Patents by Inventor Catherine P. Tarnowski
Catherine P. Tarnowski 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).
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Patent number: 9873276Abstract: A method includes providing an elastomeric stamp including a stamping surface with a first pattern element having a fill factor of 20 to 99 percent and including a continuous region and at least one discontinuous region, the discontinuous region including at least one of: (1) one or more elongated concavities, and (2) one or more interior voids. A second pattern element of the stamping surface has a fill factor of 0.25 to 10 percent, and includes traces with a width from 0.1 micrometers to 50 micrometers. The stamping surface is inked with an ink composition including a functionalizing molecule with a functional group selected to bind to a surface of the ink-receptive material. The inked stamping surface is contacted with an ink-receptive material selected from a sheet or a web for a contact time sufficient to bind the functional group with the surface of the ink-receptive material to form a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) of the functionalizing material.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2014Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: Catherine P. Tarnowski, David A. Johnson, Roger W. Barton, Larry L. Johnson, Jonathan J. O'Hare, Tyler J. Rattray, Daniel M. Lentz, Jeffrey H. Tokie, Matthew H. Frey, Mikhail L. Pekurovsky
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Publication number: 20160250875Abstract: A method includes providing an elastomeric stamp including a stamping surface with a first pattern element having a fill factor of 20 to 99 percent and including a continuous region and at least one discontinuous region, the discontinuous region including at least one of: (1) one or more elongated concavities, and (2) one or more interior voids. A second pattern element of the stamping surface has a fill factor of 0.25 to 10 percent, and includes traces with a width from 0.1 micrometers to 50 micrometers. The stamping surface is inked with an ink composition including a functionalizing molecule with a functional group selected to bind to a surface of the ink-receptive material. The inked stamping surface is contacted with an ink-receptive material selected from a sheet or a web for a contact time sufficient to bind the functional group with the surface of the ink-receptive material to form a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) of the functionalizing material.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2014Publication date: September 1, 2016Inventors: Catherine P. Tarnowski, David A. Johnson, Roger W. Barton, Larry L. Johnson, Jonathan J. O'Hare, Tyler J. Rattray, Daniel M. Lentz, Jeffrey H. Tokie, Matthew H. Frey, Mikhail L. Pekurovsky
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Patent number: 9002072Abstract: A system is described for detecting the presence of non-uniformity patterns and providing output indicative of a severity of each type of non-uniformity pattern. The system includes a computerized rating tool that assists a user in efficiently and consistently assigning expert ratings (i.e., labels) to a large collection of training images representing samples of a given product. In addition, the rating software develops a model that allows a computerized inspection system to detect the presence of non-uniformity patterns in a manufactured web material in real time and provide output indicative of a severity level of each pattern on a continuous scale. The system also includes algorithmic and hardware approaches to significantly that increase the throughput of the inspection system.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2012Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Catherine P. Tarnowski, Kenneth G. Brittain, David L. Hofeldt, Andrzej P. Jaworski, Gregory D. Kostuch, John A. Ramthun, Evan J. Ribnick, Esa H. Vilkama, Derek H. Justice, Guillermo Sapiro
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Patent number: 8965116Abstract: A computerized rating tool is described that assists a user in efficiently and consistently assigning expert ratings (i.e., labels) to a large collection of training images representing samples of a given product. The rating tool provides mechanisms for visualizing the training images in an intuitive and configurable fashion, including clustering and ordering the training images. In some embodiments, the rating tool provides an easy-to-use interface for exploring multiple types of defects represented in the data and efficiently assigning expert ratings. In other embodiments, the computer automatically assigns ratings (i.e., labels) to the individual clusters containing the large collection of digital images representing the samples.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2011Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Evan J. Ribnick, Kenneth G. Brittain, Gregory D. Kostuch, Catherine P. Tarnowski, Derek H. Justice, Guillermo Sapiro, Sammuel D. Herbert, David L. Hofeldt
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Publication number: 20140240720Abstract: A method includes passing an interrogating light beam through a Fourier transform lens and onto the surface of a material to form a Fraunhofer diffraction pattern of one or more surface features of the material. An image of the diffraction pattern is processed to determine the dimensions of the feature.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2012Publication date: August 28, 2014Inventors: Yi Qiao, Michael W. Dolezal, David L. Hofeldt, Jack W. Lai, Catherine P. Tarnowski
