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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:
Oct. 24, 1989
Filed:
Jan. 25, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Andrew J Lee, Hopkinsville, KY (US);
Mohan L Sanduja, Flushing, NY (US);
Kenneth Sugathan, Piscataway, NJ (US);
Felicia Dragnea, Forest Hills, NY (US);
Carl Horowitz, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Assignee:
Ebonite International, Inc., Hopkinsville, KY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F / ; B41M / ; B44C / ; B05D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
101170 ; 101 41 ; 101163 ; 101491 ; 156230 ; 156249 ; 427355 ;
Abstract
A bowling ball, rather than being engraved with a decoration, is printed with the decoration, relying on graft polymerization chemistry by which the printing fluid, offset to the ball in decoration form, is effectively bonded to the ball which may be rubber or other polymer capable of participating in graft polymerization.