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(11) EP 0 721 850 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
05.02.1997 Bulletin 1997/06

(43) Date of publication A2:
17.07.1996 Bulletin 1996/29

(21) Application number: 96300145.8

(22) Date of filing: 09.01.1996
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6: B42D 15/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK FR GB IT LI

(30) Priority: 12.01.1995 GB 9500547
15.03.1995 GB 9505211

(71) Applicant: THOMAS DE LA RUE LIMITED
London WC2N 4DE (GB)

(72) Inventors:
  • Runcie, James
    Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 3HF (GB)
  • Thomas, David William
    Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG26 6EL (GB)
  • Eldred, James Raymond
    Marlow, Buckinghamshire, SL17 3LX (GB)

(74) Representative: Skone James, Robert Edmund 
GILL JENNINGS & EVERY Broadgate House 7 Eldon Street
London EC2M 7LH
London EC2M 7LH (GB)

   


(54) Security document


(57) A security document comprising a laminate or construction (1) of at least two layers between which is provided information (3) readable under non-visible irradiation.
At least the portions of the layers on either side of the information (3) are partially opaque to visible radiation. The security document may comprise an entrance ticket, transaction card, identity card, bank cheque or the like. The document is tamper evident.






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