Patent · US Active

Thermochromic material

US10076923B2 · kind B2 · utility

1Cited by
4References
30Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJan 29, 2015
Grant dateSep 18, 2018
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 23, 2035

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F2202/32
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A print on-demand color shift material which has high reflection, high saturation color and intrinsic, high impact color-shift produced by thermal printing or laser writing for use, for example in security laminates, tax and excise stamps, machine-readable features and banknote foils, and offering a rainbow of colors with full color shifting, producible in full manufacturing scale.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.