Patent ID: 9573353
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: B29D,B32B,B41F,B41M,G02B,G03F,Y10T

Claim:
1. A method for manufacturing a printed product, comprising the steps of: a) providing a matrix comprising a matrix surface having a plurality of recesses; and b) applying a first curable compound to said matrix surface and said recesses so as to fill said recesses with said first curable compound; c) covering said matrix surface and said recesses filled with said first curable compound by a pickup layer of a second curable compound; d) bringing said matrix in contact with a substrate surface of a substrate sheet; e) curing, at least partly, said first curable compound and said second curable compound; and f) separating said matrix surface from said substrate surface, leaving said pickup layer and said first curable compound on said substrate surface; wherein said pickup layer and said first curable compound filling said recesses are transferred together from said matrix surface onto said substrate surface; and wherein said first curable compound forms printed product micro features at said pickup layer covering said substrate surface.