Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes – Mechanical shaping or molding to form or reform shaped article – Shaping against forming surface
Reexamination Certificate
2008-01-29
2008-01-29
Tentoni, Leo B. (Department: 1791)
Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes
Mechanical shaping or molding to form or reform shaped article
Shaping against forming surface
C264S339000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07323130
ABSTRACT:
The present invention is directed to a method of controlling dimensional relations between an original pattern present in a mold and a recorded pattern formed in a layer of a substrate. In this manner, the size of the recorded pattern may appear to be magnified and/or reduced, when compared to the original pattern. To that end, the method comprises defining a region on the layer in which to produce the recorded pattern. The substrate is bent to produce a contoured surface in the region. Dimensional variations in the original pattern are produced by bending the mold, defining a varied pattern. The contoured surface and the mold are provided to have similar radii of curvatures. The varied pattern is then recorded in the layer. These and other embodiments of the present invention are discussed more fully below.
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Cherala Anshuman
Choi Byung-Jin
Nimmakayala Pawan K.
Sreenivasan Sidlgata V.
Fish & Richardson P.C.
Kordzik Kelly K.
Molecular Imprints, Inc.
Tentoni Leo B.
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