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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.

Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015

Filed:

May. 19, 2009
Applicants:

Guy Peter Bryan-brown, Worcestershire, GB;

David Walker, Worcestershire, GB;

John Clifford Jones, Worcestershire, GB;

Inventors:

Guy Peter Bryan-Brown, Worcestershire, GB;

David Walker, Worcestershire, GB;

John Clifford Jones, Worcestershire, GB;

Assignee:

ZBD DISPLAYS LIMITED, Worcester, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D 1/36 (2006.01); G02F 1/1337 (2006.01); B82Y 10/00 (2011.01); B82Y 40/00 (2011.01); G03F 7/00 (2006.01); G02F 1/139 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/13378 (2013.01); B82Y 10/00 (2013.01); B82Y 40/00 (2013.01); G02F 1/1391 (2013.01); G02F 2001/133761 (2013.01); G02F 2202/28 (2013.01); G03F 7/0002 (2013.01);
Abstract

The invention relates to a method of patterning a layer formed from a fixable material such as photopolymer on a surface in a desired pattern. The method involves coating selected areas of the substrate with an adhesion promoter and subsequently coating the fixable material. The fixable material is then fixed, for instance by curing by exposure to UV radiation. The adhesion promoter is adapted to have a surface energy which is designed to adhere to the substrate or selected areas thereof and also to the fixed material such that fixed material may be easily removed from areas of the substrate not coated with adhesion promoter but retained in areas where the adhesion promoter has bonded to the substrate.


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