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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:
Feb. 13, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2002
Applicants:
Ken Egashira, Kanagawa, JP;
Motoaki Muraoka, Shizuoka, JP;
Hirofumi Nitta, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 9/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A decorative article () capable of being used in combination with an article having a light source () and of remarkably improving the decorative effect together with the light source. The decorative article () is attached to an article having a light source (), and comprises, at least, an appearance-providing layer () defining an appearance of the decorative article, and a light-storage layer () which is disposed under the appearance-providing layer () and is able to store the light from the light source () and generate afterglow.