Patents by Inventor Shigenobu Matsumoto

Shigenobu Matsumoto 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).

  • Process for producing thin film-like material having decorative surface
    Patent number: 6544369
    Abstract: Thin film-like material that has printability, that can have unique surface patterns of various kinds, and that can have a design having an effect that has been never produced, and process of producing it are provided. The thin film-like material has a laminated structure in which an adhesive layer and a metal thin layer are laid in this order on the entire surface or parts of the surface of one or each of opposite sides of a base material A surface of the metal thin layer is formed by transfer process as a smooth surface having a mirror pattern, a surface having a mat pattern, a surface having a hairline pattern, a surface having an embossed pattern, a surface having a hologram pattern or a surface having two or more of those patterns combined appropriately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignees: Japan Tobacco Inc., JT Prosprint Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Kitamura, Shigenobu Matsumoto