Surface covering
CA 2083117 C · Owner: Wright, Ralph W. Jr. · Inventors: Colyer, Timothy David; Landers, Cheryl Ward; Wright, Ralph W. Jr.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
A multi-dimensional image is obtained in a substantially flat surface covering by aligning the platelets of a platey material in the optical surface of the surface covering parallel to the exposed surface of the surface covering and realigning predetermined platelets to a predetermined angle with respect to the original alignment. The platelets can be realigned by pressing a gelled transparent or translucent element into the platey material containing layer or by mechanically embossing the platey material containing layer.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed November 17, 1992 and granted November 27, 2001. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 17, 2012.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by November 17, 2014.
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