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Identification matter

US4500116A · kind A · utility

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7Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 14, 1980
Grant dateFeb 19, 1985
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Expiry dateJul 14, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S428/916
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A credential, such as a passport or an identification card, is provided, for example by impregnation or coating, with a phosphorescent composition which includes at least two phosphorescence activators which exhibit different emission characteristics both with respect to wavelength and lifetime so that, when the composition is irradiated, the initial afterglow changes color, for example from green to blue.

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