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Secure article, notably a security and/or valuable document

US8121386B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 15, 2006
Grant dateFeb 21, 2012
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Expiry dateOct 5, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/2481
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A secure article, notably a security and/or valuable document, comprising at least one substrate, at least one visible authenticating structure, at least one inspection zone defined at least partly by the authenticating structure, the authenticating structure delimiting at least partly the outline of the inspection zone and/or serving to locate the inspection zone, in the inspection zone at least one identifying element different from the authenticating structure, the inspection zone enabling an identification information to be supplied with at least one feature, notably spatial or physical, of the identifying element.

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