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Pattern printed sheet

  • US 9,213,929 B2
  • Filed: 05/25/2007
  • Issued: 12/15/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2006
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A pattern printed sheet comprising a substrate and a non-visible light-reflective transparent pattern printed on a surface of the substrate, wherein an ink for forming the transparent pattern contains a non-visible light-reflective material capable of selectively reflecting a light having a wavelength in a non-visible light range, a non-visible light reflectance of the transparent pattern as measured at a peak selective reflection wavelength being 13 to 50%, and the transparent pattern has a dot pattern, and has a multilayer structure in section which is repeated at predetermined intervals and, when observing a section of the structure, a repeated layer structure appears every 180°

  • when the liquid crystal molecule is rotated, as observed by a scanning electron microscope, and reflects only a circular polarization component in a predetermined rotation direction relative to an incident light applied thereto,wherein the multilayer structure is formed from a liquid crystal material having a fixed cholesteric structure, wherein the liquid crystal material having a fixed cholesteric structure is made of a chiral nematic liquid crystal material formed by mixing a nematic liquid crystal with a chiral agent, wherein the nematic liquid crystal is in the form of a compound having an acrylate structure, the non-visible light reflectance being attained by the liquid crystal material having the fixed cholesteric structure,wherein the transparent pattern printed has a thickness of from 1 to 20 μ

    m, andwherein the nematic liquid crystal includes a compound represented by a formula selected from the group consisting of the following formulae (1), (2), (4)-(9), and (11);

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