Authenticity mark, document carrying such mark, and process and device for reading and validating such mark
CA 2000405 A1 · Owner: Krop, Hugo K. · Inventors: Krop, Hugo K.
Overview
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Authenticity mark consisting of pattern of randomly divided granules attached to a delimited surface area of a substrate. The granules consist of retroreflective microspheres with a diameter smaller than 500 micron and that the number of microspheres is selected such that between 20% and 80% of the available surface of said delimited area is covered by said microspheres.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed October 10, 1989. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 10, 2009.
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