Resumen de: US2024351361A1
The present invention relates to the field of methods for producing eye-catching overt security features exhibiting one or more indicia as anti-counterfeit means on security documents or security articles as well as decorative purposes. In particular, the present invention provides methods for producing security features that can be easily, directly and unambiguously authenticated by the human without any external device or tool, wherein said security features comprised a cured UV-Vis radiation cationically or hybrid curable coating composition and cured one or more indicia, said composition comprising an ink vehicle and pigments comprising a flake-shaped non-metallic or metallic substrate comprising one or more at least partial coating layers, an at least partial surface treatment layer made of one or more surface modifiers based on perfluoropolyethers.
Resumen de: DE102023110082A1
Die Erfindung betrifft ein maschinell erkennbares, biologisch abbaubares, polymeres Wertdokumentsubstrat, umfassend ein zumindest im Wesentlichen auf nachwachsenden Rohstoffen basierendes, polymeres Verbundsubstrat und zumindest einen im Verbundsubstrat eingebetteten, maschinell erkennbaren Merkmalsstoff, wobei der maschinell erkennbaren Merkmalsstoff bei Anregung mit Licht einer geeigneten Wellenlänge, insbesondere bei Anregung mit Licht im UV-Wellenlängenbereich oder IR-Wellenlängenbereich, eine charakteristische Lumineszenzemission aufweist.
Resumen de: WO2024218531A1
The invention describes an arrangement of magnetic fields for aligning magnetically orientable pigments in a printing ink. The arrangement creates two different mutual orthogonal reflection patterns in an optical effect layer (OEL) resulting from the magnetic orientation with at least two superimposed magnetic fields. This easily detectable effect allows the use of such an OEL as a security feature for valuable documents such as banknotes and identity documents or security labels as well as for decorative articles. The present invention provides security documents and decorative articles containing such OELs, as well as methods for producing these OELs.
Resumen de: WO2024217631A1
The invention relates to a machine-recognizable biodegradable, polymeric value-document substrate, comprising a polymeric composite substrate based at least substantially on renewable resources, and at least one machine-recognizable characteristic substance embedded in the composite substrate, wherein the machine-recognizable characteristic substance has a characteristic luminescence emission upon excitation with light having a suitable wavelength, in particular upon excitation with light in the UV-wavelength range or IR-wavelength range.
Resumen de: WO2024213568A1
The present invention relates to the field of security inks suitable for printing machine readable security features on substrate, security documents or articles as well as machine readable security feature made from said security inks, and security documents comprising a machine readable security feature made from said security inks. In particular, the invention provides security inks comprising one or more IR absorbing materials wherein said security ink allows the production of a machine readable security feature
Resumen de: WO2024211972A1
A security feature for a security document, the security feature comprising one or more photoluminescent ink layers, each including a composition capable of emitting visible light when irradiated with a specified electromagnetic wavelength range, wherein the one or more photoluminescent ink layers are at least partially printed in a window region of the security document.
Resumen de: US2024343057A1
A document, product, or package, such as a banknote, passport or the like comprises structures having dichroic effects that change color with viewing angle in both transmission and reflection. Such structures can be useful as security features that counter the ability to effectively use counterfeit documents, products, packages, etc.
Resumen de: US2024346958A1
“Non-fungible anti-counterfeit photo-chromic nano-micro three-dimensional tags/labels are designed in such a manner that duplication and counterfeiting of the labels are prevented. The label comprises of a frame quick response (QR) code part (103), which surrounds a three-dimensional sticker part, which consists of a foundation paper (113) made of cellulose, a non-fungible three-dimensional (3D) structure and a fade-resistant transparent plastic sheet (201). The structure consists of multi-colored micro particles (107), silica-infused 3D macro particles (109) and the photo-chromic nano particles (111). The sheet is laminated on the paper after application of dense coating of particles. The code part contains all information about the sticker part and is scannable by a specific application module, which allows to scan the code part to recognize the data in the code part, to direct the data to a customer's database server, which instantly maps the code data with the scanned image that is stored in its database to verify label authenticity. If the data matches with each other, the backend server sends a message to the application module that the product is genuine. In case of any variation between the scanned and stored data, the system sends a counterfeit alert to the application user, instantly requests to take the GPS coordinates of the location and sends report to manufacturer's designated contact.
