Abstract: A process for preparing cyclopentadiene derivatives having formula (I) Wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 equal to or different from each other, are hydrogen atoms or hydrocarbon groups comprising the steps of reacting a substituted or unsubstituted indanon with a base and then with a substituted or unsubstituted haloaceton and treating the obtained product with the Lawesson's reagent.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides digital watermarks through multiple channels. The channels may include, e.g., visible, ultraviolet and infrared channels, or be based on predetermined materials. The non-visible channels can be selected to fluoresce either in the visible or IR/UV spectrums upon the appropriate illumination in the infrared or ultraviolet spectrums. The watermarks in the various multiple channels can cooperate to facilitate watermark detection or to authenticate an object in which the watermarks are embedded. In other implementations the multiple watermarks include so-called orientation components. A relative relationship between the orientation components is used to convey data. Of course, other combinations are provided too.

Abstract: The present invention provides readers to analyze emerging security or authentication feature for physical objects (e.g., identification documents, product packaging, banknotes, etc.).

Abstract: The present invention relates to catalyst systems for preparing isotactic polyolefins which are obtained by reacting at least one chiral coordination compound of a main group element selected from the group of elements consisting of Al, Si, P, S, Ga, Ge, As, Se, In, Sn, Sb, Te, TI, Pb, Bi and Po as central atom and at least one cocatalyst which is able to convert the chiral coordination compound into a species which displays polymerization activity toward at least one olefin, with the chiral coordination compound comprising two bidentate chelating ligands joined to one another via a bridge and, optionally, one or two further monodentate ligands and with the four coordinating atoms of the two chelating ligands surrounding the main group element as central atom of the coordination compound in an approximately planar fashion and up to two further ligands being located above and below this approximately planar coordination sphere formed by the four coordinating atoms of the two chelating ligands and, in the case

Abstract: An identification document manufacturing method makes an identification document with an optically variable security feature by forming a lens structure in the document's lamination layer along with image information. The method provides image information arranged to include at least two different images. The method uses pressure to form a lens profile in a laminate, including combining the laminate with ink representing the image information to form the document. The document is formed together with the laminate and ink such that the lens profile enables display of the at least two different images when the document is viewed at different predetermined angles. An information bearing document comprises a core layer, an image layer depicting at least two different images, and a laminate layer. The laminate layer is pressed on the core layer such that it forms a lens profile that enables display of the at least two different images when the document is viewed at different predetermined angles.

Abstract: A composition is provided for adhering a first article to a second article, the composition comprising a thermally active low Tg polymeric resin; and a multifunctional crystalline polymer. The thermally active low Tg polymeric resin can, for example, comprise 50-99% of the composition. The multifunctional crystalline polymer can, for example, comprise 1-50% of the composition. In one embodiment, the multifunctional crystalline polymer comprises 5-20% by weight of the composition. In one embodiment, the multifunctional crystalline polymer has a low molecular weight.

Abstract: We provide techniques for uniquely linking security elements in identification documents. In one implementation we provide a digital watermark embedded on, and a smartcard chip embedded in, an identification document. The smart card chip includes a hash or a reduced-bit representation of the digital watermark, while the digital watermark includes a hash of information stored on the smartcard chip. In another implementation we cross-correlate encryption keys carried by various machine-readable features on an identification document. In still another implementation, we embed biometric information, which is stored in smartcard electronic circuitry, with a digital watermark. In one case the watermark is reversible, so that it can be removed to yield unmarked biometric information. In another case the watermark is fragile, to reveal whether the biometric information has been subjected to a transformation. In yet another implementation, we provide a jurisdictional indicator on an identification document.

Abstract: The present invention relates to organometallic transition metal compounds of the formula (I) Z1AnZ2MXm??(I) where Z1 is a coordinating group which comprises a six-?-electron central group which coordinates directly to M, A is a divalent bridge between the groups Z1 and Z2, Z2 is a coordinating group having the same meaning as Z1 or is a group comprising an open pentadienyl, a cyclopentadienyl-containing group or a heterocyclic, 5- or 6-membered group containing six ? electrons, n=zero or 1, M is an element of group 3, 4, 5 or 6 of the Periodic Table of the Elements, the radicals X are identical or different and are each an organic or inorganic radical, m is 0, 1 or 2, and at least one of the three molecule fragments Z1, Z2 and A bears a monovalent organic radical.

Abstract: An identification document includes a lens system and a specially prepared photo of a document bearer. The lens system and the specially prepared photo cooperate to create a three dimensional photo effect. The document includes two or more document layers. There is a lens structure in one of the document layers, and it includes lens elements. A photo is printed on one or more of the document layers. The photo depicts the document bearer, and includes two or more separate images of the bearer from different perspectives. Parts of the separate images are interleaved together into sets, and the sets are positioned relative to corresponding lens elements of the lens structure. These sets include parts of the separate images such that when viewed through the lens structure, the parts are viewed simultaneously making the subject appear three-dimensional to a viewer.

Abstract: Identification documents employing laser-etched or -engraved features are detailed, together with methods for their manufacture. Tactile effects produced by the laser-processed features may be felt by touch, helping confirm the authenticity of such documents.

