Patent ID: 6896756

Claim:
A manufacturing method for a resin formed element comprising the steps of: printing a pattern on a first surface of a thermoplastic film to form a printed pattern layer: printing and curing an ultraviolet curable or thermosetting resin on part of a second surface of the thermoplastic film to form an ultraviolet cured or thermoset resin layer: forming a resin base material on the printed pattern layer; burying said ultraviolet cured or thermoset resin layer in the thermoplastic film, thereby adhering and integrating the resin base material to the printed pattern layer to form a laminated element; and peeling the ultraviolet cured or thermoset resin layer from the thermoplastic film such that there is a difference in thickness in the laminated element such that in a region where the ultraviolet cured or thermoset resin layer was previously present the thickness is smaller than the region where the ultraviolet cured or thermoset resin layer was not previously present.