Global Patent Index - EP 2560822 B1

EP 2560822 B1 20190612 - SECURITY ELEMENT HAVING A TRANSPARENT IMAGE REGION

Title (en)

SECURITY ELEMENT HAVING A TRANSPARENT IMAGE REGION

Title (de)

SICHERHEITSELEMENT MIT DURCHSICHTSBILDBEREICH

Title (fr)

ÉLÉMENT DE SÉCURITÉ AVEC ZONE D'IMAGE EN TRANSPARENCE

Publication

EP 2560822 B1 20190612 (DE)

Application

EP 11713194 A 20110407

Priority

  • DE 102010015778 A 20100421
  • EP 2011001728 W 20110407

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2011131295A1] The invention relates to a security element (12) for security papers, value documents and other data carriers, having an image region which reveals a predetermined multi-tonal motif (14) when a person looks through it. According to the invention, the security element (12) comprises a thin polymer substrate (20) having a thickness of 300 µm or less, in the image region the polymer substrate (20) contains a multi-step relief (22) having depressions in the shape of the predetermined multi-tonal motif (14), and the depressions of the relief (22) are filled with a filler material (24) having thickness-dependent optical properties.

IPC 8 full level

B42D 25/333 (2014.01); B42D 25/324 (2014.01); B42D 25/382 (2014.01); B42D 25/387 (2014.01); B42D 25/425 (2014.01); B42D 25/435 (2014.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

B42D 25/324 (2014.10 - EP US); B42D 25/333 (2014.10 - EP); B42D 25/382 (2014.10 - EP); B42D 25/387 (2014.10 - EP US); B42D 25/41 (2014.10 - US); B42D 25/425 (2014.10 - EP US); B42D 25/435 (2014.10 - EP); B42D 2033/20 (2022.01 - EP); B42D 2033/30 (2022.01 - EP); B42D 2035/06 (2022.01 - EP)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

DE 102010015778 A1 20111027; AU 2011244745 A1 20121108; AU 2011244745 B2 20160512; AU 2016204508 A1 20160721; EP 2560822 A1 20130227; EP 2560822 B1 20190612; MX 2012011782 A 20121122; MX 341774 B 20160902; WO 2011131295 A1 20111027

DOCDB simple family (application)

DE 102010015778 A 20100421; AU 2011244745 A 20110407; AU 2016204508 A 20160629; EP 11713194 A 20110407; EP 2011001728 W 20110407; MX 2012011782 A 20110407