Patent ID: 7141295

Claim:
An optically embossed sheet ( 10 ) for a laminate ( 107 ), the sheet ( 10 ) comprising: a. a base layer ( 12 ) having a print surface ( 14 ) and an opposed resin application surface ( 16 ), the print surface defining a decorative area ( 18 ); b. a small particle ink ( 20 ) overlying the decorative area ( 18 ), the small particle ink ( 20 ) including particles having a particle-size range wherein about ninety percent of the particles have diameters less than about 1.0 microns; c. a large particle ink ( 22 ) overlying the small particle ink ( 20 ) in a direction away from the resin application surface ( 16 ) within a low-gloss region ( 24 ) defined within the decorative area ( 18 ), the large particle ink ( 22 ) including particles having a particle-size range wherein about ninety percent of the particles have diameters greater than about 4.0 microns; and, d. a thermosetting resin ( 26 ) coalescing more than about fifty percent of the particles of the small particle ink ( 20 ) at the printing surface ( 14 ) into agglomerations ( 27 ), and the thermosetting resin ( 26 ) coalescing less than about thirty percent of the particles of the large particle ink ( 22 ) into agglomerations ( 27 ).