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公开(公告)号:US12228519B2
公开(公告)日:2025-02-18
申请号:US18016627
申请日:2021-07-13
Applicant: SICPA HOLDING SA
Inventor: Aldric Molina , James Brewster
IPC: G01N21/65
Abstract: The invention relates to a method, and a corresponding system, capable of checking whether genuine SERS or SERRS taggants having a unique characteristic surface enhancement scattering feature are present or not on a machine-readable marking applied on a value document by using a Raman spectrometer adapted to perform a Raman Spectroscopy analysis of the marking. The method according to the invention allows a reliable and fast detection of a presence of the SERS/SERRS taggants, and is particularly suitable for checking authenticity of value documents, e.g. such as banknotes, moving with respect to the Raman spectrometer with a given speed, and possibly with a high speed, or briefly exposed to the Raman spectrometer.
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公开(公告)号:US12216059B2
公开(公告)日:2025-02-04
申请号:US17627525
申请日:2020-07-13
Applicant: SICPA HOLDING SA
Inventor: Marcelo Eduardo Piotti , Raymond H. Scheffler , Mark Kowalski
Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of methods of manufacturing of surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) tags. The manufacturing method according to the present invention is reproducible and versatile and enables the production in an expedient manner of high quantities of SERS tags characterized by a narrow size distribution and a high ratio of low-number aggregates. SERS tags manufactured by the inventive manufacturing method described herein provide increased ensemble SERS responses.
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公开(公告)号:US20240351361A1
公开(公告)日:2024-10-24
申请号:US18685142
申请日:2022-08-18
Applicant: SICPA HOLDING SA
Inventor: Hervé PITTET , Patrick VEYA , Thibaut MARTINI , Riccardo RUGGERONE
IPC: B42D25/387 , B42D25/29 , B42D25/373 , C09D11/101 , C09D11/322
CPC classification number: B42D25/387 , B42D25/29 , B42D25/373 , C09D11/101 , C09D11/322
Abstract: 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.
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公开(公告)号:US12115808B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-15
申请号:US17431395
申请日:2020-01-30
Applicant: SICPA HOLDING SA
Inventor: Patrick Veya , Angèle Monney
IPC: B42D25/378 , B42D25/373 , B42D25/405 , C09D11/037 , C09D11/101 , C09D11/107
CPC classification number: B42D25/378 , B42D25/373 , B42D25/405 , C09D11/037 , C09D11/101 , C09D11/107
Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of security inks suitable for printing security features on substrates, in particular on security documents or articles as well as security features made from said security inks, and security documents comprising a security feature made from said security inks. In particular, the invention provides UV-Vis radiation radically curable security inks 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 selected from fluoro compounds.
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公开(公告)号:US12054619B2
公开(公告)日:2024-08-06
申请号:US18036341
申请日:2021-11-09
Applicant: SICPA HOLDING SA
Inventor: Hervé Pittet , Marlyse Demartin Maeder , Patrick Veya , Nikolay Grigorenko , Andre Oswald
IPC: C09D11/037 , B41M1/04 , B41M1/10 , B41M1/12 , B41M3/14 , B41M7/00 , B42D25/378 , C09D11/101 , C09D11/102
CPC classification number: C09D11/037 , B41M1/04 , B41M1/10 , B41M1/12 , B41M3/144 , B41M7/009 , B42D25/378 , C09D11/101 , C09D11/102
Abstract: The present invention provides a UV-Vis radiation curable security ink for producing a security feature for securing value documents, wherein said security feature exhibits a blue color upon viewing in transmitted light and a metallic yellow color upon viewing in incident light. The UV-Vis radiation curable security ink comprises a cationically curable or a hybrid curable ink vehicle, and silver nanoplatelets bearing a surface stabilizing agent of general formula (I)
wherein
the residue RA is a C2-C4alkyl group substituted with a hydroxy group; the residue RB is selected from a C1-C4 alkyl group, and a C2-C4alkyl group substituted with a hydroxy group; and Cat+ is a cation selected from the group consisting of Na+, K+, Cs+ and Rb+.-
公开(公告)号:US20240209223A1
公开(公告)日:2024-06-27
申请号:US18553695
申请日:2022-03-29
Applicant: SICPA HOLDING SA
Inventor: Jean GARNIER , Patrick VEYA , Pierre-Yves HOFSTETTER
IPC: C09D11/101 , B41M3/14 , B41M7/00 , B42D25/36 , C09D11/102 , C09D11/38
