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Optically variable devices, their production and use

US9738105B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 21, 2011
Grant dateAug 22, 2017
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Expiry dateSep 13, 2033

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B5/287
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

Security documents often incorporate optically variable devices to prevent or hinder counterfeiters. Disclosed herein are layered optically variable devices such as color-shift foils, and methods for their production and use. Such devices afford new techniques for a user of a security document to check quickly and easily whether the security document is a legitimate document or a counterfeit copy.

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