Patent · US Expired

Security device

US6903850B2 · kind B2 · utility

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24Claims
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Filing dateJun 27, 2001
Grant dateJun 7, 2005
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Expiry dateJun 27, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03H2250/42
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A security device has a substrate formed with a surface relief defining an optically variable effect generating structure. At least two different reflection enhancing materials are provided on, or on the same side of, substrate with respect to the surface relief, whereby the optically variable effect can be viewed against a background defined by the reflection enhancing materials.

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