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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:
Dec. 30, 2025

Filed:

Jan. 04, 2024
Applicant:

Milliken & Company, Spartanburg, SC (US);

Inventors:

Robert M. Macmeccan, Greer, SC (US);

Jonathan C. Mccay, LaGrange, GA (US);

Tammy B. Harris, Valley, AL (US);

Kevin D. West, LaGrange, GA (US);

Dale S. Kitchen, Boiling Springs, SC (US);

Jonathan Rosen, Greenville, SC (US);

Scott R. Parry, Spartanburg, SC (US);

Assignee:

Milliken & Company, Spartanburg, SC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 3/407 (2006.01); D06N 7/00 (2006.01); D06P 5/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06P 5/30 (2013.01); D06N 7/0063 (2013.01);
Abstract

This invention relates to a printed textile substrate, such as a floorcovering article, and a process for making a printed textile substrate. This invention provides the process and steps to print color patterns in-register with physical patterns, such as varying yarn pile heights, yarn luster, yarn color, and the like. This process provides many unique aesthetics on a textile substrate that cannot be created another way.


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