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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:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
May. 18, 2011
Applicants:
Paul S. Sara, Cary, IL (US);
Robert W. Springate, Belvidere, IL (US);
Sanford Lee Hertz, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Andrew Ubel, St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
Paul S. Sara, Cary, IL (US);
Robert W. Springate, Belvidere, IL (US);
Sanford Lee Hertz, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Andrew Ubel, St. Paul, MN (US);
Assignee:
Valspar Sourcing, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus and method for preparing a stain to match a target color of a selected substrate (e.g., wood species). The apparatus and method may include a computer system and hardware or software to display to a user of such system an image array depicting a target image of a stained building material and a plurality of images of colored stains as applied to the same or other building materials.