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Security device having optically variable device portion and method of making the same

US9279927B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 15, 2013
Grant dateMar 8, 2016
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Expiry dateJan 12, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB42D25/364
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A security device includes a liquid crystal layer having one of a cholesteric phase, a nematic phase, and a cholesteric phase and having molecules therein aligned volumetrically in a predetermined manner to form a predetermined diffractive optical pattern or image. The molecules of the liquid crystal layer are volumetrically aligned in the predetermined manner through at least a portion of the thickness of the liquid crystal layer.

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