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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021

Filed:

May. 07, 2019
Applicant:

Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);

Inventors:

D. Clay Johnson, Rochester, NY (US);

Mark A. Atwood, Rush, NY (US);

Timothy P. Foley, Marion, NY (US);

Eliud Robles Flores, Rochester, NY (US);

Assignee:

Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 3/407 (2006.01); B29C 51/42 (2006.01); B29C 51/26 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01); B29C 51/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 3/4073 (2013.01); B29C 51/266 (2013.01); B29C 51/421 (2013.01); B41J 3/40731 (2020.08); B29C 51/10 (2013.01); B29C 2795/007 (2013.01); B29L 2031/723 (2013.01); B29L 2031/727 (2013.01); B29L 2031/767 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for printing on a multi-dimensional object may include creating a customized object holder for the multi-dimensional object by heating a thermoforming sheet to a thermoforming temperature, molding the heated thermoforming sheet around at least a portion of a multi-dimensional object to form a holding portion for the multi-dimensional object, creating one or more printable areas on the molded thermoforming sheet, and applying one or more datum points on the molded thermoformed sheet. The one or more datum points may be configured to provide information relating to position of the one or more printable areas to a print system.


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