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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:
May. 27, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ikuo Mimura, Toyama, JP;
Akihiro Matsuda, Toyama, JP;
Assignee:
Nippon Carbide Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 5/124 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 5/124 ;
Abstract
Retroreflective sheeting comprising at least a reflective element layer made up of a large number of reflective elements and a holding body layer and a surface protective layer provided on the reflective element layer, wherein a printed layer is provided on the lateral faces of the reflective elements or between the holding body layer and the surface protective layer or on the surface protective layer, the printed layer being formed of a discrete repetitive pattern of unit patterns, and the unit patterns each having an area of 0.15 mm to 30 mm .