Patent ID: 6933098
Filing Date: 2005-08-23
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
1. A process for the preparation of a plurality of well-defined structures, said process comprises the following steps, not necessarily in the order as listed: (a) providing a support web; (b) coating a layer of a radiation curable material on said support web; (c) providing a photomask as a continuous loop which comprises a pattern corresponding in form to at least one of said well-defined structures; (d) aligning said photomask loop with said support web so that at least a portion of said photomask loop is in generally parallel orientation to at least a portion of said support web; (e) moving said photomask loop and said support web in a synchronized motion so that at least a portion of said photomask loop and at least a portion of said support web are moving in parallel in substantially the same direction; (f) passing radiation through a portion of said photomask loop directly onto the radiation curable material on a portion of said support web, which is in generally parallel orientation to said portion of said photomask loop through which the radiation passes, for imagewise exposure of a portion of said radiation curable material and leaving another portion of said radiation curable material unexposed; and (g) removing said unexposed radiation curable material to form a plurality of said well-defined structures.