Patents by Inventor Patrick Veya

Patrick Veya 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: 12215242
    Abstract: The present invention provides a UV-Vis radiation curable security ink for producing a security feature for securing value documents, wherein said security feature exhibits a blue color upon viewing in transmitted light and a metallic yellow color upon viewing in incident light. The UV-Vis radiation curable security ink comprises a cationically curable or a hybrid curable ink vehicle, and silver nanoplatelets bearing a surface stabilizing agent of general formula (I) wherein the residue RA is a C2-C4alkyl group substituted with a hydroxy group; the residue RB is selected from a C1-C4alkyl group, and a C2-C4alkyl group substituted with a hydroxy group; and Cat+ is an ammonium cation of general formula +NH2RCRD, wherein the residue RC is a C2-C4alkyl group substituted with a hydroxy group; and the residue RD is selected from a C1-C4alkyl group, and a C2-C4alkyl group substituted with a hydroxy group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: SICPA HOLDING SA
    Inventors: Hervé Pittet, Marlyse Demartin Maeder, Patrick Veya, Nikolay Grigorenko, Andre Oswald
  • Publication number: 20240351361
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of methods for producing eye-catching overt security features exhibiting one or more indicia as anti-counterfeit means on security documents or security articles as well as decorative purposes. In particular, the present invention provides methods for producing security features that can be easily, directly and unambiguously authenticated by the human without any external device or tool, wherein said security features comprised a cured UV-Vis radiation cationically or hybrid curable coating composition and cured one or more indicia, said composition comprising an ink vehicle and pigments comprising a flake-shaped non-metallic or metallic substrate comprising one or more at least partial coating layers, an at least partial surface treatment layer made of one or more surface modifiers based on perfluoropolyethers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Hervé PITTET, Patrick VEYA, Thibaut MARTINI, Riccardo RUGGERONE
  • Patent number: 12115808
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of security inks suitable for printing security features on substrates, in particular on security documents or articles as well as security features made from said security inks, and security documents comprising a security feature made from said security inks. In particular, the invention provides UV-Vis radiation radically curable security inks comprising an ink vehicle and pigments comprising a flake-shaped non-metallic or metallic substrate comprising one or more at least partial coating layers, an at least partial surface treatment layer made of one or more surface modifiers selected from fluoro compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: SICPA HOLDING SA
    Inventors: Patrick Veya, Angèle Monney
  • Publication number: 20240294790
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of varnishes for protecting security documents, such as banknotes, against premature detrimental influence of soil and/or moisture upon use and time. In particular, the present invention provides a hybrid UV-LED radiation curable protective varnish comprising: a) from about 60 wt-% to about 85 wt-% of either a cycloaliphatic epoxide, or a mixture of a cycloaliphatic epoxide and one or more cationically curable monomers other than the cycloaliphatic epoxide; b) from about 3 wt-% to about 15 wt-% of one or more radically curable monomers and/or oligomers; c) from about 1 wt-% to about 6 wt-% of a diaryl iodonium salt; d) from about 0.5 wt-% to about 3 wt-% of a free radical photoinitiator selected from the group consisting of alpha-hydroxyketones, alpha-alkoxyketones, benzyl diketals, benzoin ethers, phosphine oxides, phenylglyoxylates, and mixtures thereof; e) from about 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Inventors: Jean GARNIER, Patrick VEYA, Pierre-Yves HOFSTETTER
  • Patent number: 12054619
    Abstract: The present invention provides a UV-Vis radiation curable security ink for producing a security feature for securing value documents, wherein said security feature exhibits a blue color upon viewing in transmitted light and a metallic yellow color upon viewing in incident light. The UV-Vis radiation curable security ink comprises a cationically curable or a hybrid curable ink vehicle, and silver nanoplatelets bearing a surface stabilizing agent of general formula (I) wherein the residue RA is a C2-C4alkyl group substituted with a hydroxy group; the residue RB is selected from a C1-C4 alkyl group, and a C2-C4alkyl group substituted with a hydroxy group; and Cat+ is a cation selected from the group consisting of Na+, K+, Cs+ and Rb+.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: SICPA HOLDING SA
    Inventors: Hervé Pittet, Marlyse Demartin Maeder, Patrick Veya, Nikolay Grigorenko, Andre Oswald
  • Patent number: 12043047
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for manufacturing a security feature for securing a value document, wherein said security feature exhibits a blue color upon viewing in transmitted light and a metallic yellow color upon viewing in Incident light. The manufacturing process comprises the following steps: a) printing a specific UV-Vis radiation curable ink on a transparent or partially transparent region of a substrate of a value document; b) heating the ink layer obtained at step a) at a temperature of about 55° C. to about 100° C. for at least one second so that the ink layer exhibits a metallic yellow color upon viewing in incident light; and c) UV-Vis curing the ink layer obtained at step b) to form the security feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: SICPA HOLDING SA
    Inventors: Hervé Pittet, Marlyse Demartin Maeder, Patrick Veya, Nikolay Grigorenko, Andre Oswald, Michelle Richert
  • Publication number: 20240238839
