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EP 3446884 B1 20201028 - CRYPTOGRAPHIC MORPHOLOGICAL SECURITY FEATURE

Title (en)

CRYPTOGRAPHIC MORPHOLOGICAL SECURITY FEATURE

Title (de)

KRYPTISCHES MORPHOLOGISCHES SICHERHEITSMERKMAL

Title (fr)

MARQUE DE SÉCURITÉ MORPHOLOGIQUE CRYPTIQUE

Publication

EP 3446884 B1 20201028 (DE)

Application

EP 17001429 A 20170824

Priority

EP 17001429 A 20170824

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2019037886A1] The invention relates to a safety feature in particular for packagings, characterised in that a colour separation of a defined coloured region of a motif is formed by two different rasters, the proportions of which are defined by a cryptic key.

IPC 8 full level

B42D 25/30 (2014.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B42D 25/30 (2014.10)

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)

EP 3446884 A1 20190227; EP 3446884 B1 20201028; WO 2019037886 A1 20190228

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 17001429 A 20170824; EP 2018000343 W 20180705