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Anticopying film

US5569522A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 24, 1994
Grant dateOct 29, 1996
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Expiry dateAug 24, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/31504
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An anticopying film (2) for covering documents (1) appears opaque in vertical plan view (5) as a result of total reflection for protection against copying and appears transparent in the oblique viewing direction (6), the film having an irregular sawtooth structure (3). This makes it virtually impossible to produce an identical second film with the aid of which, by placing said second film on top, the effect of the anticopying film (2) might be eliminated.

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