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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2016
Sicpa Holding SA, Prilly, CH;
Jean-Luc Dorier, Bussigny, CH;
Benito Carnero, Preverenges, CH;
SICPA HOLDING SA, Prilly, CH;
Abstract
A security element comprising a first and a second pattern formed in or on a substrate is described, the first pattern () being formed by discrete elements (--) of a first material that are distributed over a first region () of the substrate (), the second pattern () being formed by discrete elements (--) of a second material that are distributed over a second region () of the substrate (), said second material being different from said first material, said first and second regions of the substrate overlapping, wherein the discrete elements of at least one of the first and second patterns are distributed randomly, a part of the discrete elements of the first pattern () overlap with a part of the discrete elements of said second pattern (), and the security element is defined by the first pattern (), the second pattern () and a third pattern () associated with the overlap of some or all of the discrete elements of said first and second patterns.