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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2007
Applicant:
Robert Whiteman, Berkshire, GB;
Inventor:
Robert Whiteman, Berkshire, GB;
Assignee:
De La Rue International Limited, Hampshire, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 1/00 (2006.01); B41M 3/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optically variable security device comprises a photonic crystal which, upon receipt of incident light, generates a first optical effect, and which, when the device is subjected-to-an external stimulus, generates a second optical effect that is different from the first optical effect. At least one of the first and second optical effects is an optically variable effect observable over a set of directions. The optically variable effect is caused by the light being selectively reflected or transmitted by the crystal.