US Patent Issued to IDEMIA FRANCE on Feb. 25 for "Security document having a personalized image formed from a metal hologram and method for the production thereof" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,233,659, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to IDEMIA FRANCE (Courbevoie, France).

"Security document having a personalized image formed from a metal hologram and method for the production thereof" was invented by Christophe Duriez (Courbevoie, France) and Paul Azuelos (Courbevoie, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A secure document including a first layer having a metal holographic structure forming an arrangement of pixels each including a plurality of sub-pixels of distinct colors and a second layer positioned facing the first layer, the second layer being opaque to at least the visible wavelength spectrum. The first layer includes p...