SUBSTRATES AND ARTICLES HAVING SELECTIVE PRINTED SURFACE RELIEFS
First Claim
1. An article, comprising:
- a substrate;
a coating that is applied to the substrate; and
surface reliefs that are cast or embossed onto the high or low refractive index surface relief coating at substantially the same speeds and widths of conventional printing, and in substantially perfect register to conventional printing.
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Abstract
The present invention provides articles comprising a substrate, a coating that is applied to the substrate, and surface reliefs that are cast or embossed onto the coating at substantially the same speeds and widths of conventional printing, and in substantially perfect register to conventional printing, wherein the coating is selected from the group consisting of HRISR coatings, LRISR coatings, water-based coatings, solvent-based coatings, UV/EB based coatings, sol-gel based coatings, conductive coatings, silver reduction based coatings and metallic coatings. A protective or printed layer may (or may not) be applied on top of the coating. Specifically, if the coating is an HRISR or LRISR coating, then it is unnecessary to apply a special high refractive layer because HRISR and LRISR coatings inherently contain the refractive index properties that are necessary to keep the surface reliefs viewable despite any printing on top of the coating. Otherwise, if the coating does not comprise an HRISR or LRISR coating, then a high refractive protective layer is applied on top of the coating, wherein the protective layer follows a topography of the surface reliefs such that a thickness of the protective coating is substantially uniform.
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1. An article, comprising:
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a substrate;
a coating that is applied to the substrate; and
surface reliefs that are cast or embossed onto the high or low refractive index surface relief coating at substantially the same speeds and widths of conventional printing, and in substantially perfect register to conventional printing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An article, comprising:
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a substrate;
a UV or EB coating applied on top of the substrate;
a high or low refractive index lacquer, sol-gel, metallic ink, silver ink or conductive ink applied on top of the coating;
surface reliefs created by the UV or EB coating; and
surface reliefs created by the high or low refractive index lacquer, sol-gel, metallic ink, silver ink or conductive ink. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An article, comprising:
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a substrate;
a lacquer, sol-gel, metallic ink, silver ink or conductive ink applied on top of the substrate;
surface reliefs created by the high or low refractive index lacquer or sol-gel; and
a protective coating applied on top of the surface reliefs. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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