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Publication number: 20130322733Abstract: A system is described for detecting the presence of non-uniformity patterns and providing output indicative of a severity of each type of non-uniformity pattern. The system includes a computerized rating tool that assists a user in efficiently and consistently assigning expert ratings (i.e., labels) to a large collection of training images representing samples of a given product. In addition, the rating software develops a model that allows a computerized inspection system to detect the presence of non-uniformity patterns in a manufactured web material in real time and provide output indicative of a severity level of each pattern on a continuous scale. The system also includes algorithmic and hardware approaches to significantly that increase the throughput of the inspection system.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2012Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Catherine P. Tarnowski, Kenneth G. Brittain, David L. Hofeldt, Andrzej P. Jaworski, Gregory D. Kostuch, John A. Ramthun, Evan J. Ribnick, Esa H. Vilkama, Derek H. Justice, Guillermo Sapiro
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Publication number: 20130202200Abstract: A computerized rating tool is described that assists a user in efficiently and consistently assigning expert ratings (i.e., labels) to a large collection of training images representing samples of a given product. The rating tool provides mechanisms for visualizing the training images in an intuitive and configurable fashion, including clustering and ordering the training images. In some embodiments, the rating tool provides an easy-to-use interface for exploring multiple types of defects represented in the data and efficiently assigning expert ratings. In other embodiments, the computer automatically assigns ratings (i.e., labels) to the individual clusters containing the large collection of digital images representing the samples.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2011Publication date: August 8, 2013Applicant: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Evan J. Ribnick, Kenneth G. Brittain, Gregory D. Kostuch, Catherine P. Tarnowski, Derek H. Justice, Guillermo Sapiro, Sammuel D. Herbert, David L. Hofeldt
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Publication number: 20130113919Abstract: An inspection device comprises a camera assembly including an objective lens that captures and collimates light associated with an object being inspected, an image forming lens that forms an image of the object based on the collimated light, and a camera that renders the image. The camera assembly defines a focal point distance from the objective lens that defines a focal point of the camera assembly. The inspection device comprises an optical sensor positioned to detect an actual distance between the objective lens and the object, an actuator that controls positioning of the objective lens to control the actual distance between the objective lens and the object, and a control unit that receives signals from the optical sensor indicative of the actual distance. Control signals from the control unit can control the actuator to adjust the actual distance such that the actual distance substantially equals the focal point distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2011Publication date: May 9, 2013Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: Yi Qiao, Jack W. Lai, Jeffrey J. Fontaine, Steven C. Reed, Catherine P. Tarnowski, David L. Hofeldt
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Patent number: 7957000Abstract: Systems and methods for calibrating a web inspection system.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2010Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: David L. Hofeldt, Derek H. Justice, John A. Ramthun, Catherine P. Tarnowski, Wenyuan Xu
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Publication number: 20100231897Abstract: Systems and methods for calibrating a web inspection system.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2010Publication date: September 16, 2010Inventors: David L. HOFELDT, Derek H. Justice, John A. Ramthun, Catherine P. Tarnowski, Wenyuan Xu
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Patent number: 7773226Abstract: Systems and methods for calibrating a web inspection system.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2008Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: David L. Hofeldt, Derek H. Justice, John A. Ramthun, Catherine P. Tarnowski, Wenyuan Xu
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Publication number: 20090303484Abstract: Systems and methods for calibrating a web inspection system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2008Publication date: December 10, 2009Inventors: David L. HOFELDT, Derek H. Justice, John A. Ramthun, Catherine P. Tarnowski, Wenyuan Xu
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Publication number: 20040139555Abstract: The invention relates to a non-aqueous washing machine, methods of using the machine, methods of washing, and recycling and in particular provides novel filtering, reclamation and recycling methods and apparati.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2003Publication date: July 22, 2004Inventors: Daniel C. Conrad, Vicki Lyn Wyatt-Smith, Karl D. McAllister, Hank Robert Reinhoudt, Machiel Goedhart, Catherine P. Tarnowski, Brooke Lindsay-Steel Lau, David Stankiewicz, Cinnamon S. Brown-Green, Holli Krumbein, Kenyata Joi Maki, Tremitchell Wright, Joel A. Luckman, Brian W. May, Kurt Estes, Mark B. Kovich