Patent · US Expired

Transfer film

US5413839A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 12, 1993
Grant dateMay 9, 1995
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Expiry dateJan 12, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/24876
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A transfer film for use, for example, with security documents includes a pattern defining layer having concavities defining an inverted relief pattern, and a retaining layer overlying and releasably filling the concavities of the pattern defining layer. The pattern defining layer is removable from the retaining layer to transfer the relief pattern from the pattern defining layer to the retaining layer.

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