Patent ID: 7748321

Claim:
A process for producing a high-resolution surface pattern on a substrate, comprising the steps of: providing a desired surface pattern, said desired surface pattern having a line width; based upon said desired surface pattern, generating: a specification of a microscopic surface structure consisting of a plurality of grooves, said grooves having an orientation direction, a profile shape, a spatial frequency of more than 50 grooves/mm, and a profile depth of less than 2 μm; and an associated surface pattern; such that, when, in accordance with the associated surface pattern, a printing substance is applied to a substrate having the microscopic surface structure, the printing substance forms the desired surface pattern; forming in the substrate a microscopic surface structure corresponding to the generated specification of a microscopic surface structure; and by means of a printing process, applying an amount of a printing substance to the substrate in pattern form according to the generated associated surface pattern to produce the desired surface pattern on the substrate.