a process for their preparation and their use as colourless IR absorbers, for optical filters application; especially for plasma display panels, or for laser welding of plastics. The compounds may be used in compositions for inks, paints and plastics, especially in a wide variety of printing systems and are particularly well-suited for security applications. | 04-17-2014 |
20140110930 | INFORMATION MEDIUM WITH PRINTED IDENTIFICAITON INFORMATION AND ANTI-FORGERY MEANS - The invention relates to the securing of information media so as to prevent any alteration or modification of the identification information and the fraudulent reuse of the media. The identification document according to the invention comprises personalisation information placed on at least one of its main sides, and invisible anti-forgery means placed on at least part of the said side and designed to undergo a change in appearance in the event of an attempt to do additional personalisation. The anti-forgery means are formed by subdividing each pixel into a matrix of N dots, the said N dots having each a different colour density in order to obtain an average colour density of the said matrix that is equivalent to the colour density predetermined for the corresponding pixel, at least some of the said N dots of the matrix being pre-sensitised so that their colour darkens at a variable speed in the event of additional personalisation, as compared to the other non pre-sensitised dots | 04-24-2014 |
20140110931 | PRINTING DIFFRACTION GRATINGS ON PAPER AND BOARD - A method and an apparatus for forming a surface relief microstructure, especially an optically variable image on a paper substrate are provided, the method comprising the steps of: A) applying a curable composition to at least a portion of the frontside of the paper substrate; B) contacting at least a portion of the curable composition with surface relief microstructure, especially optically variable image forming means; C) curing the composition by using at least one UV lamp ( | 04-24-2014 |
20140125050 | Sheet Document having a Translucent or Transparent Region - A sheet document is based on a one-pieced, coextruded composite strip layer having a thickness of 10 to 110 μm defining over its area at least two different materials that are configured side by side as strips. At least one of the strips is transparent or translucent and at least one strip opaque. On the composite strip layer there is applied an ink-receiving layer and/or a printed pattern that has a recess that at least partly is configured above a transparent/translucent strip and together with the non-covered region of the transparent/translucent strip forms a window. | 05-08-2014 |
20140131989 | SECURITY DOCUMENT AND A MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A security document ( | 05-15-2014 |
20140145426 | Security Devices - Multilayered security devices comprising a patterned substrate over which a graphene-based coating has been applied. | 05-29-2014 |
20140151997 | LUMINESCENT BORATES, LUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND ARTICLES INCORPORATING SUCH BORATES - Luminescent borates, luminescent materials, and articles incorporating such borates are provided herein. An embodiment of a luminescent borate includes a host borate that has a B | 06-05-2014 |
20140175787 | SUBSTRATE WITH SECURITY PRINT AND A METHOD TO OBTAIN IT - A substrate with security print and a method to obtain it, which comprises a laminar substrate where color ink prints have been applied on the obverse and reverse of the substrate, whereby these prints coincide and leave an area free of print to form a watermark, and an ultraviolet ink print within said watermark, in a way that the substrate can be verified by holding it against the light to visually verify the watermark and under ultraviolet light to visually detect the ultraviolet ink print that coincides with the watermark. | 06-26-2014 |
20140183855 | METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF AN IRIDESCENT IMAGE, THE RESULTING IMAGE, DEVICE COMPRISING SAME AND ASSOCIATED PROGRAM - Method for the production of an iridescent image (II) from a reference image (IR) is described. The iridescent image (II) comprises an optical selector (SO) selected from an array of cylindrical lenses, an array of spherical lenses and a parallax barrier. The method includes creating a period adapted to the optical selector (SO) and to the reproduction system used; creating a periodic image (IP) filled in a repetitive manner according to said period; creating a dispersed image by applying a dispersion filter to the periodic image (IP), in which the geometric position of the pixels of the periodic image (IP) is modified as function of the values of the corresponding pixels in the reference image (IR); and associating the created dispersed image (ID) with the optical selector (SO). The invention also relates to the iridescent dispersed images obtained using the method, a device comprising said images and an associated program. | 07-03-2014 |
