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Security paper for currency and banknotes

CA 1279880 C · Owner: Crane & Company Inc. · Inventors: Crane, Timothy T.

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Abstract From the Canadian patent

Security devices in the form of metallized plastic films are incorporated within a security paper such a banknotes and other valuable documents during the papermaking process for viewing solely by means of transmitted light. The devices comprise printing of extreme fine line clarity and high opacity such that legibility is possible by means of transmitted light while remaining completely indiscernible under reflected light.

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  • Granted February 5, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended February 5, 2008.
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FiledFebruary 24, 1987
GrantedFebruary 5, 1991
Term endedFebruary 5, 2008
Patent numberCA 1279880 C
Classification (IPC)B42D15/00 +1 more

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1988199119941997200020032006Application filedFeb 24, 1987Patent grantedFeb 5, 1991Term endedFeb 5, 2008

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