US Patent Issued to HID Global CID on July 22 for "Personalizable security document and method of manufacturing the same" (American, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,196, issued on July 22, was assigned to HID Global CID SAS (Suresnes, France).

"Personalizable security document and method of manufacturing the same" was invented by Nipun Sharma (Colombes, France) and John Aldridge Keagy (Round Rock, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A personalizable security document (10) includes a security feature (3b) including a combination of a plurality of different features. In particular, the security feature (3b) may include a laser-engraved image in a first layer (16), and one or more fluorescent inks (7a, 7b) in further layers (27a, 27b), which are disposed below the first layer. Optionally, a waterm...