Abstract: An adhesive label includes: a printable front side which is non-opaque to IR radiation; an adhesive layer for sticking the label to an application medium, the adhesive force of the front side being less than the gripping force of the adhesive layer; and a compound exhibiting a certain behavior when illuminated by the IR radiation through the front side, the electromagnetic response of the compound during the illumination by the IR radiation being detectable through the front side.

Abstract: An adhesive label includes: a printable front side which is non-opaque to IR radiation; an adhesive layer for sticking the label to an application medium, the adhesive force of the front side being less than the gripping force of the adhesive layer; and a compound exhibiting a certain behaviour when illuminated by the IR radiation through the front side, the electromagnetic response of the compound during the illumination by the IR radiation being detectable through the front side.

Abstract: A laminated structure for an E-document, comprising a first support layer defining at least two flat flaps connected by at least one fold line, the first flap supporting an antenna and a microcircuit device enabling contactless data exchange, the second flap supporting an electromagnetic interference element arranged in relation to the microcircuit device so as to be able to oppose contactless reading and/or writing of the microcircuit device in at least one folded configuration of the structure, the structure having at least one heat-activated or pressure-sensitive adhesive layer making it possible to receive the microcircuit device and/or the antenna and/or the electromagnetic interference element at least in part in its thickness, and/or the flaps having at least one layer of an adhesive and/or a fibrous layer and/or a polymer layer having a different thickness for each of the flaps.

Abstract: A method for securing a container, as example a bottle, including a closure device, or a stopper. The method includes: shrinking a heat-shrinkable security sleeve onto a portion of the container and the closure device, or over a neck and stopper of the bottle, the sleeve including at least one security element; and fitting a capsule, for example made from stamped metal or a metal complex, over the sleeve to only partially cover the sleeve, leaving the at least one security element on the sleeve at least partially visible.

Abstract: An assembly includes a wire antenna including at least on conductive turn, a first fibrous substrate on which the antenna extend. The first substrate comprises at least one coated paper including a fibrous base containing at least 30 mass % of natural fibers in the fibrous mass. The antenna is connected to a face of the flexible substrate. The paper includes on that face at least one surface layer containing at least one mineral load and a coating binder. The fibrous base may contain at least 40 mass %, preferably 50 mass %, more preferably 60 mass % and ideally at least 70 mass % of natural fibers, with preferably a lower proportion of long natural fibers relative to short ones when the fibrous mass includes synthetic fibers, in particular between 5 and 25% of synthetic fibers.

Abstract: A security substrate may include at least one area for authentication and/or for revealing attempts at forgery using solvents. The at least one area may include individualized polymer- or copolymer-based particles comprising at least one visible or detectable marker. The polymer or copolymer may be at least partially soluble in solvents used for forgery.

Abstract: A method of reading at least one bar code carried by a substrate, the method including: a) generating, especially in an automatic manner, when presenting the bar code to a system for reading the bar code, at least one authentication cue related to an intrinsic physical characteristic of the substrate and independent of the data contained in the bar code, and b) allowing the reading of the bar code, only in the event of a positive authentication of the substrate or reading the bar code regardless of the result of the authentication of the substrate and in the event of negative authentication of the substrate, preventing access to just one part of the data contained in the bar code and/or to any data that may be associated with the bar code, and which is stored on a separate data medium from the substrate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a sectional document (100) comprising: —a support (101) that defines at least two sections (101a, 1010b) connected by at least one fold line (102), —a structure linked to the support (101), especially at the fold line (102), with a possibility of movement relative to the latter and extending at least partially between the two sections (101a, 101b) when the sectional document is folded, the structure comprising: —a fibrous layer (103a, 103b, 104a, 104b), —a substructure (120) comprising a translucent region, —a watermark or pseudo-watermark (10a) borne by the fibrous layer and being superposed at least partially at the translucent region of the substructure, so that the watermark or pseudo-watermark can be observed in light transmitted through the structure, at the translucent region of the substructure, only from the face of the structure situate on the side of the fibrous layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a laser-markable substrate, comprising at least one material capable of forming a colored mark under laser irradiation and at least one tamper-proof agent producing an irreversible visible coloration when an attempt is made to chemically erase the mark.

