EP1260381B1 - Document comprising an authenticity characteristic - Google Patents

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EP1260381B1
EP1260381B1 EP02076992A EP02076992A EP1260381B1 EP 1260381 B1 EP1260381 B1 EP 1260381B1 EP 02076992 A EP02076992 A EP 02076992A EP 02076992 A EP02076992 A EP 02076992A EP 1260381 B1 EP1260381 B1 EP 1260381B1
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Henricus Anthonius Maria De Heij
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De Nederlandsche Bank NV
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42D—BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
    • B42D25/00—Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features; Manufacture thereof
    • B42D25/20—Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features; Manufacture thereof characterised by a particular use or purpose
    • B42D25/29—Securities; Bank notes
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42D—BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
    • B42D25/00—Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features; Manufacture thereof
    • B42D25/30—Identification or security features, e.g. for preventing forgery
    • B42D25/346—Perforations
    • B42D2033/22—

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  • the invention relates to a document, preferably a security document such as a bank note, provided with an authenticity characteristic, the authenticity characteristic comprising a series of holes.
  • holes as security characteristic, made on a security document is amongst others known from patent application WO97/18092.
  • the holes described in said application are continuous holes, called micro perforations, which are made by a laser in order to together form a pattern, more particularly an image.
  • the invention provides a document, preferably a bank note, provided with an authenticity characteristic, the authenticity characteristic comprising a series of holes and a series of markings of the same order of size as the holes, the series of holes and the series of markings together forming one pattern.
  • the security characteristic is here called authenticity characteristic.
  • a pattern according to this description should be interpreted as an arrangement of markings and holes that can be recognised by the human eye as one unity. This does not have to be a regular pattern. A regular pattern, however, is easy to recognize as such and therefore is preferred. The pattern may also be an arrangement of holes and markings which together form an image and which in that connection is preferred. In the figures some examples have been shown.
  • the holes and markings together form a regular pattern, they can be made such with respect to each other so as to form a grid or array, the holes and markings being made at the same grid distance with respect to each other. It is also possible that the holes one to the other and the marking one to the other form sub grids or arrays, each having their own grid constant. Sub grids or arrays can also be arranged in an orderly manner or form an image.
  • the holes run through the document, so that they form continuous holes, that means holes through the document, or perforations.
  • the holes are also called micro perforations in the art.
  • Such micro perforations can just be visually distinguishable, possibly by means of a magnifying glass, particularly when light falls through.
  • Such holes in general fall within an area with holes, for instance an area of approximately 32 mm x 15 mm.
  • a series of marking is printed in the same order of size as the holes, the series of holes and the series of markings together forming one pattern.
  • a hole will have a diameter of approximately 50-200 micron.
  • the markings are of the same order of size as the holes.
  • they can be combined together in a pattern, in particular an image, so that visually, possibly with image enlarging means, it can immediately be established whether there is question of an authentic security document.
  • the markings are visible to the eye, and they are objects, such as round or unround surfaces, circles, crosses, line parts, stars or the like preferably made by printing. In practice said markings will have a diameter of approximately 50-200 micron.
  • the holes may have a round shape, but may for instance also be elliptic, elongate or square, or even star-shaped.
  • the markings may also have a round shape, but another shape is also possible.
  • the markings may even be star-shaped, or little crosses or the like.
  • the markings and the holes substantially have the same shape. This offers an additional security. Visually it can namely easily be established whether the shape of the markings and the holes is almost corresponding.
  • the holes and the markings together form a pattern, the markings forming a first part of the pattern and the holes a supplementary part of the pattern.
  • the markings forming a first part of the pattern and the holes a supplementary part of the pattern.
  • the holes and the markings are made on an almost similar grid or lattice.
  • the series of holes have been made in a first area on the security document according to a grid having a regular mutual distance, and first series of markings in a second area on the security document, also according to a grid having almost the same mutual distance as the holes, the first area and the second area at least partially overlapping each other.
  • the grid of the holes is displaced with respect to the grid of the markings. It is also possible that at least a part of the holes has been made in at least a part of the markings.
  • a series of markings has been made by means of a printing process, for instance an offset process or foil printing process, also called foil laminating or hot stamp print technique.
  • a printing process for instance an offset process or foil printing process, also called foil laminating or hot stamp print technique.
  • a combination of holes with several printing processes is also possible. See for instance figure 4.
  • a good embodiment is designed such that the markings can be placed as close to the holes as possible. In general this will be along the edge of an area of holes.
  • the holes and the markings together form a visually recognizable pattern, preferably an image.
  • the transmissivity of the markings is lower than the transmissivity of the document on which the markings have been made, in particular lower than a marking's adjacent surroundings.
  • Figure 1 shows an authenticity characteristic 1 according to the invention, in which on a first part 2 of a grid markings 3 have been made, and on a second part 4 of the grid micro perforations 5, the micro perforation and the markings together forming the points of the grid, having a mutual distance a in the one direction and b in the direction perpendicular to it.
  • the markings are preferably made in a dark colour, or in another way let light through to a limited degree.
  • Figure 3 shows an authenticity characteristic 1 according to the invention, markings 3 (closed circles) and holes 5 (open circles) together forming a pattern, which visually can immediately be recognized as a pattern.
  • the markings here form a first part 8 of the pattern and the micro perforations a second part of the pattern.
  • the markings more or less envelope the (sub) pattern of the holes.
  • the markings and micro perforations have been arranged in groups in rows 9-1, 9-2, ....
  • the distance between adjacent rows usually is b, but when markings and micro perforations are adjacent (lines 9-2 and 9-3 for instance) the distance is Z, which has been chosen such that it is larger than the placement accuracy of the micro perforations and the placement accuracy of the markings.
  • the authenticity of the authenticity characteristic can immediately be visually checked.
  • a first marking 10 in the shape of an ellipse made by means of offset printing in the same shape and dimension of the micro perforation has been made in close proximity of the micro perforation.
  • a second marking 11 has been made, for instance by means of foil printing.
  • This threesome can be made in the shape of a regular pattern, the group (in this case three) having been grouped one to the other and groups subsequently forming a pattern.
  • the groups can be grouped in a triangle, but also in any other configuration.
  • the groups may consist of at least one marking and at least one hole.
  • the markings may also be different one from the other.

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NL1018137 2001-05-23
NL1018137A NL1018137C2 (nl) 2001-05-23 2001-05-23 Document omvattende een authenticiteitkenmerk.

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NL2015686B1 (en) 2015-10-29 2017-05-31 Nl Bank Nv Optical security feature and carrier provided with such an optical security feature.

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