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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:
Oct. 10, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2002
Applicants:
Emmett Dudley Crawford, Kingsport, TN (US);
Robert William Seymour, Kingsport, TN (US);
Inventors:
Emmett Dudley Crawford, Kingsport, TN (US);
Robert William Seymour, Kingsport, TN (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, TN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 7/02 (2006.01); B32B 27/36 (2006.01); B32B 15/04 (2006.01); C08G 63/18 (2006.01); C08G 64/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This invention relates to thermoplastic article having one or more decorative materials embedded therein which is obtained by applying heat and pressure to one or more laminates wherein at least one of said laminates comprises, in order, (1) an upper sheet material; (2) one or more decorative materials; and (3) a lower sheet material; wherein the upper and lower sheet materials are formed from a polyester/aromatic polycarbonate blend.