Security device having optically variable device portion and method of making the same

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9279927
APP PUB NO 20140232974A1
SERIAL NO

13767985

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A security device includes a liquid crystal layer having one of a cholesteric phase, a nematic phase, and a cholesteric phase and having molecules therein aligned volumetrically in a predetermined manner to form a predetermined diffractive optical pattern or image. The molecules of the liquid crystal layer are volumetrically aligned in the predetermined manner through at least a portion of the thickness of the liquid crystal layer.

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OPSEC SECURITY GROUP INC1600 STOUT STREET SUITE 800 DENVER CO 80202

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Tomkins, Donald William Lancaster, US 4 51

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