ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,456, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to SHARKLET TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Aurora, Colo.).
"Molds for manufacturing textured articles, methods of manufacturing thereof and articles manufactured therefrom" was invented by Eric Van Harvey (Centennial, Colo.) and Ryan Eugene Stoneberg (Aurora, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a method of forming a mold comprising disposing a film having a textured surface on a support; pressing the film onto the support to cover a surface of the support; disposing a backing on the film; separating the support from the backing; and molding a material in the backing. Disclosed herein to...