Production of artwork
CA 1183072 A · Owner: Letraset Limited · Inventors: Shepherd, John V.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
Legends are built up from dry transfers in the usual way but on an intermediate carrier. Water or other liquid is applied to the rear surface of the intermediate carrier and an adhesive tape or sheet applied over the letters. The adhesive tape is then peeled away from the intermediate carrier bearing the letters which can then be adhered where desired e.g. on a background scene or in a frame using their of, adhesive, whereafter the adhesive tape or sheet is peeled away to leave the letters looking as though they had been transferred there in the usual way.
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Listed from its CIPO record in Patent Yard's archive of Canadian patents past their term. Its claims, description and drawings are in the CIPO record and on Google Patents, and the Claude kit works from them.
Why it's free to use
- Granted February 26, 1985. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended February 26, 2002.
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Timeline
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Sources & verification
Official CIPO records
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