Structure arrangement, in particular for a security element
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Mar 26, 1997
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Abstract
A structural arrangement having optical diffraction qualities for use as a security element in a value bearing document, such structural arrangement having a plurality of surface regions having at least two subregions having identical relief structures which provide for an optical diffraction effect, the relief structures of adjacent subregions being displaced relative to each other by a fraction of the grating period.
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Patent Owner(s)
Patent Owner | Address | |
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LEONHARD KURZ GMBH & CO | SCHWABACHER STRASSE 482 DE-90763 FURTH |
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Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
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Wilhelm, Stork | Karlsruhe, DE | 1 | 3 |
# of filed Patents : 1 Total Citations : 3 |
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Jan 21, 1997 | AS | ASSIGNMENT | free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:STORK, WILHELM;REEL/FRAME:011049/0821 Owner name: LEONHARD KURZ GMBH & CO., GERMANY Effective Date: Jan 21, 1997 |
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