Resumen de: PL444399A1
Przedmiotem zgłoszenia jest sposób drukowania cyfrowego dokumentów zabezpieczonych oraz wydrukowany cyfrowo dokument zabezpieczony. Sposób drukowania cyfrowego dokumentów zabezpieczonych wielobarwnych, w którym na podłożu drukowym za pomocą maszyny drukującej drukuje się obrazy rastra poszczególnych kanałów barwnych wraz z oznaczeniem zabezpieczającym, znamienny tym, że: ustala się lokalizację oznaczenia zabezpieczającego (12) w pierwszym kanale barwnym, przy czym barwa pierwszego kanału barwnego w przestrzeni CIELab ma jasność (L) o wartości większej od 80, co najmniej jeden ze współczynników a lub b o wartości w zakresie od -128 do -80 albo od 80 do 127, oraz wskaźnik fluorescencji (dFL) o wartości nie większej niż 1; generuje się identyfikator lokalizacji (13) w postaci kodu matrycowego zawierającego zakodowane informacje o ustalonej lokalizacji oznaczenia zabezpieczającego (12); ustala się położenie identyfikatora lokalizacji w drugim kanale barwnym, innym niż pierwszy kanał barwny; oraz generuje się obrazy rastra dla dokumentu zabezpieczonego poprzez dodanie do podstawowych obrazów rastra, dla podstawowego obrazu wielotonalnego, stanowiącego główną treść dokumentu, oznaczenia zabezpieczającego (12) w pierwszym kanale barwnym oraz identyfikatora lokalizacji (13) w drugim kanale barwnym.
Resumen de: WO2024208695A1
The invention relates to the field of the protection of security documents such as for example banknotes and identity documents against counterfeit and illegal reproduction. In particular, the present invention provides apparatuses and processes for producing optical effect layers (OELs) comprising magnetically oriented, said optical effect layers (OELs) exhibiting not only a dynamic movement but also an eye- catching relief and/or 3D effect upon tilting and may be as anti-counterfeit means on security documents or security articles or for decorative purposes.
Resumen de: AU2023227331A1
The present invention relates to the field of methods for producing eye-catching overt security features exhibiting colorshifting properties as anti-counterfeit means on security documents or security articles as well as decorative purposes. In particular, the overt security feature exhibits comprises a) a substrate (x10), a color constant layer (x20) comprising magnetically oriented platelet-shaped magnetic or magnetizable pigment particles and an optically variable layer (x30) comprising a cholesteric liquid crystal polymer (CLCP) reflecting light in the visible spectrum range, wherein the platelet-shaped magnetic or magnetizable pigment particles of the color constant layer (x20) have substantially a same elevation angle α.
Resumen de: WO2024210034A1
Provided is an identification medium including a plurality of display elements, wherein the display element includes a light absorption layer, a light reflection layer that reflects incident light as circularly polarized light or linearly polarized light, and a protection layer in this order when viewed from the lamination direction, the maximum diameter of the display element when viewed from the lamination direction is 0.5-20 mm, and the protection layer has an in-plane retardation Re of 30 nm or less and a total light transmittance of 65% or more.
Resumen de: US2024326507A1
A security document includes a substrate having a transparent window formed in the substrate. A micro-optical structure including microlenses is arranged on one side of the substrate. A first print image is arranged on the other side of the substrate, opposite the micro-optical structure, and includes image elements having a dot size or line thickness smaller than a lens width of the microlenses. A layer is arranged on part of the first print image on the side facing away from the micro-optical structure. A second print image is arranged on the layer, facing away from the micro-optical structure, and so that the second print image can be brought into alignment with the micro-optical structure after folding the substrate at a bending line so that the second print image, or at least a piece of information contained therein, becomes visible and/or recognizable when viewed from a direction of the micro-optical structure.
Resumen de: WO2024205684A1
A secure document (100) includes a substrate (105) having a predetermined width and a predetermined length; a first covert feature (507) formed in the substrate; and a second covert feature (509) formed in the substrate, wherein the first covert feature is disposed at a first location on the substrate, the first location corresponding to a first registration region of an authenticating overlay (600), and wherein the second covert feature is disposed at a first location on the substrate, the first location corresponding to a second registration region of the authenticating overlay.
Resumen de: US2024331479A1
The invention provides an authenticatable ballot and method wherein a printable substrate is provided with at least one of overt authenticating indicia and covert authenticating indicia. The overt and covert authenticating indicia provide a means for voters and ballot counting entities to authenticate ballots by verifying the presence of sanctioned overt and covert authenticating indicia. The overt authenticating indicia is observable by the human eye without the use of any specialized tool or light source. The covert authenticating indicia are not readily apparent to the human eye and require the indicia to be resolved using a specialized tool, such as an ultraviolet or infrared light source.
Resumen de: WO2024203549A1
A laminated sheet for transfer includes, in the following order, a release base material layer, an adhesive layer, and a dividing layer directly contacting the adhesive layer. The dividing layer includes a plurality of small-piece layers that include a cholesteric liquid crystal cured layer and are divided by cracks.
