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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2018
Giesecke+devrient Currency Technology Gmbh, München, DE;
Christian Fuhse, Otterfing, DE;
Michael Rahm, Bad Tölz, DE;
Manfred Heim, Bad Tölz, DE;
Patrick Renner, Reichersbeuern, DE;
Peter Schiffmann, Munich, DE;
Christoph Mengel, Holzkirchen, DE;
GIESECKE+DEVRIENT CURRENCY TECHNOLOGY GMBH, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A platelet-shaped pigment with a layer construction comprises the following layers in the order, optionally a carrier substrate; a transparent embossing lacquer layer with an embossed relief structure; a reflection-increasing coating which follows the relief structure and forms a reflecting microstructure, wherein the reflecting microstructure is present in the form of a mosaic of a multiplicity of reflecting mosaic elements and the reflecting mosaic elements do not reflect the incident light in the direction of the specular reflex, regarding the plane of the platelet, but in a spatial direction deviating therefrom and respectively have a lateral dimensiongreater than 2 μm.