US Patent Issued to Koenig & Bauer Banknote Solutions on June 2 for "Polymeric security articles" (British, Swiss, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,338, issued on June 2, was assigned to Koenig & Bauer Banknote Solutions SA (Lausanne, Switzerland).

"Polymeric security articles" was invented by Michael Blesovsky (Burford, Great Britain), Johannes Schaede (Wurzburg, Germany) and Robert Stewart (La Tour de Peilz, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is described the use of a transparent film comprising a non-fibrous substrate layer of regenerated cellulose in the manufacture of a security article exhibiting printed information, wherein said transparent film is the material on which printed information and optionally one or more other security feature(s) is disposed, and ...