Patent · US Expired

Document of value

US6155605A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 16, 1998
Grant dateDec 5, 2000
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Expiry dateOct 16, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB42D2035/34
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A document of value such as a banknote comprises a substrate having a security feature in or on one region of the substrate. The security feature has at least one machine authenticatable high security entity (HSE) and at least one further machine authenticatable entity comprising a low security entity (LSE) or a high security entity, the at least two entites providing different detectable characteristics. The or each HSE is an homogeneous mixture of at least two components exhibiting different detectable characteristics, and the LSE is a single component exhibiting a detectable characteristic different from those exhibited by the HSE.

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