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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:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2010
Applicants:
Adel F. Bastawros, Newburgh, IN (US);
Grant Hay, Evansville, IN (US);
Karkala Arun Kumar, Evansville, IN (US);
Phil M. Peters, Mount Vernon, IN (US);
Inventors:
Adel F. Bastawros, Newburgh, IN (US);
Grant Hay, Evansville, IN (US);
Karkala Arun Kumar, Evansville, IN (US);
Phil M. Peters, Mount Vernon, IN (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/00 (2006.01); B23K 26/04 (2006.01); B23K 26/36 (2006.01); B41F 31/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Mastering tools and systems and methods for forming a plurality of cells on the mastering tools are provided. In particular, the systems vary the geometry of the cells or the placement of the cells, or both, for forming a textured surface on a mastering tool.