A method for marking a product (1) with a photoluminescent mark, said mark comprising a photoluminescent portion (10) which is transparent under normal light conditions and revealed by photoluminescence under UV illumination, said mark further comprising a non photoluminescent portion (9) which is transparent under normal light conditions as well as under UV illumination, said method comprising: deposing on said product a stack, said stack comprising alternatively layers (2, 4), such as AlN, with a thickness of less than 1 micron and layers (3) of a second material, such as GaN, with a thickness of less than 10 nm; raising the transparency of said non photoluminescent portion (10) with a deposition of transparent material (6) or incorporation of ions into said non photoluminescent portions.

A method of marking a package (72) includes providing a package (72) including an additive transformable from a first state to a second state in response to an external stimulus and presenting said package via a sales device (80). At least a portion of said additive is in said first state when said package is presented in said sales device (80). At least a portion of said additive is activated to form identifying indicia on said package within said sales device (80).

Disclosures of the present invention describe an anti-counterfeit security verification method and device using quantum dots, wherein the anti-counterfeit security verification device consists of a base, a plurality of receiving recesses formed on the base, and a plurality of optical members. After being illuminated by a short-wavelength light, the optical members irradiate a plurality of photoluminescent light, and each of the photoluminescent lights comprises at least one wavelength value, one (x, y) coordinate position, one value of integrated photoluminescence intensity area, one photoluminescence color, and one color scale value. Particularly, the present invention develops a 3D pattern and a 2D color-scale pattern in a three-dimensional coordinate system and a two-dimensional coordinate system, such that the 2D color-scale pattern and the 3D pattern are respectively used as an information carrying label and a security verification, or respectively adopted as the security verification and the information carrying label.

A label comprising some figures that can be recognized by infrared vision devices. The main object is to put a figure surface on or near a reference surface and cooling one of these surfaces, in order to achieve cool surface and warm surface, enabling infrared vision devices to discriminate between the surfaces. The cooling of the surface is achieved by a Latent heat effect due to a evaporation of a liquid absorbed on said surface.

Disclosures of the present invention describe an anti-counterfeit security verification method and device using quantum dots, wherein the anti-counterfeit security verification device consists of a base, a plurality of receiving recesses formed on the base, and a plurality of optical members. After being illuminated by a short-wavelength light, the optical members irradiate a plurality of photoluminescent light, and each of the photoluminescent lights comprises at least one wavelength value, one (x, y) coordinate position, one value of integrated photoluminescence intensity area, one photoluminescence color, and one color scale value. Particularly, the present invention develops a 3D pattern and a 2D color-scale pattern in a three-dimensional coordinate system and a two-dimensional coordinate system, such that the 2D color-scale pattern and the 3D pattern are respectively used as an information carrying label and a security verification, or respectively adopted as the security verification and the information carrying label.

A laminate includes: a first laminate member; a second laminate member; and a hidden print formed by printing invisible ink between the first laminate member and the second laminate member. The hidden print is configured to absorb electromagnetic radiation outside the visible range. When irradiated with electromagnetic radiation outside a visible range that has passed through at least one of the first laminate member and the second laminate member, the hidden print absorbs the electromagnetic radiation to thereby show a sign, and, when irradiated with visible light, the hidden print does not show the sign.

A method of illumating an item is disclosed. The method includes applying adhesive to the item, interspersing a taggant in the adhesive, illuminating the item with an excitation signal, sensing luminescence emitted by the taggant in response to illumination by the excitation signal, and determining the authenticity of the item based on the sensed emitted luminescence. The item can include any item benefited by authentication, and can include a postage stamp. A method of customizing an item is disclosed. This can include the steps of preparing a substrate, applying a security feature to the substrate, printing non-customized information on the substrate, receiving image information, and printing the image information on the substrate.

A thermal-sensitive label includes a label-specific set point temperature visually displayed thereon, and a thermal indicator that changes visual appearance in dependence upon temperature change in comparison with a threshold temperature. The threshold temperature of the thermal indicator is set during manufacture to be a fixed amount above the set point temperature. The thermal indicator has a first visual appearance when a temperature measured by the thermal indicator is below the threshold temperature. The thermal indicator dynamically changes to a second visual appearance different than the visual appearance when a second temperature measured by the thermal indicator exceeds the threshold temperature. A label kit includes multiple labels with a variety of different set-points. Each of the labels may include one or both of a reversing thermal indicator for comparing current temperature to the threshold temperature and a non-reversing thermal indicator for comparing a maximum temperature to the threshold temperature.

The present disclosure provides a laser-markable article with customized watermarks and a preparation method thereof. The laser-markable article with customized watermarks comprises a surface layer (1) containing a first coloring agent, a bottom layer (2) containing a second coloring agent, an adhesive layer (3), and an optional release layer (4) arranged consecutively in a stack, and further comprises customized watermarks (5,5) arranged in the surface layer (1), wherein the customized watermarks (5,5) are comprised of a plurality of watermark units spaced apart from one another and regularly distributed in the surface layer (1), and each watermark unit is comprised of a laser-etched pattern with an etch depth of 2.5 to 25 micrometers. The laser-markable article with customized watermarks have good abrasive resistance, durability, and appearance effects.

A thermochromic display board is described that includes an array of nanofiber yarns in contact with an electrode. When electrified, the nanofiber yarns generate heat. This heat causes a thermochromic transition in a thermochromic layer. The presence of the nanofiber yarns, which are thermally conductive, can increase the rate at which the thermochromic layer within the di splay board transitions between thermochromic states.