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Apparatus for maintaining the security of a substrate

US6761378B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 28, 2002
Grant dateJul 13, 2004
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Expiry dateOct 28, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/24909
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus for maintaining security of a substrate having an optically verifiable mark including a partially demetallized metallic layer which forms a control graphic, a layer of optically active pigments adjacent the metallic layer, and an adhesive layer adjacent the layer of optically active pigments.

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