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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:
Jan. 27, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Francis J. Marentic, Woodbury, MN (US);
Mark J. Marentic, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Intouch Services, Vonore, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 4/120 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 4/120 ;
Abstract
Decorative transfers that can be directly applied to a mold surface during the molding process are created. The decorative transfers include an uppermost intermediate layer that includes a tacky resin. The decorative transfers also include inks that specify a desired image. Tacky inks and/or tack-free inks are used in the decorative transfers. Preferred decorative transfers include crosslinkable polymers in all of the intermediate layers.