Resumen de: US2024330932A1
Disclosed are methods and systems for validating instruments. For instance, a request to generate a cashier's check may be received from an application executing on a drawer's computing device. Request information may be stored within a data storage entry for the check, and a code to be printed on the check may be generated to include at least a portion of the request information. Instructions may be provided to a printing system to cause the check to be printed with the code, where the printed check is invalid. Instructions may be provided to the application and/or printing system to cause display of a prompt to facilitate a reading of the code to validate the check. When information within the code is read by and received from the printing system, the check may be validated, which triggers a transfer of funds from the drawer's account. Otherwise, the check may remain invalid.
Resumen de: WO2024202927A1
This card (20) comprises: an invisible code part (60) in which biological code (61) obtained by encoding biological information about a user through a predetermined encoding process is recorded in an invisible state; a memory (35) for storing encrypted information (90) encrypted using the biological information; and a display part (42) for displaying reference information (64) to be referred to by the user when using the card.
Resumen de: WO2024205750A1
An article for association with a target generating infrared radiation includes: a body defining: (i) a first portion having a first opacity to the infrared radiation, and (ii) a second portion having a second opacity to the infrared radiation smaller than the first opacity; wherein the first and second portions define a mask for infrared radiation generated by the target, the mask corresponding to a predefined identifier of the article.
Resumen de: WO2023093943A1
The invention relates to a security feature for securing a document of value, said security feature comprising an organometallic luminescent substance which, when excited with radiation in the UV-A range, emits radiation in the visible wavelength range, in particular with green and/or red light, wherein the luminescent substance is based on a multinuclear, preferably binuclear, heteroleptic lanthanoid complex according to formula (I) Mx(NN ligand)a(OO ligand)b, (I) where x, a and b are natural numbers, where x ≥ 2, a ≥ 2 and b ≥ 6; M is a lanthanoid selected from the group consisting of Eu and Tb; the OO ligand is a ligand coordinating via oxygen atoms; and the NN ligand is a nitrogen ligand having a phenanthroline backbone.
Resumen de: EP4438317A2
According to examples, a substrate with a fluid carrier deposited thereon may be moved relative to an external magnetic induction a radiation footprint to provide curing radiation. The ink may comprise magnetically-orientable flakes. The radiation footprint may have a leading edge with non-zero extent in the direction of substrate motion. The fluid carrier may be cured with the curing radiation as the fluid carrier is moving in the radiation footprint. For at least part of the leading edge, the external magnetic induction may have an orthogonal projection onto a plane, the plane normal to the substrate and containing a substrate velocity vector, the orthogonal projection may vary in direction by at least 0.01 radians and having a strength of at least 0.001 tesla.
Resumen de: AU2022393238A1
The present disclosure relates to a method of manufacturing a security sheet (45) comprising a plastic substrate (20). The plastic substrate comprises opposing first and second outer surfaces (21, 22), a first concealing region (25) extending between the first and second outer surfaces and a laser markable region (29) at least partially located between the first concealing region and the second outer surface. Laser radiation (36) is directed from the first outer surface, through the first concealing region and onto the laser markable region to form at least one data element (40) in the laser markable region such that the at least one data element is hidden from view by the first concealing region when the first outer surface is viewed by the naked eye in reflected light.
Resumen de: US2024316973A1
Security features that may hold multiple levels or classes of security features in one element. The security features may include a Level 1 feature in combination with a Level 4 feature. The Level 1 feature may be identified using human sense. The Level feature may comprise digital security. Unique codes may be provided for security verification of articles.
Resumen de: US2024319654A1
An optical article printed on a substrate may include an organic binder; and a plurality of reflective magnetic platelets provided in the organic binder, wherein the plurality of reflective magnetic platelets are substantially aligned in accordance with at least part of a surface of revolution, and wherein the plurality of reflective magnetic platelets are aligned to cause a first reflective effect of the optical article when the substrate is rotated around a first axis and to cause a second reflective effect of the optical article when the substrate is rotated around a second axis, wherein the first reflective effect is different from the second reflective effect.
Nº publicación: EP4433547A1 25/09/2024
Solicitante:
SICPA HOLDING SA [CH]
Sicpa Holding SA
Resumen de: AU2022389300A1
The present invention relates to the field of methods for producing eye-catching overt security features exhibiting one or more indicia as anti-counterfeit means on value documents or articles as well as decorative purposes. In particular, the present invention provides methods for producing security features that can be easily, directly and unambiguously authenticated by the human without any external device or tool, wherein said security features comprised a cured ink and one or more cured indicia, said ink comprising cured cationically curable compounds or cured hybrid curable compounds and silver nanoplatelets.