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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gerhard Stenzel, Germering, DE;
Wittich Kaule, Emmering, DE;
Assignee:
Giesecke & Devrient GmbH, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/08 ;
Abstract
A method of producing a security element, and/or a security document that includes a security element, includes the steps of (a) providing first gaps in a first layer of the security element and in a magnetic layer disposed below the first layer, the first gaps forming negative characters readable upon transmission of light through the document, and (b) providing second gaps in the magnetic layer, the second gaps forming a magnetic coding.