Jds Uniphase Corporation

Flex Products, Inc.

Optical Coating Laboratory, Inc.

Viavi Solutions Inc.

Patrick K Higgins

Roger Winston Phillips

Charles Thomas Markantes

Richard L Bonkowski

Shari Powell Fisher

Robert G Slusser

Anton F Bleikolm

Paul G Coombs

Peter H Berning

James K Snyder

Roger W Philips

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A security article includes a light transmissive substrate having a first surface and an opposing second surface, with the first surface having an embossed region with an optical diffraction pattern or a holographic image pattern. A color shifting optical coating is formed on the substrate such as on the opposing second surface, with the optical coating providing an observable color shift as the angle of incident light or viewing angle changes. The security article can be used in a variety of applications and products to provide for enhanced security measures such as anticounterfeiting.

Methods for forming security articles having diffractive surfaces and color shifting backgrounds

A security article includes a light transmissive substrate having a first surface and an opposing second surface, with the first surface having an optical interference pattern such as a holographic image pattern or an optical diffraction pattern thereon. A color shifting optical coating is formed on the substrate such as on the interference pattern or on the opposing second surface of the substrate, with the optical coating providing an observable color shift as the angle of incident light or viewing angle changes. Various processes can be utilized to form the security article, such as vacuum coating processes, lamination, laser scribing, and laser imaging. The security article can be affixed to a variety of objects through various attachment mechanisms, such as pressure sensitive adhesives or hot stamping processes, to provide for enhanced security measures such as anticounterfeiting.

Optically variable security devices

Security articles having diffractive surfaces and color shifting backgrounds

Diffractive surfaces with color shifting backgrounds

An optically variable article comprising of a substrate and at least one non-overlapping pair of optically variable structures on the surface of the substrate, the optically variable structures having the same color at one angle of incidence and different colors at all other angles of incidence. The optically variable structures are formed from optically variable pigments, optically variable opaque foils, or optically variable multilayer thin film interference stacks.

Paired optically variable article with paired optical structures and

Paired optically variable article with paired optically variable

A polymeric sheet comprising a layer of polymeric material having a first and second parallel surfaces. A plurality of oriented multilayer interference thin film flakes are disposed in the layer of polymeric material. The flakes have first and second parallel surfaces and a width and a thickness and have an aspect ratio of at least 2:1 for the width with respect to the thickness.

Polymeric sheet having oriented multilayer interference thin film flakes

Solar insulating window film comprising a sheet of substantially transparent flexible polymer thin film plastic material having first and second surfaces. First, second and third layers are adherent to the first surface of the film. The second layer is formed of copper. The first layer is formed of a material which possesses substantially the same nobility as copper or is inert to copper. The first layer counting from the first surface is formed of a material selected from nickel and palladium and oxides and sulfides thereof. The third layer counting from the first surface is formed of a material selected from nickel, palladium and chromium and oxides and sulfides thereof.

Enhanced durability solar insulating window film and assembly using the

An energy control sheet, including a highly transparent substructure having first and second surfaces, a substantially transparent, thin film metal layer formed on one surface of the substructure, and a highly transparent thin film dielectric layer formed over said metal layer. The dielectric layer comprises a mixed metal oxide layer having metal constituents of at least one lanthanide series metal (e.g. cerium oxide) and at least one transition or semiconductor metal (e.g. tin oxide). The dielectric layer is characterized by substantial water vapor impermeability so that the weatherability of the energy control sheet is substantially improved. The metal layer is either a silver layer or a silver-palladium alloy.

Energy control window film systems and methods for manufacturing the same

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