Abstract: A structure for use in fabricating a security document or a document of value is provided. The structure includes an electronic device, an inset layer made at least in part out of fiber, a window within which the electronic device extends, at least in part, and an adhesive layer in contact with the inset layer.

Abstract: A secure article, notably a security and/or valuable document, comprising at least one substrate, at least one visible authenticating structure, at least one inspection zone defined at least partly by the authenticating structure, the authenticating structure delimiting at least partly the outline of the inspection zone and/or serving to locate the inspection zone, in the inspection zone at least one identifying element different from the authenticating structure, the inspection zone enabling an identification information to be supplied with at least one feature, notably spatial or physical, of the identifying element.

Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly including an article to be authenticated, an authentication composition and a member for applying the composition, capable of retaining said composition by capillarity, wherein the article to be identified contains a first reagent selected from nickel, copper, cobalt or iron derivatives, or from dithiooxamide or oxime derivatives capable of reacting with a second reagent of the authentication composition selected respectively from among dithioxmide or oxmime derivatives or from nickel, copper, cobalt or iron derivatives, so as to form a visible and permanent coloured mark.

Abstract: A laminated structure for an E-document, comprising a first support layer defining at least two flat flaps connected by at least one fold line, the first flap supporting an antenna and a microcircuit device enabling contactless data exchange, the second flap supporting an electromagnetic interference element arranged in relation to the microcircuit device so as to be able to oppose contactless reading and/or writing of the microcircuit device in at least one folded configuration of the structure, the structure having at least one heat-activated or pressure-sensitive adhesive layer making it possible to receive the microcircuit device and/or the antenna and/or the electromagnetic interference element at least in part in its thickness, and/or the flaps having at least one layer of an adhesive and/or a fibrous layer and/or a polymer layer having a different thickness for each of the flaps.

Abstract: The invention provides a structure comprising: a fiber layer; a sub-structure including a translucent region; a watermark or pseudo-watermark carried by the fiber layer and superposed at least in part with the translucent region of the sub-structure, such that, in the translucent region of the sub-structure, the watermark or pseudo-watermark is observable in light transmitted through the structure only from the face of the structure that is adjacent to the fiber layer; and an integrated microcircuit device for communicating with or without contact.

Abstract: A structure including at least two separate integrated microcircuit devices with contactless communication, each including at least one chip and at least one antenna, said at least two integrated microcircuit devices being placed in or on the structure such that any simultaneous reading of more than one of the integrated microcircuit devices by an external reader is impossible in at least one position of the structure relative to the external reader.

Abstract: The invention relates to a sticky document. The document comprises an adhesive layer and at least one covering layer covering the adhesive layer, the covering layer incorporating a radiofrequency identification device, and at least a portion of the identification device being linked to the document with a force of cohesion that is weak enough to ensure that once the document has been stuck onto backing, and in the event of the document being unstuck, at least a portion of the identification device remains secured to the backing.

Abstract: The invention relates to a multilayer structure such as a cover paper for a booklet, in particular a passport. The structure includes a radiofrequency identification device having a chip which is received in the thickness of the multilayer structure without generating extra thickness, the materials constituting the various layers of the multilayer structure are selected, as are the thicknesses of said layers, in such a manner that the cover withstands mechanical and thermal shocks, and in particular is capable of being subjected to graining treatment, and/or to decoration treatment by depositing a film by hot transfer under pressure, and/or to lamination treatment while depositing security films.

Abstract: A document including an integrated microcircuit device, in particular an RFID device, the document including at least one detector configured to detect a change in at least one physicochemical magnitude, which detection is capable of being performed away from the read field of an external reader capable of obtaining at least some information relating to said change from the integrated microcircuit device, the integrated microcircuit device being configured, during communication with the external reader to inform it that there has been an attempt at attacking the physical integrity of the document as a result of detecting a corresponding change of said at least one physicochemical magnitude.

Abstract: A structure for use in fabricating a security document or a document of value is provided. The structure includes an electronic device, an inset layer made at least in part out of fiber, a window within which the electronic device extends, at least in part, and an adhesive layer in contact with the inset layer.

Abstract: A structure for use in fabricating a security document or a document of value is provided. The structure includes an electronic device, an inset layer made at least in part out of fiber, a window within which the electronic device extends, at least in part, and an adhesive layer in contact with the inset layer.