Patents by Inventor MARK W. SCHAEFERA

MARK W. SCHAEFERA 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).

  • METHODS FOR TRANSFERRING HOLOGRAPHIC IMAGES INTO METAL SURFACES
    Publication number: 20020090578
    Abstract: A method for impressing holographic images or holograms in the surface of metal objects such as aluminum cans, sheet metal or metal foil. The surfaces of metal shims and print rolls bearing holograms are hardened as by coating them with thin amorphous diamond coatings or diamond like coatings so the holograms can be embossed into many thousands of metal objects with clarity and consistency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 1999
    Publication date: July 11, 2002
    Inventors: MARK W. SCHAEFERA, Thomas L. Levendusky, Simon Sheu, Robert B. Larsen, Neville C. Whittle