20140191500 | SECURITY DEVICE - A security device has a lenticular device including an array of lenticular focusing elements; a corresponding array of image strips sets, the sets having substantially the same periodicity as, or an integral multiple of the periodicity of, the array of focusing elements. The strips are formed and the focusing elements located relative to the strips such that at each of a plurality of viewing angles, a respective one strip from each set is viewed in response to incident light falling on a respective focusing element. The strips are constructed such that the device presents a cyclically repeating sequence of images as the device is viewed at successive viewing angles, the image sequence including a change in form of an image between a first and second form and then a reversal of the sequence back to the first form, the combined image sequences presenting a contiguous variation in the image form. | 07-10-2014 |
20140197625 | LASER-PERSONALIZABLE SECURITY ARTICLES - Laser-personalizable security articles include multi-layer security documents. The multi-layer security document includes an optically transparent cover layer, a composite image and an imagable layer adjacent to the cover layer. The first surface of the cover layer is at least partially a microstructured surface, where the microstructured surface forms microlenses or a lenticular surface. The composite image is made by a collection of complete or partial images viewed through the microstructured surface of the cover layer. The composite image is located on or within the second surface of the cover layer. The imagable layer is a laser imagable layer. When imaged, a personalized second composite three dimensional image is created on or in the imagable layer. | 07-17-2014 |
20140197626 | MULTILAYER STRUCTURE INCORPORATING AT LEAST ONE SECURITY ELEMENT - A multilayer structure incorporating at least one security element. The multilayer structure includes a substrate made of a thermoplastic material with at least one non-opaque region. The multilayer structure further includes an external layer. An internal layer is disposed between the substrate and the external layer. The external and internal layers are made of a thermoplastic material. An opening in the internal layer defines a security region. An insert having a non-opaque security element is at least partially disposed within the security region. The security element and the non-opaque region of the substrate at least partially overlap. | 07-17-2014 |
20140210200 | Optically Variable Security Element Comprising Optically Variable Colour Layer - An optically variable security element for securing valuable articles has an optically variable color layer. The optically variable color layer includes a plurality of microcapsules, each of which exhibits a capsule shell, a carrier liquid enclosed in the capsule shell, and at least one optically variable and magnetically alignable pigment that is substantially freely rotatable in the microcapsule and reversibly alignable by an external magnetic field, and that is developed to be multilayer having at least one magnetic layer and having at least one non-magnetic layer. | 07-31-2014 |
20140232100 | Security Element Comprising a Plurality of Optically Variable Structures - A security element includes an optically variable structure having a multiplicity of first embossed structures each including at least two flanks which converge at at least one certain angle. In at least one first partial region of the optically variable structure, at least one flank of the first embossed structures respectively has at least one additional embossed structure which is mounted on the flank of the first embossed structures or inserted into the flank of the first embossed structures. The geometry of the at least one additional embossed structure is executed to be at least near-inverse to the geometry of that flank of the first embossed structure on which the at least one additional embossed structure is mounted or inserted. | 08-21-2014 |
20140265301 | SECURITY FEATURE UTLIZING HINGE MATERIAL AND BIODATA PAGE - An article may include a flexible hinge comprising a first optical feature. The article also may include a biodata page comprising a second optical feature. The flexible hinge may be attached to a surface of the biodata page, and the second optical feature is substantially aligned with the first optical feature. The combination of the first optical feature and the second optical feature provides an optical effect, which may be destroyed or damaged if the flexible hinge is moved relative to the biodata page, e.g., if the flexible hinge is separated from the biodata page. | 09-18-2014 |
20140284912 | ANTI-COUNTERFEIT PRINTED MATTER - This invention relates to a printed matter which visualizes a latent image pattern by periodically formed raised image lines when observed in a tilted state, and provides an anti-counterfeit printed matter which allows latent images having different densities to be observed from a plurality of observation angles. | 09-25-2014 |
20140306441 | SECURITY DEVICES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF - A method of manufacturing a security device including: conveying a substrate web including a photosensitive film along a transport path; exposing the photosensitive film to radiation of a predetermined wavelength through a mask, wherein the mask includes a predetermined pattern of regions which are substantially opaque to radiation of the predetermined wavelength and at least semi-transparent to radiation of the predetermined wavelength, respectively; during the exposure, moving the mask alongside the substrate web along at least a portion of the transport path at substantially the same speed as the substrate web, such that there is substantially no relative movement between the mask and the substrate web; and heating the substrate web including the exposed photosensitive film. In this way, regions of the photosensitive film exposed to the radiation of the predetermined wavelength undergo an increase in optical density such that the photosensitive film displays a reproduction of the predetermined pattern. | 10-16-2014 |
