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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:
Apr. 27, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 02, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nippon Kayaku Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428354 ; 428343 ; 428 409 ; 428203 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a laser marking article having two or more layers of thin films on the surface thereof, wherein one of the layers other than the outermost layer is a thin film made of a laser marking ground composition containing a laser beam-absorbing whitish inorganic compound powder and a binder as essential ingredients, and to a laser marking method comprising irradiating said laser marking article with a laser beam. According to the present invention, a vivid white-colored mark can be formed on the surface of an article even in case of low-energy laser irradiation or even in case of high-speed marking.