ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,196, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to CCL Secure Pty Ltd (Craigieburn, Australia).

"Printed security feature" was invented by Carlos Almenar (Craigieburn, Australia), Justin Lawson (Craigieburn, Australia) and Nadeen Corbett (Craigieburn, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printed security feature for a security document including a substrate, the security feature comprising: a first functional effect ink printed on a first surface of the substrate, and a second functional effect ink printed on the first and/or a second surface of the substrate, at least partially overlapping the first functional effect ink, wherein the fir...