Patent 7273643 was granted and assigned to Eastman Kodak on September, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An article having multiple spectral deposits is provided. The article can include a support and a single nanomorphic marking material adapted to reflect light having a first spectral content and adapted to reflect light having a second spectral content. The article can include a support and a nanomorphic marking material held by the support that luminesces at a plurality of wavelengths. The article can include a support and marking material having a first particle size and a second particle size. The first particle size reflects a first spectrum and the second particle size reflects a second spectrum. The article can include a support and a marking material held by said support with the marking material including a nanocrystalline particulate having a measurable property non-characteristic of the same marking material in a bulk state.