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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2006
Stefan Kluge, München, DE;
Stefan Kluge, München, DE;
Giesecke & Devrient GmbH, München, DE;
Abstract
A card-shaped data carrier includes a card body provided with a graphical element displayed thereon. The card body is provided with a plastic material for converting irradiated light into secondary light and for retransmitting the secondary light within the plastic material to the graphical element or to a portion of the graphical element. The card-shaped data carrier has a shaped body which is made of the plastic material for displaying the graphical element and is at least partially arranged in at least one cavity of the card body and/or includes a laterally extended area inside which the shaped body exhibits optical properties different from the properties outside the area.