Patents by Inventor Michael Maeker

Michael Maeker 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).

  • Method for making a colored plastic film
    Patent number: 9266296
    Abstract: A method for making a plastic film having a three-dimensionally structured and colored surface includes the steps of: providing the film with a three-dimensional surface structure via a shaping process; determining the provided topography of the film surface via a scanning process; and, applying a coloring to the surface after the topography of the surface has been determined. A device configured to apply the coloring to the surface is controlled such that the application of the coloring to the surface is changeable in dependence upon at least one of topological data of the surface and macroscopic shapes of the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Benecke-Kaliko AG
    Inventors: Roland Wolff, Michael Maeker, Dirk Iben, Oliver Stahlhut
  • METHOD FOR MAKING A COLORED PLASTIC FILM
    Publication number: 20140333081
    Abstract: A method for making a plastic film having a three-dimensionally structured and colored surface includes the steps of: providing the film with a three-dimensional surface structure via a shaping process; determining the provided topography of the film surface via a scanning process; and, applying a coloring to the surface after the topography of the surface has been determined. A device configured to apply the coloring to the surface is controlled such that the application of the coloring to the surface is changeable in dependence upon at least one of topological data of the surface and macroscopic shapes of the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Roland Wolff, Michael Maeker, Dirk Iben, Oliver Stahlhut