Security articles comprising groups of microstructures made by end milling

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11806795
APP PUB NO 20230201932A1
SERIAL NO

16485085

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The present disclosure relates to end milling methods for making microstructures, a tool comprising such microstructures, the microstructures, and replications thereof, where the microstructures are part of a structured surface configured as a security article. Some of the microstructures are configured differently from others to define an optically detectable indicia in the structured surface. Microstructures in a first group may for example differ from microstructures in a second group in terms of one or more of size, orientation, cube corner type, and dihedral angle value(s), to define the indicia or a portion thereof. The microstructures may comprise full or truncated cube corner elements, and the article may be a retroreflective sheeting.

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3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYPO BOX 33427 ST PAUL MN 55133-3427

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Grinde, Christopher S Baldwin, US 3 0
Sewall, Nelson D Forest Lake, US 19 565

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