Patent ID: 7717035

Claim:
An apparatus for embossing a substrate, comprising: a die having a metal backing layer that carries a polymer layer, the polymer layer having first and second female register tracts formed thereon through the use of laser engraving, said metal backing layer capable of being magnetically attached to a magnetic cylinder; a counter die having a metal backing layer that carries a polymer layer, wherein said polymer layer of said counter die has first and second male register tracts formed thereon through the use of laser engraving, the first and second male register tracts receivable into the respective first and second female register tracts in order to maintain the die and counter die in register with one another during rotation of the die and counter die, wherein said metal backing layer of said counter die is capable of being magnetically attached to a magnetic cylinder, and wherein said male and said female register tracts have an elongated rectangular shaped component with spokes extending perpendicular to the direction of elongation, and wherein said second male register tract and said second female register tract have an elongated rectangular shaped component with spokes extending perpendicular to the direction of elongation.