Patents by Inventor Thomas Attenberger

Thomas Attenberger 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: 7648074
    Abstract: A value or security document (2) contains a security feature (4) in the form of a film laser with an emitter layer (12) and preferably a protective layer (14). A spatial, periodic modulation (8), preferably of the surface of a substrate, permits fine adjustment of a laser wavelength within a range of possible wavelengths. This permits a coding of the security feature by different portions of different wavelengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: Giesecke & Devrient GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Attenberger, Wolfgang Deckenbach, Rainer Hoppe
  • Patent number: 7175739
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for incorporating feature substances into a still moist but already sufficiently consolidated paper web provides for directing a feature substance suspension onto the surface of the paper web as a laminar jet with low jet pressure. A special pressure control circuit ensures that the jet pressure is always constant regardless of the number of parallel feature substance suspension jets directed onto the paper web. This makes it possible to incorporate a great variety of line codings in paper under the same process conditions without any visible changes in fiber structure occurring in the paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Giesecke & Devrient GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Attenberger, Gerhard Stenzel, Ralf Soltau, Manfred Hutmann
  • Publication number: 20050230071
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for incorporating feature substances into a still moist but already sufficiently consolidated paper web provides for directing a feature substance suspension onto the surface of the paper web as a laminar jet with low jet pressure. A special pressure control circuit ensures that the jet pressure is always constant regardless of the number of parallel feature substance suspension jets directed onto the paper web. This makes it possible to incorporate a great variety of line codings in paper under the same process conditions without any visible changes in fiber structure occurring in the paper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Inventors: Thomas Attenberger, Gerhard Stenzel, Ralf Soltau, Manfred Hutmann
  • Patent number: 6936138
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for incorporating feature substances into a still moist but already sufficiently consolidated paper web provides for directing a feature substance suspension onto the surface of the paper web as a laminar jet with low jet pressure. A special pressure control circuit ensures that the jet pressure is always constant regardless of the number of parallel feature substance suspension jets directed onto the paper web. This makes it possible to incorporate a great variety of line codings in paper under the same process conditions without any visible changes in fiber structure occurring in the paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: Giesecke & Devrient GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Attenberger, Gerhard Stenzel, Ralf Soltau, Manfred Hutmann
  • Publication number: 20050051635
    Abstract: A value or security document (2) contains a security feature (4) in the form of a film laser with an emitter layer (12) and preferably a protective layer (14). A spatial, periodic modulation (8), preferably of the surface of a substrate, permits fine adjustment of a laser wavelength within a range of possible wavelengths. This permits a coding of the security feature by different portions of different wavelengths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2002
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Inventors: Thomas Attenberger, Wolfgang Deckenbach, Rainer Hoppe
  • Patent number: 6858323
    Abstract: The invention relates to a document of value, such as a paper of value, ID card or the like, having at least one authenticity feature in the form of a luminescent substance. The luminescent substance has particles consisting of a dye-laden molecular sieve whose structure forms an optical resonator. In said resonator at least one dye can be excited to show stimulated emission, the dye being incorporated in the cavities of the molecular sieve or located in or on the internal and external surfaces of the molecular sieve, and the transition to stimulated emission being accompanied by a detectable change in the luminescent properties of the dye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: Giesecke & Devrient GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Giering, Rainer Hoppe, Thomas Attenberger
  • Patent number: 6845119
    Abstract: A laser illuminating apparatus that illuminates a linear or strip-shaped area (S) of sheet material (B) with high radiant power contains a diode laser (2) whose output is followed by two mutually orthogonally oriented rod lenses (4, 6) whose focal length is small in comparison to their distance. Between the two rod lenses (4, 6) a laser light beam fan (L2) is formed. Said fan is focused by the second rod lens (6) on a narrow linear area (S). Behind said area the laser beams diverge at a large angle (?) so that the power density decreases accordingly rapidly. If the light falls on the retina of an observer's eye, the laser light is not focused pointwise but only linearly, which excludes injury to the eye due to the accordingly low power density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Assignee: Giesecke & Devrient GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Deckenbach, Thomas Attenberger
  • Publication number: 20030026000
    Abstract: A laser illuminating apparatus that illuminates a linear or strip-shaped area (S) of sheet material (B) with high radiant power contains a diode laser (2) whose output is followed by two mutually orthogonally oriented rod lenses (4, 6) whose focal length is small in comparison to their distance. Between the two rod lenses (4, 6) a laser light beam fan (L2) is formed. Said fan is focused by the second rod lens (6) on a narrow linear area (S). Behind said area the laser beams diverge at a large angle (&agr;) so that the power density decreases accordingly rapidly. If the light falls on the retina of an observer's eye, the laser light is not focused pointwise but only linearly, which excludes injury to the eye due to the accordingly low power density.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2002
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Inventors: Wolfgang Deckenbach, Thomas Attenberger
  • Publication number: 20020166647
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for incorporating feature substances into a still moist but already sufficiently consolidated paper web provides for directing a feature substance suspension onto the surface of the paper web as a laminar jet with low jet pressure. A special pressure control circuit ensures that the jet pressure is always constant regardless of the number of parallel feature substance suspension jets directed onto the paper web. This makes it possible to incorporate a great variety of line codings in paper under the same process conditions without any visible changes in fiber structure occurring in the paper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2002
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Inventors: Thomas Attenberger, Gerhard Stenzel, Ralf Soltau, Manfred Hutmann
  • Patent number: 5897746
    Abstract: In a method for providing papers of value with authenticity features, a homogeneous mixture is produced in a defined concentration from a feature substance present in powder form and a gas. This mixture is ejected at high speed from at least one nozzle disposed at a given distance from the paper web and transferred onto the running paper web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1999
    Assignee: Giesecke & Devrient, GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Attenberger, Dieter Stein, Gerhard Stenzel, Wilhelm Ilgmann