B42D 25/342
Moiré effects
B42D25/342 (Moiré effects) appears on 220 US grants and 293 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B42D- Granted patents
- 220
- Published applications
- 293
- Assignees
- 110
- Inventors
- 376
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 1 |
| 2002 | 4 | 3 |
| 2003 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 4 | 6 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 | 5 |
| 2007 | 3 | 9 |
| 2008 | 5 | 7 |
| 2009 | 0 | 7 |
| 2010 | 8 | 6 |
| 2011 | 5 | 8 |
| 2012 | 8 | 8 |
| 2013 | 3 | 13 |
| 2014 | 11 | 17 |
| 2015 | 7 | 9 |
| 2016 | 5 | 10 |
| 2017 | 13 | 16 |
| 2018 | 10 | 29 |
| 2019 | 19 | 27 |
| 2020 | 22 | 11 |
| 2021 | 16 | 15 |
| 2022 | 8 | 25 |
| 2023 | 5 | 16 |
| 2024 | 24 | 22 |
| 2025 | 21 | 12 |
| 2026 | 7 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Micro-optic device11 Aug 2026US 12,704,744 B2CCL Secure Pty Ltd
- Micro-optic security device with multi-phase icon structure28 Jul 2026US 12,691,702 B2Crane Co.
- 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
- Fully micro-optic security document12 May 2026US 12,623,479 B2Crane Co.
- Micro-optic device for producing a magnified image14 Apr 2026US 12,600,161 B2CCL Secure Pty Ltd
- 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
- Method for producing a multilayer element, and multilayer element16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200257 A1Leonhard Kurz Stiftung & Co. KG
- Methods of Printing Document Markings with Enhanced Visual Effects, and Documents that Exhibit Such Effects16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200258 A1Xerox Corporation
- Methods of printing document markings with enhanced moiré effects, and documents that exhibit such effects16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200259 A1Xerox Corporation
- Optical variable element based on diffractive moire patterns18 Jun 2026US 2026/0166908 A1Thales Dis France SAS
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method for making an anti-counterfeit latent image formation object for bills, credit cards, etc.111US 5,582,103 ADirector-General, Printing Bureau, Ministry of Finance, Japan · 1996
- Security device96US 6,089,614 ADe La Rue International Limited · 2000
- Micro-optic security and image presentation system87US 7,333,268 B2Nanoventions Holdings, LLC · 2008
- Authentication of documents and articles by moiré patterns85US 7,194,105 B22007
- Lenticular device61US 6,381,071 B1U. S. Philips Corporation · 2002