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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:
Sep. 20, 2022

Filed:

Jul. 25, 2017
Applicant:

3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);

Inventors:

Norihito Shibahara, Tokyo, JP;

Rie Sakai, Tokyo, JP;

Ryo Chiba, Shizuoka, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 3/30 (2006.01); B29D 11/00 (2006.01); B32B 3/28 (2006.01); B32B 7/12 (2006.01); B32B 15/08 (2006.01); B05D 3/12 (2006.01); B05D 7/00 (2006.01); B05D 5/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 3/30 (2013.01); B29D 11/00605 (2013.01); B32B 3/28 (2013.01); B32B 7/12 (2013.01); B32B 15/08 (2013.01); B05D 3/12 (2013.01); B05D 5/066 (2013.01); B05D 7/57 (2013.01); B32B 2255/205 (2013.01); B32B 2307/412 (2013.01); B32B 2451/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A decorative film that exhibits visual effects such as, e.g., stereoscopic effect, luxurious feel, and the like; and can also exhibit complex flip-flop properties that have expansion, depth, fluctuation, and the like, and whereby a pattern can be made visible or invisible depending on the viewing angle. In one embodiment, the decorative film can include, in order, a base layer and, adjacent to the base layer, a brightening layer having a concavo-convex surface; or a brightening base layer including a brightening material and having a concavo-convex surface; adjacent to the brightening layer or the brightening base layer, a transparent resin layer; and, adjacent to the transparent resin layer, a semi-transparent metallic layer.


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