20140306442 | Security Feature Having Several Components - The invention relates to a security feature having a luminescent component and a component camouflaging the luminescent component. The invention starts out from a security feature having a luminescent component having at least one luminophore consisting of a doped host lattice, and a component camouflaging the luminescent component, in which the camouflaging component has at least two substances, the first substance of the camouflaging component having an X-ray diffractogram which hides the X-ray diffractogram of the luminescent component, and the second substance of the camouflaging component having at least one cationic element of the luminescent component and at least one cationic element of the first substance of the camouflaging component, with the luminescent component and the first substance of the camouflaging component being formed of different cationic elements. | 10-16-2014 |
20140312606 | SECURITY DEVICES - A method and security device, including: a semi-transparent layer exhibiting a first pattern of regions having high optical density and/or raised surface profile relative to layer intervening regions; and a colour layer exhibiting a second pattern of elements of at least one colour. First and second patterns partially overlap and are configured so the device, appearance varies at different viewing angles. First pattern has colour layer following the contours of raised regions. Security device includes: a photosensitive film exhibiting pattern of regions of relatively high and low optical density, the pattern arising from photosensitive film exposure to radiation of a responsive predetermined wavelength from the photosensitive film; and a colour layer overlapping the pattern exhibited by photosensitive film, which exhibits increase in optical density upon radiation exposure of a predetermined wavelength and concurrent or subsequent heating. Increases in optical density being due to the bubbles formation within the photosensitive film. | 10-23-2014 |
20140312607 | Security Element - The invention relates to a security element ( | 10-23-2014 |
20140312608 | OBJECT COMPRISING A REGION OF ITS SURFACE SUITABLE FOR SHOWING A PLURALITY OF IMAGES - The present invention relates to an object comprising a region of its surface suitable for showing a plurality of images. Each of these images is observable from a different direction such that upon observing one of the images the other images stop being observable and do not interfere in the viewing of the observed image. The configuration which allows generating the region of surfaces suitable for showing the plurality of images allows for mass production by means of stamping or minting techniques and complicates the reproduction by unauthorized manufacturers. A method which allows obtaining the object having a region suitable for showing a plurality of images is also an object of the present invention. | 10-23-2014 |
20140319815 | ANTI-COUNTERFEITING MARKER SHEET AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, ANTI-COUNTERFEITING FUNCTION-IMPARTING MEMBER, AND ARTICLE PROVIDED WITH ANTI-COUNTERFEITING FUNCTION - The purpose of the invention is to obtain an anti-counterfeiting marker sheet that is inexpensive and with which authenticity can be assessed easily. The invention uses an anti-counterfeiting marker sheet ( | 10-30-2014 |
20140319816 | Security Paper, Value Document Obtainable Therefrom and Method for Manufacturing Said Paper and Document - A security paper for manufacturing value documents has a planar substrate equipped on one surface with an anti-forgery means based on a carrier foil having an optically variable security feature. The anti-forgery means and a partial substrate area surrounding the anti-forgery means is furnished with a dirt-repellent radiation-curing first lacquer substantially not influencing the perceptibility of the optically variable security feature. The layer thickness of the lacquer lying is in a range of 0.7 to 2 micrometers. The radiation-curing first lacquer is may be a UV-cross-linking lacquer which after cross-linking is high-gloss. The substrate can be furnished on its surface lying outside the anti-forgery means with a dirt-repellent second lacquer and optionally partly overlaps the first lacquer in the region of the partial substrate area surrounding the anti-forgery means. The second lacquer involves either a physically drying, water-based dispersion lacquer, or a UV-cross-linking lacquer, and has a matt impression. | 10-30-2014 |
20140319817 | SECURITY DOCUMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SECURITY DOCUMENT - A security document having a first side ( | 10-30-2014 |
20140319818 | Security Feature having Several Components - The invention relates to a security feature having a luminescent component and a component camouflaging the luminescent component. The invention starts out from a security feature having a luminescent component having at least one luminophore consisting of at least one doped host lattice, and a component camouflaging the luminescent component, wherein the camouflaging component has chemical elements that have similar structure-chemical properties to the chemical elements of the luminescent component, wherein the chemical elements of the camouflaging component and the chemical elements of the luminescent component are formed by different chemical elements. | 10-30-2014 |
