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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:
Mar. 12, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 16, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mahesh Arvind Kotnis, Okemos, MI (US);
Brian H. Kukulies, Dorr, MI (US);
Kenneth R. Filipiak, West Olive, MI (US);
David D. Schwarting, Holland, MI (US);
Assignee:
Vantico Inc., Brewster, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 3/340 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 3/340 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for making a prototype by providing at least one polymeric board material having a glass transition temperature less than the molten temperature of a thermoplastic molding material and removing at least a portion of the polymeric board material to form, according to a computer-aided design, a reverse image of a desired article to be molded. Selected molten polymeric molding material is injected into the resulting mold to produce the desired prototype.