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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 25, 1999
Douglas C. Neckers, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Kathleen G. Specht, Bowling Green, OH (US);
Oleg V. Grinevich, Bowling Green, OH (US);
Alexandre Mejiritski, Bowling Green, OH (US);
Spectra Group Limited, Inc., Maumee, OH (US);
Abstract
A method for precisely and efficiently creating three dimensional bodies, relief images or patterns, colored bodies, or a combination of these using photopolymers, photocolorizable polymers or photoresponsive coatings, in one irradiation step as disclosed. In particular this invention describes a method of generating objects or patterns with differential control of properties (depth, pore size, color, density, mechanical strength, hardness, degree of cross-linking, tackiness, etc.) such that the property varies across the xy array.