B41M 3/148
Transitory images, i.e. images only visible from certain viewing angles
Official title: {Transitory images, i.e. images only visible from certain viewing angles}
B41M3/148 (Transitory images, i.e. images only visible from certain viewing angles) appears on 215 US grants and 240 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41M- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 240
- Assignees
- 133
- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Substrate and system for printing security symbols on substrate using microprinting techniques19 May 2026US 12,629,955 B2The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security
- Security devices and methods of manufacture thereof10 Mar 2026US 12,570,103 B2De La Rue International Limited
- Security ink based security feature24 Feb 2026US 12,558,915 B2Viavi Solutions Inc.
- Asymmetric pigment17 Feb 2026US 12,552,940 B2Viavi Solutions Inc.
- Substrate with Varying Saturations of Offset Printing Utilizing Image Movement8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307420 A1The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security
- Asymmetric pigment4 Jun 2026US 2026/0152639 A1Viavi Solutions Inc.
- Orienting magnetic flakes within a binder layer16 Apr 2026US 2026/0103017 A1Viavi Solutions Inc.
- Security element with colorshift13 Nov 2025US 2025/0346058 A1Thales Dis France SAS
- Privacy screen protector having an image and a method of making thereof2 Oct 2025US 2025/0310431 A1Screen Skinz, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Alignable diffractive pigment flakes202US 6,902,807 B1Flex Products, Inc. · 2005
- High chroma multilayer interference platelets152US 5,571,624 AFlex Products, Inc. · 1996
- Data carrier with an optically variable element94US 5,808,758 AGeisecke & Devrient GmbH · 1998
- Documents of value including intaglio printed transitory images93US 4,033,059 AAmerican Bank Note Company · 1977
- Paired optically variable article with paired optical structures and ink, paint and foil incorporating the same and method86US 6,114,018 AFlex Products, Inc. · 2000