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of the protection of security documents such as for example banknotes and identity documents against counterfeit and illegal reproduction. In particular, the present invention provides methods for producing optical effect layers exhibiting one or more indicia on a substrate, said method comprising a step of exposing a coating layer comprising non-spherical magnetic or magnetizable pigment particles to a magnetic field of a magnetic-field generating device so as to orient at least a part of the magnetic or magnetizable pigment particles; a step of applying a top coating composition on top of the coating layer and in the form of one or more indicia, and a step of at least partially curing the coating layer and the one or more indicia with a curing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Thibaut MARTINI, Hervé PITTET, Patrick VEYA, Riccardo RUGGERONE, Jean GARNIER
  • Publication number: 20240209223
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of varnishes for protecting security documents, such as banknotes, against premature detrimental influence of soil and/or moisture upon use and time. In particular, the present invention provides a cationic UV-LED radiation curable protective varnish comprising: a) from about 65 wt-% to about 90 wt-% of either a cycloaliphatic epoxide, or a mixture of a cycloaliphatic epoxide and one or more cationically curable monomers other than the cycloaliphatic epoxide; b) from about 1 wt-% to about 10 wt-% of a diaryl iodonium salt; c) from about 0.01 wt-% to about 5 wt-% of a non-ionic surfactant; and d) a photosensitizer of general formula (I) wherein the weight percents are based on the total weight of the cationic UV-LED curable protective varnish, and a process for coating a security document with said cationic UV-LED radiation curable protective varnish.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Jean GARNIER, Patrick VEYA, Pierre-Yves HOFSTETTER
  • Publication number: 20240018378
    Abstract: The present invention provides a UV-Vis radiation curable security ink for producing a security feature for securing value documents, wherein said security feature exhibits a blue color upon viewing in transmitted light and a metallic yellow color upon viewing in incident light. The UV-Vis radiation curable security ink comprises a cationically curable or a hybrid curable ink vehicle, and silver nanoplatelets bearing a surface stabilizing agent of general formula (I) wherein the residue RA is a C2-C4alkyl group substituted with a hydroxy group; the residue RB is selected from a C1-C4alkyl group, and a C2-C4alkyl group substituted with a hydroxy group; and Cat+ is an ammonium cation of general formula +NH2RCRD, wherein the residue RC is a C2-C4alkyl group substituted with a hydroxy group; and the residue RD is selected from a C1-C4alkyl group, and a C2-C4alkyl group substituted with a hydroxy group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Hervé PITTET, Marlyse DEMARTIN MAEDER, Patrick VEYA, Nikolay GRIGORENKO, Andre OSWALD
  • Publication number: 20230407116
    Abstract: The present invention provides a UV-Vis radiation curable security ink for producing a security feature for securing value documents, wherein said security feature exhibits a blue color upon viewing in transmitted light and a metallic yellow color upon viewing in incident light. The UV-Vis radiation curable security ink comprises a cationically curable or a hybrid curable ink vehicle, and silver nanoplatelets bearing a surface stabilizing agent of general formula (I) wherein the residue RA is a C2-C4alkyl group substituted with a hydroxy group; the residue RB is selected from a C1-C4 alkyl group, and a C2-C4alkyl group substituted with a hydroxy group; and Cat+ is a cation selected from the group consisting of Na+, K+, Cs+ and Rb+.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Hervé PITTET, Marlyse DEMARTIN MAEDER, Patrick VEYA, Nikolay GRIGORENKO, Andre OSWALD
  • Publication number: 20230364639
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of the protection of security documents such as for example banknotes and identity documents against counterfeit and illegal reproduction. In particular, the present invention provides methods for producing optical effect layers (OELs) exhibiting one or more indicia (x30) on a substrate (x20), said method comprising a step of exposing a coating layer (x10) comprising non-spherical magnetic or magnetisable pigment particles to a magnetic field of a magnetic-field generating device so as to orient at least a part of the magnetic or magnetisable pigment particles; a step of applying a top coating composition on top of the coating layer (x10) and in the form of one or more indicia (x30), and a step of at least partially curing the coating layer (x10) and the one or more indicia (x30) with a curing unit (x50).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Hervé PITTET, Thibaut MARTINI, Patrick VEYA, Riccardo RUGGERONE, Jean GARNIER
  • Patent number: 11712917
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of security documents comprising a security feature, such as a windowed security thread, a security foil, a security patch, a hologram or an ink printed security feature, and a protective coating, and methods of manufacturing of said security documents. The security feature has a security feature thickness tf of at least about 5 ?m (micrometers) and a security feature surface facing away from the substrate consisting of a first region adjacent to the edges of the security feature and a second region non-adjacent to the edges of the security feature. The protective coating covers the security feature surface facing away from the substrate, a first substrate surface adjacent to the edges of the security feature, and a second substrate surface, which is different from the substrate surface covered by the security feature and the first substrate surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: SICPA HOLDING SA
    Inventors: Thibaut Martini, Gebhard Ritter, Jean Garnier, Riccardo Ruggerone, Patrick Veya
  • Publication number: 20230166551
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for manufacturing a security feature for securing a value document, wherein said security feature exhibits a blue color upon viewing in transmitted light and a metallic yellow color upon viewing in Incident light. The manufacturing process comprises the following steps: a) printing a specific UV-Vis radiation curable ink on a transparent or partially transparent region of a substrate of a value document; b) heating the ink layer obtained at step a) at a temperature of about 55° C. to about 100° C. for at least one second so that the ink layer exhibits a metallic yellow color upon viewing in incident light; and c) UV-Vis curing the ink layer obtained at step b) to form the security feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Hervé PITTET, Marlyse DEMARTIN MAEDER, Patrick VEYA, Nikolay GRIGORENKO, Andre OSWALD, Michelle RICHERT