20140319819 | OPTICAL SECURITY DEVICE WITH NANOPARTICLE INK - An optical security device, including a substrate ( | 10-30-2014 |
20140327237 | Digitally Printed Anti-Copy Document And Processes And Products Therefor - The present invention relates to a method and product resulting from application distortion security images in an anti-copy document, printed on demand, which may be variable and use laser printers or printer/copiers and/or ink-jet printers and/or digital presses. | 11-06-2014 |
20140339808 | DOCUMENT CONTAINING UV ABSORBING SECURITY MARK - A document with a security marker includes a substrate comprising an optical brightener; a background comprising an ultraviolet (UV) absorbing material arranged in a first pattern of lines having a first frequency and a first orientation; and a security mark comprising the UV material arranged in a second pattern of lines having a second frequency and a second orientation. | 11-20-2014 |
20140353959 | SECURITY ELEMENT FOR SECURITY PAPERS, VALUE DOCUMENTS OR THE LIKE - A security element for manufacturing value documents, such as banknotes, checks or the like, has an upper side making available several micro images, in particular for a lens magnification arrangement. Each micro image is formed by a micro cavity structure having a multitude of micro cavities disposed side by side, the micro cavities have an extension of 0.5 to 3 μm respectively in a spatial direction disposed parallel to the upper side. The micro cavity structure is optically reflective or highly refractive on its surface, so that on the surface at least partial reflection takes place, and for each micro image micro cavities of at least a first and a second type are present, which differ by an aspect ratio of the micro cavities, whereby each micro image is structured by the at least two different types of micro cavities. | 12-04-2014 |
20140361527 | METHOD OF FORMING A COLOR LASER IMAGE, AND RESULTING DOCUMENT - The present invention relates to a method of forming color laser images. The latent image made up or color subpixels ( | 12-11-2014 |
20140367957 | MOIRE MAGNIFICATION SYSTEMS - Moiré-type magnification systems are disclosed. The moiré magnification systems can comprise a surface and a periodic array of image relief microstructures having a periodic surface curvature disposed on or within the surface. The image relief microstructures can have a first image repeat period along a first image reference axis within the array, and the periodic surface curvature can have a first curvature repeat period along a first curvature reference axis within the array. Transmission of light through the array, reflection of light from the array, or a combination thereof forms a magnified moiré image. | 12-18-2014 |
20150035269 | Optical Multilayer - An optical multilayer ( | 02-05-2015 |
20150035270 | THIN ALUMINIUM FLAKES - The present invention relates to aluminium flakes having a thickness between 7 and 9 nm, coating compositions containing them and the use of the coating compositions for forming (security) products. When the compositions of the present invention are used in coating a hologram the obtained products show an extremely bright OVD image and extremely strong rainbow effect, high purity and contrast. | 02-05-2015 |
20150061280 | SECURITY DEVICE - An optical security device ( | 03-05-2015 |
20150069748 | RADIATION CURABLE EMBOSSED INK SECURITY DEVICES FOR SECURITY DOCUMENTS - A method of manufacturing a security document comprising the steps of providing a transparent plastics substrate, applying a radiation curable ink directly to at least side of the substrate and simultaneously embossing and curing with radiation different regions in the same area of the ink on one side of the substrate with at least two different embossed relief structures, each forming a different type of diffractive security element integrated within the same area to form a composite security device. | 03-12-2015 |
20150076808 | Identification Film and Pattern Including Photonic Crystals and Anticounterfeiting Product Including the Same - An identification film and pattern having high transparency and a reflectance spectrum with respect to a particular wavelength and including photonic crystals patterned into a particular shape and an anticounterfeiting product including the same are disclosed. | 03-19-2015 |
20150084327 | OPTICAL SECURITY COMPONENT, FABRICATION OF SUCH A COMPONENT AND SECURE PRODUCT EQUIPPED WITH SUCH A COMPONENT - An optical security component intended to be checked in reflection in a checking spectral band includes a layer that is reflective in the checking spectral band. The layer exhibits a structured zone that includes microstructures distributed spatially in a uniform manner over a whole of the structured zone so as to form an optical structure that is at least partially scattering in the checking spectral band. The microstructures have heights that are distributed according to a random function, modulated over the structured zone by a modulation function so as to form, after illumination of the optical security component at a given angle, an image identifiable by observation in reflection. | 03-26-2015 |