CPC classification number: C09D11/101 , B41M3/14 , B41M7/0045 , B42D25/36 , C09D11/102 , C09D11/38
Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of varnishes for protecting security documents, such as banknotes, against premature detrimental influence of soil and/or moisture upon use and time. In particular, the present invention provides a cationic UV-LED radiation curable protective varnish comprising:
a) from about 65 wt-% to about 90 wt-% of either a cycloaliphatic epoxide, or a mixture of a cycloaliphatic epoxide and one or more cationically curable monomers other than the cycloaliphatic epoxide;
b) from about 1 wt-% to about 10 wt-% of a diaryl iodonium salt;
c) from about 0.01 wt-% to about 5 wt-% of a non-ionic surfactant; and
d) a photosensitizer of general formula (I)
wherein the weight percents are based on the total weight of the cationic UV-LED curable protective varnish, and a process for coating a security document with said cationic UV-LED radiation curable protective varnish.-
公开(公告)号:US11987066B2
公开(公告)日:2024-05-21
申请号:US17282959
申请日:2019-10-04
Applicant: SICPA HOLDING SA
Inventor: Andrea Callegari , Pierre Degott , Todor Dinoev , Philipp Egger
IPC: B42D25/00 , B42D25/21 , B42D25/324 , B42D25/29 , G07D7/12
CPC classification number: B42D25/324 , B42D25/21 , B42D25/29 , G07D7/12 , G07D2207/00
Abstract: An optical security element made of a refractive transparent or partially transparent optical material and comprising an optical assembly of a caustic layer having a light-redirecting surface with a relief pattern of given depth and a focal length fC and an adjacent lens element of focal length fL configured to redirect incident light received from a point-like light source through it and to form a projected image containing a caustic pattern directly on a retina of an observer. A marked object, as well as a method of visually authenticating an object, and use of optical security elements for authenticating or securing against counterfeiting are also disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US11854019B2
公开(公告)日:2023-12-26
申请号:US17259393
申请日:2019-06-03
Applicant: SICPA HOLDING SA
Inventor: Eric Decoux , Philippe Gillet , Philippe Thevoz , Elisabeth Wallace
IPC: G06Q30/018 , B42D25/405 , H04L9/32 , B42D25/21 , B42D25/48 , G06K19/06 , B42D25/24 , B42D25/28
CPC classification number: G06Q30/0185 , B42D25/21 , B42D25/405 , B42D25/48 , G06K19/06037 , H04L9/3247 , B42D25/24 , B42D25/28
Abstract: The invention relates to securing of an article against forgery and falsifying of its associated data, and particularly of data relating to its belonging to a specific batch of articles, while allowing offline or online checking of the authenticity of a secured article and conformity of its associated data with respect to that of a genuine article.
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公开(公告)号:US11629264B2
公开(公告)日:2023-04-18
申请号:US15737550
申请日:2016-06-15
Applicant: SICPA HOLDING SA
Inventor: Mia Milos-Schouwink
IPC: G07D7/00 , C09D11/50 , C09K11/77 , C09K9/00 , C09K11/02 , C09K11/68 , B41J2/01 , C09D11/037 , C09D11/322 , C09K5/14 , G01N21/63 , G01N21/66 , G01N21/71 , B42D25/378 , G07D7/15 , G07D7/121
Abstract: Disclosed is a composite particle for use in a marking that is suitable for identification/authentication purposes. The particle comprises at least one superparamagnetic portion and at least one thermoluminescent portion coated with an thermoisolating portion. Optionally also a thermoconductive portion between the superparamagnetic and thermoluminscent portions.
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公开(公告)号:US11618053B2
公开(公告)日:2023-04-04
申请号:US17422166
申请日:2019-12-27
Applicant: SICPA HOLDING SA
Inventor: Evgeny Loginov , Mathieu Schmid , Edgar Mueller , Claude-Alain Despland
Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of protecting value documents and value commercial goods against counterfeit and illegal reproduction. In particular, the present invention provides processes for producing optical effect layers (OELs) comprising non-spherical magnetic or magnetizable particles and comprising a motif made of at least two areas made of a single applied and cured layer, said motif being obtained by using a selective curing performed by irradiation with an actinic radiation LED source (x41) comprising an array of individually addressable actinic radiation emitters.
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