NEAR INFRARED INK SECURITY FEATURE

Systems and methods of providing a covert security marking for items such as documents, packaging, credit cards, and other valuable goods to combat the steady increase in forgery, counterfeiting, and other fraudulent activities is presented. A spectrally narrow, near infrared ink system serves as th...

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Hauptverfasser: DRISCOLL, TIM, LAWANDY, NABIL, M, ZEPP, CHARLES, GOLTSOS, WILLIAM, CONROY, JEFF
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:Systems and methods of providing a covert security marking for items such as documents, packaging, credit cards, and other valuable goods to combat the steady increase in forgery, counterfeiting, and other fraudulent activities is presented. A spectrally narrow, near infrared ink system serves as the basis of a covert security feature for items of value. Alternatively, or in combination, metal oxides having a substantially narrow absorption band and a maximum absorption wavelength of electromagnetic radiation in the near infrared range are also utilized.