Patents by Inventor Gregor Grauvogl

Gregor Grauvogl has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10836198
    Abstract: A feature substance is provided for securing the authenticity of documents of value, having at least one luminescent substance in particle form and nanoparticles enveloping the surfaces of the luminescent substance particles at least partially, wherein the properties of the feature substance result from the interaction of the properties of the luminescent substance and of the nanoparticles. The invention furthermore relates to a method for producing the feature substance, a method for securing the authenticity of a security element or document of value using a feature substance, as well as security elements and documents of value with authenticity features on the basis of the feature substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: GIESECKE+DEVRIENT CURRENCY TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Ulrich Scholz, Gregor Grauvogl
  • Patent number: 9987874
    Abstract: A security element has at least two luminescent substances, in which the security element has a first and a second luminescent substance which have a substantially identical, joint emission band. The first or the second luminescent substance, or both luminescent substances, have at least one excitation band that leads to an emission at the joint emission band only in the case of the first or the second luminescent substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: GIESECKE+DEVRIENT CURRENCY TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Giering, Peter Kersten, Ulrich Magg, Gregor Grauvogl
  • Patent number: 9878573
    Abstract: The invention relates to a security element having at least two luminescent substances. The invention starts out from a security element having at least two luminescent substances, whereby the security element has a first and a second luminescent substance which have a substantially identical, joint emission band, whereby at least the first or the second luminescent substance, or both luminescent substances, have at least one excitation band that leads to an emission at the joint emission band only in the case of the first or the second luminescent substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: GIESECKE+DEVRIENT CURRENCY TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Giering, Peter Kersten, Ulrich Magg, Gregor Grauvogl
  • Publication number: 20170036477
    Abstract: A feature substance is provided for securing the authenticity of documents of value, having at least one luminescent substance in particle form and nanoparticles enveloping the surfaces of the luminescent substance particles at least partially, wherein the properties of the feature substance result from the interaction of the properties of the luminescent substance and of the nanoparticles. The invention furthermore relates to a method for producing the feature substance, a method for securing the authenticity of a security element or document of value using a feature substance, as well as security elements and documents of value with authenticity features on the basis of the feature substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Ulrich SCHOLZ, Gregor GRAUVOGL
  • Publication number: 20150191038
    Abstract: A security element has at least two luminescent substances, in which the security element has a first and a second luminescent substance which have a substantially identical, joint emission band. The first or the second luminescent substance, or both luminescent substances, have at least one excitation band that leads to an emission at the joint emission band only in the case of the first or the second luminescent substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas GIERING, Peter KERSTEN, Ulrich MAGG, Gregor GRAUVOGL
  • Patent number: 8616584
    Abstract: A sheet-shaped document of value (BN) has luminescent feature substances (20, 21). Preferably, one luminescent feature substance is present over the entire sheet-shaped document and has a low concentration, whereas a second luminescent feature substance is present at certain partial areas and has a higher concentration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Giesecke & Devrient GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Scholz, Gregor Grauvogl, Ulrich Magg, Thomas Giering, Franz Müller, Klaus Thierauf
  • Patent number: 8367188
    Abstract: A printed document of value has an authenticity feature in the form of at least two luminescent substances on the basis of host lattices which are doped with one or a plurality of ions. By systematically changing the host lattices and/or ions of the (nd)3 electron configuration a specific setting of the luminescence properties of luminescent substances is possible, the combination of which permits a multiplicity of complex new authenticity features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Giesecke & Devrient GmbH
    Inventors: Stephan Heer, Thomas Giering, Kai Uwe Stock, Gregor Grauvogl
  • Publication number: 20120256409
    Abstract: The invention relates to a security element having at least two luminescent substances. The invention starts out from a security element having at least two luminescent substances, whereby the security element has a first and a second luminescent substance which have a substantially identical, joint emission band, whereby at least the first or the second luminescent substance, or both luminescent substances, have at least one excitation band that leads to an emission at the joint emission band only in the case of the first or the second luminescent substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Inventors: Thomas Giering, Peter Kersten, Ulrich Magg, Gregor Grauvogl
  • Patent number: 7999237
    Abstract: The invention relates to a printed value document having at least one luminescent substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Giesecke & Devrient GmbH
    Inventors: Gerhard Schwenk, Gregor Grauvogl, Ulrich Magg, Ulrich Scholz
  • Publication number: 20100163747
    Abstract: The invention relates to a printed value document having at least one luminescent substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2005