20150137504 | PRINTING DIFFRACTION GRATINGS ON PAPER AND BOARD - A method and an apparatus for forming a surface relief microstructure, especially an optically variable image on a paper substrate are provided, the method comprising the steps of: A) applying a curable composition to at least a portion of the frontside of the paper substrate; B) contacting at least a portion of the curable composition with surface relief microstructure, especially optically variable image forming means; C) curing the composition by using at least one UV lamp ( | 05-21-2015 |
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20150314629 | OPTICALLY VARIABLE SECURITY THREADS AND STRIPES - Security threads or stripes include a substrate and i) a first optically variable layer imparting a first different color impression at different viewing angles, ii) a second optically variable layer imparting a second different color impression at different viewing angles, iii) a first color constant layer having a color matching the color impression of the first or second optically variable layer at a first viewing angle, iv) a second color constant layer having a color matching the color impression of the first or second optically variable layer at a second viewing angle, and v) one or more material-free regions, wherein the first optically variable layer, the second optically variable layer, the first color constant layer, the second color constant layer and the one or more material-free regions are jointly visible from one side of the security thread or stripe. | 11-05-2015 |
20160068004 | SECURITY THREAD OR STRIPE, MAGNETIC ORIENTING CYLINDER, AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING MAGNETIC ORIENTING CYLINDER - Security thread or stripe, magnetic orienting cylinder and methods making magnetic orienting cylinder and of using magnetic orienting cylinder. Security thread or strip includes a plastic foil having a hardened coating comprising magnetic or magnetizable pigment particles oriented to represent graphic information. Graphic information includes a seamless and continuous repetitive pattern having a repetition length. | 03-10-2016 |
20160107473 | System For and Method of Producing a Security Mark on a Micro-Porous Structure - A security mark is produced on a micro-porous, synthetic paper, structure by changing light transmission properties of light pathways through the structure. The security mark is visible when the structure is illuminated. | 04-21-2016 |
20160108581 | METHOD OF PROVIDING A SECURITY DOCUMENT WITH A SECURITY FEATURE, AND SECURITY DOCUMENT - A security document ( | 04-21-2016 |
20160121638 | MAGIC WINDOW VIEWER, A DIE FOR CUTTING VIEWER PARTS, AND A PREPRINTED SHEET FROM WHICH TO CUT VIEWER PARTS - A user is presented with handle of a captive but freely moveable wand, the handle useable to move an attached viewfinder over a clear front window of a front component to selectively reveal parts of printed matter on a hidden back component as apparently part of semi-transparently printed matter on the clear front window. Inside, a concealed component tethered to the wand travels between the semi-transparently printed matter and the printed matter on the hidden back component. The tethered concealed component has an opening that lies directly below and matches an opening in the viewfinder in size so that, with movement, it can selectively show (a) both the printed matter on the clear front window superimposed over the selectively revealed parts of the printed matter on the back component in the viewfinder and (b) solely the semi-transparently printed matter on the clear front window outside the viewfinder. | 05-05-2016 |
20160121639 | PRINTED SECURITY FEATURE, OBJECT COMPRISING SUCH A PRINTED SECURITY FEATURE, AND PROCESS OF PRODUCING THE SAME - There is described a printed security feature ( | 05-05-2016 |
20160127603 | SECURITY MARK WITH ANTI-COPYABLE EFFECT - A document contains a security element that combines a correlation mark and pantograph mark. The pantograph mark includes a dot pattern, part of which is printed to correspond to foreground pixels of the correlation mark, and another part of which is printed to correspond to background pixels of the correlation mark. | 05-05-2016 |
20160176223 | MAGNETIC OR MAGNETISABLE PIGMENT PARTICLES AND OPTICAL EFFECT LAYERS | 06-23-2016 |
20160187546 | DYNAMIC APPEARANCE-CHANGING OPTICAL DEVICES (DACOD) PRINTED IN A SHAPED MAGNETIC FIELD INCLUDING PRINTABLE FRESNEL STRUCTURES - A printed image is disclosed wherein the image may be in the form of an array of magnetically aligned platelets or flakes that may by uniform in shape and size and wherein the flakes are arranged in a particularly manner to form optically illusive images useful as security devices, or useful in beam steering applications. In one embodiment of this invention printed array is disclosed a plurality of concentric rings of magnetically aligned platelets disposed upon a substrate in the form of a Fresnel structure, preferably a Fresnel reflector. Advantageously, since the magnetic field can be controlled with respect to strength and direction, one can easily design a field that will correct for spherical aberration that would otherwise be present in a typical Fresnel reflector. In other embodiments of the invention optically illusive images of funnels, domes and cones are printed. | 06-30-2016 |
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20190146411 | VISUAL SECURITY FEATURE | 05-16-2019 |