US 11,718,123 B2
Laser textured identification document surfaces
Peter Johnson, Shakopee, MN (US); Tom Stebbing, Shakopee, MN (US); Rohit Agarwala, Shakopee, MN (US); Brian Hagen, Shakopee, MN (US); and Andrew Mettke, Shakopee, MN (US)
Assigned to Entrust Corporation, Shakopee, MN (US)
Filed by Entrust Corporation, Shakopee, MN (US)
Filed on Apr. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/224,444.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/006,289, filed on Apr. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0309041 A1, Oct. 7, 2021
Int. Cl. B42D 25/41 (2014.01); B42D 25/24 (2014.01); B42D 25/309 (2014.01); B42D 25/324 (2014.01); B42D 25/435 (2014.01); B42D 25/23 (2014.01)
CPC B42D 25/41 (2014.10) [B42D 25/24 (2014.10); B42D 25/309 (2014.10); B42D 25/324 (2014.10)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An identification document, comprising:
an identification document substrate having a security feature, the security feature including a laser textured surface of the identification document substrate formed by depressions that extend into an outer surface of the identification document and a printed feature that is formed above or beneath the laser textured surface; the laser textured surface and the printed feature at least partially overlap one another; and the laser textured surface is visible to a naked eye.