Patent ID: 8286880

Claim:
A security document having a carrier substrate and at least one first film element which is fixed to the carrier substrate and shows a first optically variable effect generated by a diffractive first relief structure, wherein the security document furthermore has at least one first printing ink layer which is applied in a region-wise fashion onto the at least one first film element, and wherein the at least one first printing ink layer is furthermore applied in a region-wise fashion onto the carrier substrate, wherein the regions of the at least one first printing ink layer, which are applied onto the at least one first film element and onto the carrier substrate, together provide a first information item which can be read, and wherein the security document has at least one second film element which shows a second optically variable effect generated by a diffractive second relief structure, wherein the at least one second film element is transparent or at least transparent in regions, and wherein the at least one second film element is fixed at least in regions to the at least one first film element and furthermore to regions of the carrier substrate which are free from the at least one first film element, wherein at least regions of the at least one first printing ink layer are arranged between the at least one first film element and the at least one second film element and can be read through the at least one second film element.