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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 1978
Filed:
Jul. 23, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
David Lester, Arlington, MA (US);
Robert R Alexander, Waltham, MA (US);
Assignee:
Polymerics, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
260 / ; 260 / ; 260 / ; 260 / ;
Abstract
An expandable chemical coating compounded by an admixture of a paint, ink or dye with a polymeric composition embodying an encapsulation of a volatile, gas-producing substance which is heat-expandable in a thin polymeric film, said capsules being dispersed in a polymeric composition such that upon application of heat, the encapsulated volatile substance vaporizes to expand and fracture said capsule, thereby trapping the evolving gas in a polymeric medium so that the medium coating is expanded to produce a three-dimensional effect.