Abstract: The invention described herein provides molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) that are capable of binding to a microorganism, and methods for detecting and/or identifying microorganisms utilizing Molecularly Imprinted Polymers (MIPs). The microorganisms of the invention include prokaryotes, eukaryotes, virus and prions. The methods of the invention comprise detecting all or part, including epitopes, of macromolecules associated with the microorganisms. The macromolecules of the invention include polysaccharides, proteins, glycoproteins, peptidoglycans, lipoproteins, peptides, polypeptides, and polynucleotides, associated with said microorganisms. The invention also provides for methods of diagnosing a subject infected with the microorganisms utilizing MIPs, in addition to diagnostic kits.

Abstract: A metallocene compound of formula (I) wherein M is zirconium titanium or hafnium; X is hydrogen, halogen or an hydrocarbon group; R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, and R11, R12 and R13 are hydrogen atoms, or C1-C40 hydrocarbon radicals optionally containing heteroatoms belonging to groups 13-17 of the Periodic Table of the Elements; R1 and R2, equal to or different from each other, are linear or branched, C1-C20-alkyl radicals, and R3 is a C1-C40 hydrocarbon radical optionally containing heteroatoms belonging to groups 13-17 of the Periodic Table of the Elements;

Abstract: A catalyst system obtained by reacting at least one chiral transition metal compound and at least one cocatalyst, where the chiral transition metal compound is a transition metal compound of formula (Ia) or one of its enantiomers of the formula (Ia*), where M is an element of Group 4, Z are each halogen, hydrogen, C1-C10-alkyl, C6-C14-aryl, alkylaryl or arylalkyl having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms in the alkyl part and from 6 to 10 carbon atoms in the aryl part, n1 and n2 are each 0 or 1, R1 and R2 are each a C1-C40 radical, or R1 and R2 together with the atoms connecting them form a cyclic or polycyclic ring system, R5 and R6 are each hydrogen or a C1-C40 radical, R10, R11 are each hydrogen, t-butyl or phenyl, R12 are each t-butyl or phenyl, and R13 are each hydrogen or a C1-C40 radical.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing heterocyclic ketones of the formulae (I) and (la), by reacting a heterocyclic compound of the formula (II), with an ?, ?-unsaturated carboxylic acid of the formula (III), or with its anhydride of the formula (IV), where R1 is hydrogen or a C1-C40 carbon-containing group, R2 is hydrogen or a C1-C40 carbon-containing group, or R1 and R2 together form a cyclic ring system, R3 is a C1-C40 carbon-containing group and X is an element of the 16th group of the Periodic Table or is a divalent nitrogen group —(N—R4)—, where R4 is an electron-withdrawing radical which is selected from the group consisting of perhalogenated C1-C40 carbon-containing radicals and C1-C40 organosulfonyl groups.

Abstract: The present invention relates to organometallic transition metal compounds of the formula (I), a catalyst composition comprising at least one of the organometallic transition metal compound and an olefin polymerization process in the presence of one of the catalyst composition.

Abstract: A security material for documents comprises a first layer of material, such as a polymeric film or laminate, having first and second sides. A pearlescent material is applied to at least one of the first and second sides. The pearlescent material defines a pattern comprising at least two different colors that are at least partially interlocked in the pattern, and the pattern permits printed information that is overlaid by the pattern to be effectively perceived.

Abstract: The present invention provides readers to analyze emerging security or authentication feature for physical objects (e.g., identification documents, product packaging, banknotes, etc.).

Abstract: A cable transmission shift converter for use when replacing the transmission in a right hand drive vehicle with a transmission designed for a left hand drive vehicle. A mounting bracket is mounted directly to a firewall adjacent the steering column of the vehicle, while a second angled bracket is mounted to the left side of the replacement transmission. When the driver shifts the vehicle into gear, the steering column shift selector lever actuates a connector rod to transmit movement through the control cable to a second connector rod, which activates a crank arm that translates the movement to the transmission shift lever.

Abstract: A security feature for an identification document and method for making it provide layers of security, including, for example, tamper evidence, optically variable effects, and personalized information that links the security information to the document and its bearer. The feature is made by printing a first material representing first information on a core layer of the document. This first material at least partially overlaps the core layer. One example is Xerographic printing of information about the ID document applicant and the applicant's photo. The process also applies a second material representing second information adjacent to the first material. One example is ink jet printing of personal information with a UV curable ink in the form of a relief pattern on the core layer. Finally, the process applies a laminate layer over the core layer. The laminate layer covers the first and second materials.

Abstract: The present invention provides an emerging security or authentication feature for objects (e.g., identification documents, product packaging, banknotes, etc.). One method recites: exciting an object with a first non-visible light, the object comprising first indicia provided with a first ink or dye and second indicia provided with a second ink or dye, the second ink or dye comprising an emission decay time that is relatively longer than an emission decay time of the first ink or dye, the first indicia and the second indicia collectively conveying a first machine readable feature when illuminated with the first non-visible light, with the second indicia individually conveying a second machine readable feature after emissions attributable to the first indicia fall to a first level; and machine detecting at least the second machine readable feature after emissions attributable to the first ink or dye fall to the first level and before emissions attributable to the second ink or dye fall to a second level.