Security element transfer material for transfer, in good register, of security elements to value documents

A method for manufacturing a security element transfer material with a plurality of security elements of a layered composite material and with a plurality of register marks which allow a register-accurate transfer of the security elements to a value document substrate, having the following steps of:

• supplying a temporary carrier material with a first main area,
• building up a layered composite material on the first main area of the temporary carrier material to manufacture a starting material layered composite,
• incising outline shapes of the security elements and outline shapes of register mark elements into the starting material layered composite,
• wherein the register mark elements represent register marks or contain register marks and have a main area that is anti-adhesive, and
• removing the layered composite material outside the outline shapes of the security elements and the register mark elements, so that the security elements and the register mark elements are the only regions on the first main area of the temporary carrier material to which layered composite material adheres.

A method for manufacturing a security element transfer material with a plurality of security elements of a layered composite material and with a plurality of register marks which allow a register-accurate transfer of the security elements to a value document substrate, having the following steps of:

• supplying a temporary carrier material with a first main area, manufacturing a layered composite material, wherein one of the layers of the layered composite material is a foil layer,
• connecting the layered composite material to the first main area of the temporary carrier material to manufacture a starting material layered composite,
• incising outline shapes of the security elements and outline shapes of register mark elements into the starting material layered composite,
• wherein the register mark elements represent register marks or contain register marks and have a main area that is anti-adhesive and
• removing the layered composite material outside the outline shapes of the security elements and the register mark elements, so that the security elements and the register mark elements are the only regions on the first main area of the temporary carrier material to which layered composite material adheres.

A method for register-accurate transfer of security elements with a layered composite structure from a security element transfer material to a value-document substrate, wherein the security element transfer material includes

• a temporary carrier material with a first main area, and
• a plurality of security elements with a layered composite structure of a layered composite material and with a first main area and an opposite second main area,
• wherein each security element is detachably connected on its first main area to the first main area of the temporary carrier material,
• wherein the second main area of each security element has adhesive properties for application to the value document substrate,
• wherein the security element transfer material further includes a plurality of register mark elements which have a layered composite structure and which are connected with their first main areas to the first main area of the temporary carrier material,
• wherein each register mark element represents a register mark or contains a register mark and has a second main area that is non-adhesive or anti-adhesive, and
• wherein the security element transfer material further includes a security element or a group of at least two security elements is assigned at least one register mark in each case, and the temporary carrier material has no layered composite material on its first main area, apart from the security elements and the register mark elements;
• the method comprising the following steps of:
• guiding together the security element transfer material and the value document substrate,
• detecting the register marks of the security element transfer material and guiding together in register-accurate manner the security element transfer material and the value document substrate,
• compressing the security element transfer material at least in the region of the security element to be transferred or the security elements to be transferred and the value document substrate, optionally at elevated temperature, and
• separating the temporary carrier material with the register mark elements from the transferred security elements.