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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2003
Richard A. Steenblik, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Mark J. Hurt, Duluth, GA (US);
Michael E. Knotts, Roswell, GA (US);
Richard A. Steenblik, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Mark J. Hurt, Duluth, GA (US);
Michael E. Knotts, Roswell, GA (US);
Nanoventions, Inc., Roswell, GA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides methods and compositions for authentication of articles and counterfeit deterrence using non-holographic micro-optics and microstructures having a surface relief greater than a few microns. Embodiments of the present invention disclose a range of distinctive optical effects obtained from micro-optic systems incorporating micro lenses, non-imaging collectors, prisms, wave guides, mirrors, gratings, structural interference filters, and photonic crystal microstructures.