Patent ID: 7906194

Claim:
A method for producing discs, the method comprising: (a) forming a substrate for an optical disc by utilizing a molding process along with a separable molding element and a textured molding element, wherein a side surface of the substrate formed at an outer diameter edge of the substrate is textured; (b) separating said separable molding element from the textured molding element in a separation direction to allow removal of the substrate from the textured molding element; and (c) applying a protective coating over the textured side surface of the substrate, by applying a lacquer to the substrate, flowing a portion of said lacquer over the textured side surface and curing the lacquer, wherein said textured side surface has a texture of No. 3 or higher according to the SPI-SPE standard and said textured side surface is formed by a textured surface of the textured molding element oriented along the separation direction and having a texture of No. 3 or higher according to the SPI-SPE standard.