Taggent flakes for covert security applications having a selected shape
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United States of America Patent
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Apr 7, 2015
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May 8, 2014
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Jan 9, 2014
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Sep 13, 2002
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Abstract
A plurality of flakes are provided that can be used in ink or paint wherein the flakes are of a size that requires magnification to see their shape, in the form of polygons, such as squares, triangle or rectangles. A breaking or grinding process is used to break a foil into these shaped flakes and frames or walls are provided within the foil sheet so as to delineate the shapes and these lines provided by frames or walls will facilitate breakage in a preferred manner such that the flakes break into selected shaped polygons. Remnants are typically present along flake edges due to the grinding and breakage process however with magnification, one can see the resultant regular polygonal shape. To clearly see the remnants one requires increased magnification and the remnant itself provides a type of signature. It can be seen as a taggent within a taggent.
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- 2014 Application Filing Year
- C09D Class
- 2516 Applications Filed
- 1980 Patents Issued To-Date
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