Patents by Inventor Michele H. Kelley

Michele H. Kelley 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).

  • Patent number: 6303058
    Abstract: A method of making a retroreflective article comprising on the top surface thereof a retroreflective sheet that comprises a monolayer of retroreflective elements wherein first portions of the monolayer are arranged in a contoured profile and second portions of the monolayer are arranged a substantially planar position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Michele H. Kelley, Terry Bailey, Bruce B. Wilson, John W. Frank, Dave G. Schueler, Thanh-Huong Thi Nguyen, Naoki Nakayama, Larry K. Stump, Dale H. Haunschild
  • Patent number: 6273938
    Abstract: Channel flow filtration media possessing high efficiency and low pressure drop is formed from a plurality of filtration layers at least some of which include a multi-dimensional channel pattern having a plurality of continuous, tortuous channels and a multi-dimensional edge at each end of the plurality of channels formed therein. The filtration medium is configured as a stack with the multi-dimensional edge of the channel pattern forming a plurality of inlets open through a first face of the stack, a plurality of outlets open through a second face of the stack, and a corresponding plurality of disruptive fluid pathways passing from the inlets through the stack to the outlets. The filtration layers may be formed from a non-woven material, such as a carbon loaded multi-layer BMF web capable of adsorption of undesired vapors and odors from a fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Dan L. Fanselow, Roberto C. Moreno, Thanh H. Pham, Michele H. Kelley