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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2022
Giesecke+devrient Currency Technology Gmbh, Munich, DE;
Anika Stritt, Munich, DE;
Verena Engelhardt, Munich, DE;
GIESECKE+DEVRIENT CURRENCY TECHNOLOGY GMBH, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A security feature for safeguarding a document of value, includes an organometallic luminescent substance which, on excitation with radiation in the UV-A range, has emission of radiation in the visible wavelength range, especially with green and/or red light, wherein the luminescent substance is based on a polynuclear, heteroleptic lanthanoid complex of the formula (I) [Mx(NN ligand)a(OO ligand)b] (I) where x, a and b are natural numbers, where x≥2, a≥2 and b≥6; M is a lanthanoid selected from the group consisting of Eu and Th; the OO ligand is a ligand that coordinates via oxygen atoms and the NN ligand is a nitrogen ligand having a phenanthroline base skeleton.