MUMBAI, India, Sept. 26 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517084612 A) filed by Oberthur Fiduciaire Sas, Paris, on Sept. 5, for 'security element for a security document and security document provided therewith.'
Inventor(s) include Scholkopf, Marie.
The application for the patent was published on Sept. 26, under issue no. 39/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The invention relates to a security element (1) which comprises a grid (R) of at least two raised lines (2, 2') in directions of axes X and Y, with one raised pattern oriented in a direction of axis Z, at least one of these lines (2, 2') being delimited by two consecutive grooves (S) or ridges (C), from which two opposite flanks originate, characterised in that: - at least one flank has, in the plane (Y, Z), an average slope varying between two values SlopeMin and SlopeMax, such that SlopeMin SlopeMax, at least a first portion (P1) of the line (2, 2') being such that the transition from SlopeMin to SlopeMax takes place over a distance that is visible to the naked eye; and - there is a second portion (P2), contained in the first portion, in which there is a position Yp, wherein the cross-section in the plane (X, Z) of at least one of the flanks describes a non-constant continuous function, comprised between two extreme values."
The patent application was internationally filed on Feb. 19, 2024, under International application No.PCT/EP2024/054117.
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