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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:
May. 14, 1991

Filed:

Jan. 11, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:

Paul Smits, Kingston, CA;

Aron M Rosenfeld, Kingston, CA;

Howard F DeFerrari, Louisville, KY (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ; B32B / ; B65D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
156233 ; 156289 ; 1563084 ; 428 43 ; 428469 ; 428915 ; 428916 ;
Abstract

The method involves forming a laminate capable of generating a substantially non-dichroic color by a light interference and absorption phenomenon by depositing a layer of a metal of medium light reflectivity by a vapor deposition technique on a suitable substrate, anodizing a surface of the metal in the presence of fluorine ions to form a detachable film of an oxide of the metal on the surface having a thickness suitable for color generation, and adhering a flexible strip of transparent or translucent material over the oxide film in such a manner that the strength of attachment of the flexible strip to the oxide film exceeds the adhesive strength between the oxide film and said surface of said metal.


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