  • Publication number: 20230150287
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of security inks suitable for printing security features on substrates, in particular on security documents or articles as well as security features made from said security inks, and security documents comprising a security feature made from said security inks. In particular, the invention provides UV-Vis radiation cationically curable security inks and UV-Vis radiation curable hybrid security inks comprising an ink vehicle and pigments comprising a flake-shaped non-metallic or metallic substrate comprising one or more at least partial coating layers, an at least partial surface treatment layer made of one or more surface modifiers based on perfluoropolyethers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventor: Patrick VEYA
  • Publication number: 20220305835
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of security inks suitable for printing security features on substrates, in particular on security documents or articles as well as security features made from said security inks, and security documents comprising a security feature made from said security inks. In particular, the invention provides UV-Vis radiation radically curable security inks comprising an ink vehicle and pigments comprising a flake-shaped non-metallic or metallic substrate comprising one or more at least partial coating layers, an at least partial surface treatment layer made of one or more surface modifiers selected from fluoro compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Patrick VEYA, Angèle MONNEY
  • Publication number: 20220242159
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of security documents comprising a security feature, such as a windowed security thread, a security foil, a security patch, a hologram or an ink printed security feature, and a protective coating, and methods of manufacturing of said security documents. The security feature has a security feature thickness tf of at least about 5 ?m (micrometers) and a security feature surface facing away from the substrate consisting of a first region adjacent to the edges of the security feature and a second region non-adjacent to the edges of the security feature. The protective coating covers the security feature surface facing away from the substrate, a first substrate surface adjacent to the edges of the security feature, and a second substrate surface, which is different from the substrate surface covered by the security feature and the first substrate surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Thibaut MARTINI, Gebhard RITTER, Jean GARNIER, Riccardo RUGGERONE, Patrick VEYA
  • Publication number: 20220219479
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of security inks suitable for printing machine readable security features on substrate, security documents or articles as well as machine readable security feature made from said security inks, and security documents comprising a machine readable security feature made from said security inks. In particular, the invention provides security inks comprising one or more IR absorbing materials wherein said security ink allows the production of a machine readable security feature having the following optical properties: a lightness L* equal to or higher than about 80, a chroma C* smaller than or equal to about 15 and a reflectance at 900 nm smaller than or equal to about 60%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Marlyse DEMARTIN MAEDER, Claude-Alain DESPLAND, Patrick VEYA
  • Patent number: 10391806
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to the field of the protection of security documents, especially banknotes, against illegal actions such as robbery or theft. In particular, the present disclosure relates to the field of ink-stained documents that are resistant to chemicals. The disclosed security documents are covered on at least one side by from about 70% to about 90% of a protective varnish and have from about 10% to about 30% of one or more varnish-free areas with one or more varnish-free indentations, the percentages being based on the total surface of the one side of the security document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: SICPA HOLDING SA
    Inventors: Raynald Demange, Patrick Veya, Alain Mayer, Pierre Degott
  • Publication number: 20150259565
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of the protection of security documents, in particular banknotes, against premature detrimental influence of soil and/or moisture upon use and time. In particular, it relates radiation curable protective varnishes comprising one or more cationically curable compounds and one or more di-hydroxyl-terminated perfluoropolyether compounds of the general formula HO—(CH2CH2O)c—CH2—CF2O—(CF2—CF2O)a—(CF2O)b—CF2—CH2—(OCH2CH2)d—OH, wherein a and b independently are integers in a range between 0 and 50, wherein a+b?1, and wherein c and d may be the same or different and are in the range of 1-20, and their uses for providing a protective coating or layer on a security document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: SICPA HOLDING SA
    Inventors: Patrick Veya, Jean Garnier
  • Publication number: 20150072117
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of the protection of security documents, especially banknotes, against illegal actions such as robbery or theft. In particular, the present invention relates to the field of ink-stained documents that are resistant to chemicals. The disclosed security documents are covered on at least one side by from about 70% to about 90% of a protective varnish and comprising from about 10% to about 30% of one or more varnish-free areas comprising one or more varnish-free indentations (I), the percents being based on the total surface of the one side of the security document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Raynald Demange, Patrick Veya, Alain Mayer, Pierre Degott