US Patent Issued on Nov. 25 for "Security feature and method for the detection thereof, and security or value document" (German, Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,231, issued on Nov. 25.

"Security feature and method for the detection thereof, and security or value document" was invented by Detlef Starick (Greifswald, Germany), Manfred Paeschke (Wandlitz, Germany), Florian Peters (Berlin), Roland Heise (Berlin), Guido Haussmann (Berlin), Andreas Deichsel (Berlin), Matthias Koch (Berlin), Monika Voh (Breitungen, Germany), Sven Rosler (Eisenach, Germany), Sylke Rosler (Eisenach, Germany) and Adrie Bos (Houten, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A security feature is presented for a security or value document. The security feature comprises a zinc sulfide luminophore in the form of particl...