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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. 23, 2025

Filed:

Aug. 07, 2023
Applicant:

Sharklet Technologies, Inc., Aurora, CO (US);

Inventors:

Eric Van Harvey, Centennial, CO (US);

Ryan Eugene Stoneberg, Aurora, CO (US);

Assignee:

SHARKLET TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Aurora, CO (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 33/38 (2006.01); B29C 33/42 (2006.01); B29C 41/14 (2006.01); B29C 41/38 (2006.01); B29L 31/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 33/3842 (2013.01); B29C 33/424 (2013.01); B29C 41/14 (2013.01); B29C 41/38 (2013.01); B29L 2031/4864 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed herein is a method of forming a mold comprising disposing a film having a textured surface on a support; pressing the film onto the support to cover a surface of the support; disposing a backing on the film; separating the support from the backing; and molding a material in the backing. Disclosed herein too is a method comprising contacting a first mandrel with a first mold; where the first mold has a textured surface; texturing a surface of the first mandrel with the first mold; disposing the first mandrel in a die; disposing a first material in the die to contact the first mandrel; imparting a texture from the surface of the first mandrel onto the material to form a second mold; and disposing a texture from the second mold onto a second material; where the second material is different from the first material.


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