Patents by Inventor Joan Marilyn Yim

Joan Marilyn Yim has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5649480
    Abstract: The economic production of raised print characters such as Braille is achieved by a silk screen printing process, using a rotational printing machine in combination with high viscosity, "U/V" inks that make possible the depth of deposition and character solidity necessary for achieving the required tactile effect in order to be "readable" by touch. The high body ink of the thus formed characters is cured rapidly by exposure to U/V light, so that the high drying rate thus obtained enables the achievement of economically effective, high rates of production. It is found that raised patterns of significantly lesser prominence than for embossed Braille, as produced by the printing process, are more durable, being substantially less crushable than an embossed Braille product, and are readable on a short-term basis, even by trainee "readers".
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1997
    Inventor: Joan Marilyn Yim