# US 10,308,062 B2 · Optical anti-counterfeiting element and optical anti-counterfeiting product utilizing the same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,308,062 B2 - Document ID: US10308062B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/765,285 - Filed: 2016-11-30 - Published: 2018-10-04 - Granted: 2019-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2015-12-01 - Assignees: Zhongchao Special Security Technology Co., Ltd; China Banknote Printing and Minting Corp. - Applicants: Zhongchao Special Security Technology Co., Ltd; China Banknote Printing and Minting Corp. - Inventors: Jun Zhu; Baoli Zhang; Zhongdong Ye; Chunhua Hu; Xinyi Li - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10308062B2 ## CPC - B42D 25/342: Moiré effects - B42D 25/21: for multiple purposes - B42D 25/30: Identification or security features, e.g. for preventing forgery - B42D 25/328: Diffraction gratings; Holograms - B42D 25/351: Translucent or partly translucent parts, e.g. windows - B42D 25/364: Liquid crystals - B44F 1/00: Designs or pictures characterised by special or unusual light effects - B42D: BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS - B44F: SPECIAL DESIGNS OR PICTURES ## Abstract Disclosed are an optical anti-counterfeiting element and an optical anti-counterfeiting product utilizing the same, the optical anti-counterfeiting element comprising: a substrate (2) having a first surface (31) and a second surface (32) that are opposed to each other, a sampling and synthesizing layer (21) on a first surface (31) of the substrate (2); and a micro-image layer (22) on a second surface (32) of the substrate (2), the micro-image layer (22) including a first region at least partially covered with a coating (221) and a second region comprising at least two sub-regions each at least partially covered with a color function layer (222, 223), the color function layers (222, 223) in respective sub-regions and the coating (221) in the first region have different color characteristics, respectively, and the micro-image layer (22) can be sampled and synthesized by the sampling and synthesizing layer (21) to form an image. Such optical anti-counterfeiting element and optical anti-counterfeiting product are easy to identify and difficult to counterfeit. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An optical anti-counterfeiting element comprising: a substrate having a first surface and a second surface that are opposed to each other; a sampling and synthesizing layer on a first surface of the substrate; and a micro-image layer on a second surface of the substrate, the micro-image layer including a first region at least partially covered with a coating and a second region comprising at least one first sub-region and at least one second sub-region, wherein the first sub-region is at least partially covered with a first color function layer, the second sub-region at least partially covered with a second color function layer, wherein the first color function layer, the second color function layer and the coating in the first region have different color characteristics from each other, and the micro-image layer can be sampled and synthesized by the sampling and synthesizing layer to form an image. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The optical anti-counterfeiting element according to claim 1, wherein the sampling and synthesizing layer is formed of at least one of a micro-pore array, a micro-grid array, a micro-lens array. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The optical anti-counterfeiting element according to claim 2, wherein the micro-pore array, the micro-grid array and the micro-lens array are any of a periodic array, a non-periodic array, a random array, and a local periodic array respectively composed of a plurality of micro-pore units, micro-grid units and micro-lens units, or a combination thereof. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The optical anti-counterfeiting element according to claim 3, wherein the micro-pore array, the micro-grid array and the micro-lens array present at least one of a square arrangement, a rectangular arrangement, a hexagonal arrangement, a circular arrangement, an elliptical arrangement, and other quadrangular or polygonal arrangement. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The optical anti-counterfeiting element according to claim 1, wherein the sampling and synthesizing layer and the micro-image layer have an image period of 10 μm to 200 μm. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The optical anti-counterfeiting element according to claim 1, wherein the sampling and synthesizing layer and the micro-image layer have an image period of 15 μm to 50 μm. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The optical anti-counterfeiting element according to claim 1, wherein the sampling and synthesizing layer has a focal length of 10 μm to 200 μm. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The optical anti-counterfeiting element according to claim 1, wherein the sampling and synthesizing layer has a focal length of 15 μm to 40 μm. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The optical anti-counterfeiting element according to claim 1, wherein the sampling and synthesizing layer has a processing depth of less than 15 μm. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The optical anti-counterfeiting element according to claim 9, wherein the processing depth is 0.5 μm to 10 μm. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The optical anti-counterfeiting element according to claim 1, wherein a difference between a thickness of the substrate and a focal length of the sampling and synthesizing layer is less than 8 μm. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The optical anti-counterfeiting element according to claim 1, wherein a difference between a thickness of the substrate and a focal length of the sampling and synthesizing layer is less than 3 μm. ### Claim 13 (depends on 3) The optical anti-counterfeiting element according to claim 3, wherein the micro-pore array, the micro-grid array and the micro-lens array have an array periodicity same with or different from that of the micro-image layer and a stagger angle of −2 degrees to +2 in relation to the micro-image layer. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The optical anti-counterfeiting element according to claim 1, wherein the coating or the color function layer is located in a pattern, a pattern background, or a portion of either of a pattern and a pattern background of the micro-image layer. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The optical anti-counterfeiting element according to claim 1, further comprising a color function layer covering the coating and including color characteristics same with or different from those of the color function layers in the respective sub-regions. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The optical anti-counterfeiting element according to claim 1, wherein the coating is at least one of a single-layer metal coating, a multi-layer metal coating, a single-layer medium layer, a multi-layer medium layer, and an interference-type multilayer film structure. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The optical anti-counterfeiting element according to claim 1, wherein the color function layer is at least one of an ink, a pigment, a dye, an optically variable ink, a liquid crystal optically variable layer, a single-layer metal coating, a multilayer metal coating, a single-layer medium layer, a multi-layer medium layer, and an interference-type multilayer film structure. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The optical anti-counterfeiting element according to claim 1, further comprising a reflection layer disposed on a surface of the sampling and synthesizing layer, wherein at least one of the color function layers in the respective sub-regions and the coating in the first region is semitransparent or transparent. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The optical anti-counterfeiting element according to claim 1, further comprising one or more of a diffractive optically variable feature, an interference optically variable feature, a micro-nano structural feature, a printing feature, a partially metalized feature, and magnetic, optical, electrical, and radioactive features for machine reading formed on at least one of the substrate, the first surface of the substrate, the second surface of the substrate, the first region, the second region, the sampling and synthesizing layer, and a surface of the micro-image layer. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) An optical anti-counterfeiting product comprising the optical anti-counterfeiting element according to claim 1.