Security element

US12275265B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• GIESECKE+DEVRIENT CURRENCY TECHNOLOGY GMBH · DE
• SICPA HOLDING SA · CH

Inventors

• Raphael Dehmel · Neubeuern, DE
• Yana Kisselova-Weckerle · Ottobrunn, DE
• Christoph Mengel · Mainz, DE
• Christian Fuhse · Otterfing, DE
• Pierre Degott · Crissier, CH
• Claude-Alain Despland · Prilly, CH
• Arnault Weber · Lausanne, CH
• Gisele Baudin · Allschwil, CH
• Andrea Callegari · Ecublens, CH

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 14, 2020
• Grant date: Apr 15, 2025
• Expiry date: Jul 14, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B42D25/29
• WIPO field: Other consumer goods
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

It is disclosed a security element comprising a substantially flat substrate including first and second areas, wherein the first area displays a first motif and generates a first color movement effect to be seen in the first motif while the substrate gets tilted over a first angular tilting range, the second area displays a second motif and generates a second color effect to be seen in the second motif and within a second angular tilting range, the first and second angular tilting ranges are different, and the first area comprises either a micro-mirror structure or a print of magnetically oriented pigments and the second area comprises the other one of the micro-mirror structure and the print of magnetically oriented pigments.