Patent ID: 9724849
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: B29C

Claim:
1. A continuous roll-to-roll method for forming a desired pattern on a flexible substrate of desirable length, the method comprising: a. providing a rotary-shaped template surface comprising a 3D relief pattern in a roll-to-roll embossing process; b. providing a substrate upon whose surface a complimentary pattern that is a pattern complementary to that of said 3D relief pattern is formed; c. providing a means for applying a fluid selectively in relationship to the 3D relief pattern of said template; d. contacting together said substrate and said rotary-shaped template with the intervening selectively applied fluid; e. solidifying a relief pattern formed by said fluid and forming a selective relief pattern; and f. by use of a continuous roll-to-roll process, removing the substrate containing the selective relief pattern from the rotary template surface;