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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:
Jul. 16, 1996
Filed:
Nov. 28, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Leonard Leese, Manningtree, GB;
Assignee:
Arjobex Limited, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C / ; B29C / ; B29C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
264446 ; 264 21 ; 264448 ; 264132 ; 264175 ; 2642107 ; 264284 ; 2642902 ; 26417113 ; 427157 ; 425363 ; 425385 ;
Abstract
A process is provided for creating a watermark on a polymeric sheet. The sheet is passed between abutting rollers, at least one of said rollers having a recessed and/or raised motif, to form an impression on the sheet corresponding to the motif, and then orienting by stretching the sheet. The impressed and oriented sheet has dark areas corresponding to the raised portions and light areas corresponding to recessed portion of the motif.