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventors: Gerhard Schwenk, Gregor Grauvogl, Ulrich Magg, Ulrich Scholz
  • Publication number: 20100026991
    Abstract: The invention relates to a printed document of value having an authenticity feature in the form of at least two luminescent substances on the basis of host lattices which are doped with one or a plurality of ions. By systematically changing the host lattices and/or ions of the (nd)3 electron configuration a specific setting of the luminescence properties of luminescent substances is possible, the combination of which permits a multiplicity of complex new authenticity features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: Stephan Heer, Thomas Giering, Kai Uwe Stock, Gregor Grauvogl
  • Publication number: 20090258200
    Abstract: The invention relates to a feature substance for securing the authenticity of documents of value, having at least one luminescent substance in particle form and nanoparticles enveloping the surfaces of the luminescent substance particles at least partially, wherein the properties of the feature substance result from the interaction of the properties of the luminescent substance and of the nanoparticles. The invention furthermore relates to a method for producing the feature substance, a method for securing the authenticity of a security element or document of value using a feature substance, as well as security elements and documents of value with authenticity features on the basis of the feature substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2006
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Inventors: Ulrich Scholz, Gregor Grauvogl
  • Publication number: 20090051158
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sheet-shaped document of value with luminescent feature substance and the manufacturing and checking of such a document of value. The invention starts out from the idea to provide a sheet-shaped document of value (BN) with a luminescent feature substance (20, 21), which is present all over with low concentration as well as at certain partial areas with higher concentration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2006
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventors: Ulrich Scholz, Gregor Grauvogl, Ulrich Magg, Thomas Giering, Franz Muller, Klaus Thierauf
  • Publication number: 20090001709
    Abstract: The present invention relates to multi-ply security paper for manufacturing security or value documents, such as banknotes, identification cards and the like. Into a first paper ply (52) is introduced an endless security element (54) that is freely accessible on at least one side of the paper ply (52). The first paper ply (52) is covered on the freely accessible side of the security element (54) by a second paper ply (56), and the second paper ply (56) exhibits one or more openings (58) in the region of the security element (54).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2006
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: Giesecke & Devrient GmbH
    Inventors: Friedrich Kretschmar, Mario Keller, Ralf Liebler, Jurgen Ruck, Wolfgang Wensauer, Theodor Burchard, Thomas Bodendieck, Gregor Grauvogl, Horst Reigl
  • Patent number: 6726813
    Abstract: The invention relates to a security device having at least one plastic layer and one specularly reflecting metal layer. An inorganic auxiliary layer is disposed between the plastic layer and the metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: Giesecke & Devrient GmbH
    Inventors: Wittich Kaule, Gregor Grauvogl, Jürgen Schützmann, Friedrich Kretschmar
  • Publication number: 20020117846
    Abstract: The invention relates to a security device having at least one plastic layer and one specularly reflecting metal layer. An inorganic auxiliary layer is disposed between the plastic layer and the metal layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2002
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Applicant: Giesecke & Devrient GmbH
    Inventors: Wittich Kaule, Gregor Grauvogl, Jurgen Schutzmann, Friedrich Kretschmar
  • Patent number: 6382677
    Abstract: The invention relates to a security device having at least one plastic layer and one specularly reflecting metal layer. An inorganic auxiliary layer is disposed between the plastic layer and the metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: Giesecke & Devrient GmbH
    Inventors: Wittich Kaule, Gregor Grauvogl, Jürgen Schützmann, Friedrich Kretschmar
  • Patent number: 6376017
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a foil material wherein a plastic foil is provided with a lacquer layer having variable viscosity, and a relief structure is then embossed into the lacquer layer. At least during application of the lacquer layer and during the embossing process the viscosity of the lacquer layer is adjusted to a predetermined value and kept constant during the particular phase of operation. The invention fixer relates to an apparatus for carrying out this method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Giesecke & Devrient GmbH
    Inventors: Wittich Kaule, Gregor Grauvogl
  • Patent number: 6294241
    Abstract: A transfer foil for use in a safety document includes a multilayer structure having a carrier layer and a plastic layer in which diffraction structures, for example holographic structures, are embossed in the form of a relief structure and which is combined with a reflective layer. The plastic layer includes a reaction lacquer layer selected from the group consisting of cationical curing lacquers, blue light-curing lacquers and chemical curing multicomponent lacquers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: Giesecke & Devrient GmbH
    Inventors: Wittich Kaule, Gregor Grauvogl
  • Patent number: 6284396
    Abstract: The invention relates to a multilayer foil, in particular a transfer foil. The transfer foil consists of a carrier. foil, a one- or multilayer transfer layer containing an optically variable structure, and an intermediate layer located between the carrier foil and the transfer layer, the intermediate layer being a metal oxide or semiconductor oxide layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: Giesecke and Devrient GmbH
    Inventors: Wittich Kaule, Gregor Grauvogl