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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2024

Filed:

Jun. 25, 2020
Applicants:

Bank of Canada, Ottawa, CA;

The Governing Council of the University of Toronto, Ottawa, CA;

Inventors:

Charles Douglas Macpherson, Santa Barbara, CA (US);

Badr Omrane, Ottawa, CA;

Peter Herman, Toronto, CA;

Stephen Ho, Richmond Hill, CA;

Sean Magnus Malmberg, Ottawa, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B42D 25/41 (2014.01); B42D 25/328 (2014.01); B23K 26/354 (2014.01); B23K 26/359 (2014.01); B42D 25/435 (2014.01); B42D 25/29 (2014.01); B41M 3/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B42D 25/435 (2014.10); B23K 26/354 (2015.10); B23K 26/359 (2015.10); B41M 3/144 (2013.01); B42D 25/29 (2014.10); B42D 25/328 (2014.10); B42D 25/41 (2014.10);
Abstract

Disclosed are optical devices suitable as security devices for document authentication, which comprise at least one two-dimensional array of elongate laser-modified tracks extending within a document substrate that have a distinct optical refractive index compared to the unmodified substrate, which can exhibit excellent diffractive effects. Also disclosed are the use of such devices for document authentication and methods for their production.


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