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Optically variable security device

US7054042B2 · kind B2 · utility

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49Claims
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Filing dateJun 27, 2001
Grant dateMay 30, 2006
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Expiry dateNov 13, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03H2250/36
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An optically variable security device comprising a thin film reflection filter structure (23) which exhibits a first optically variable effect; and a relief structure (20) on or in the thin film reflection filter structure which exhibits a second optically variable effect.

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