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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2001
Jean-Pierre Grimard, Vif, FR;
Becton Dickinson France, S.A., Le Pont de Claix, FR;
Abstract
A method for surface marking a solid substrate ( ), according to which, during an exposures sequence, said substrate is exposed to coherent monochromatic light ( ) in order to strip said substrate over an indented surface ( ), wherein the exposure conditions, including duration, are set in order to restrict said indented surface to simple abrasion designed for the bonding of a printing medium, and the exposure sequence is followed by a sequence of projecting in discrete form, during which particles ( ) of said printing medium, the deposition of which subsequently defines a printing element ( ), are projected in targeted fashion into the indented surface ( ). A device for marking a surface of a substrate is also provided.