Patents Represented by Attorney James V. Lilly

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  • Composite article containing rigid layers
    Patent number: 4749617
    Abstract: An article having two rigid layers joined by an aziridine-containing layer is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1988
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: George Canty
  • Reusable developing powder composition
    Patent number: 4745418
    Abstract: A non-fusible, monocomponent toner is described which comprises an organic resin having a high fusion point, a magnetically responsive material admixed therewith, and an electrically conductive surface. The toner is capable of being repeatedly used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1988
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Thomas J. Brennan, Nancy N. Quan
  • Process of dry adhesive-free thermal transfer of indicia
    Patent number: 4737224
    Abstract: A process and composition are provided that provide for thermal transfer of ink compositions and eliminate the need to prepare articles such as sign faces, particularly flexible sign faces, by painting with ink compositions that contain solvents. The present process and composition permit thermal transfer from a carrier to a receptor at low temperatures with the use of vacuum pressure. The transferred ink adheres tenaciously to the receptor and is flexible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1988
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Robert C. Fitzer, Frank L. Deyak, Charles J. Fabbrini
  • Compositions, devices, and methods for extended control of insect activity
    Patent number: 4683132
    Abstract: Compositions, devices, and methods are disclosed for controlling insect activity wherein an insect control agent is self-adhered to a rough-surfaced fiber. Preferably the fiber is a graft polymer of cellulose and an ethylenically unsaturated material copolymerizable with cellulose. The invention provides extended control of insect activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1982
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1987
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Patricia M. Ronning, Gregg A. Vandesteeg
  • Imageable toner powder
    Patent number: 4683191
    Abstract: An imageable toner powder comprising a solid material capable of existing as a supercooled liquid after being heated above its melting temperature and subsequently cooled and a colorant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1987
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Thomas C. Geisler
  • Fluorinated carbon-containing developer composition
    Patent number: 4681830
    Abstract: A flowable, dry powder of particles of a developing composition are provided. The compositions may be either heat- or pressure-fixable and utilize from about 0.4 to 10 parts by weight of fluorinated carbon per 100 parts by weight of a thermoplastic binder and a magnetically responsive material. The fluorinated carbon has a degree of fluorination in the range of 10% to 100% and an average diameter below about 2 microns. The developing powder compositions possess improved flow humidity resistance and provide dramatically improved copy quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1987
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Randall H. Helland, Craig A. Burton
  • Ultra-violet light curable compositions for abrasion resistant articles
    Patent number: 4650845
    Abstract: Inherently highly abrasion-resistant cast articles are prepared by polymerizing a composition comprising (I) as a first component from 0 to 100 parts of urethane polyacrylic ester and (II) as a second component, correspondingly from 100 to 0 parts of a composition containing (A) 30 to 60% by weight of a polyacrylic ester having 4 to 10 acryloyloxy groups, (B) 20 to 70% by weight of a polymerization shrinkage modifier, and (C) 0 to 30% of a diluent monomer. A source of free-radicals may be added to the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1987
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Ramon F. Hegel
  • Developing powder composition containing a fatty acid amide component
    Patent number: 4643960
    Abstract: A toner powder comprising a thermoplastic binder, a pigment, and a fatty acid amide containing at least about ten carbon atoms is provided. Addition of the amide has no deleterious effects upon the composition yet renders the toner readily processable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1987
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Nancy N. Quan
  • Graphic design article
    Patent number: 4640727
    Abstract: A graphic design article comprising a carrier transparent to actinic radiation, a first adhesive layer on the carrier, a graphic design on portions of the first adhesive layer, and a second adhesive layer on the graphic design and first adhesive layer.The carrier and first adhesive layer are transmissive to actinic radiation. The graphic design is opaque to actinic radiation. The second adhesive layer is responsive to actinic radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1987
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Jeffrey R. Janssen
  • Imageable toner powder
    Patent number: 4608329
    Abstract: An imageable toner powder comprising a solid material capable of existing as a supercooled liquid after being heated above its melting temperature and subsequently cooled and a colorant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1985
    Date of Patent: August 26, 1986
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Thomas C. Geisler
  • Thermally transferable ink compositions
    Patent number: 4565842
    Abstract: A process and composition are provided that provide for thermal transfer of ink compositions and eliminate the need to prepare articles such as sign faces, particularly flexible sign faces, by painting with ink compositions that contain solvents. The present process and composition permit thermal transfer from a carrier to a receptor at low temperatures with the use of vacuum pressure. The transferred ink adheres tenaciously to the receptor and is flexible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1986
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Robert C. Fitzer, Charles J. Fabbrini, Frank L. Deyak
  • Gas actuated pistol
    Patent number: 4563937
    Abstract: A fully gas actuated pistol comprising a frame assembly adapted to fixedly receive a barrel assembly and slidably receive a bolt carrier assembly is disclosed. The barrel assembly is supported and locked at both its muzzle and breach ends. The pistol provides increased bullet velocity, reduced recoil and improved accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 14, 1986
    Assignee: Magnum Research, Inc.
    Inventor: Bernard C. White
  • Method for forming a peripheral edge on contact lenses
    Patent number: 4563565
    Abstract: A method of forming edges on contact lenses prepared from laser-machinable, organic polymers wherein the edge is formed by contacting the lens with a laser beam having a wavelength which is absorbed by the polymer. The radiated energy supplied to the polymer by the laser beam is such that the ratio of heat absorbed in vaporization of the polymer to heat absorbed by the polymer bulk is maximized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1986
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Robert D. Kampfer, Randall S. Blum
  • Process of making low-profile transfer article
    Patent number: 4560587
    Abstract: A low-profile transfer article having an adhesive layer, a coating of particles on one surface of the adhesive layer, and a graphic image formed of one or more layers of ink adherably bonded to the ink-receptive surface of the particles, the transfer article being free of a permanent self-supporting film support layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1985
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Makoto Sasaki
  • Coated ophthalmic lenses and method for coating the same
    Patent number: 4544572
    Abstract: An ophthalmic lens and a method for providing a thin coating thereon is disclosed. The coatings render the surfaces of the devices resistant to abrasion and have an SEB abrasion resistance of at least 20 psi. They are optically clear, aberration-free, and provide essentially exactly an optical surface having the desired surface configuration. The coating compositions employed contain reactive ethylenically unsaturated groups and are applied to a mold face and partially reacted. The coated mold is then used to cast the ophthalmic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1983
    Date of Patent: October 1, 1985
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Timothy C. Sandvig, Dean A. Ersfeld, Eric P. Berg
  • Transfer sheet bearing a thermally transferable ink composition and article made therefrom
    Patent number: 4542078
    Abstract: A process and composition are provided that provide for thermal transfer of ink compositions and eliminate the need to prepare articles such as sign faces, particularly flexible sign faces, by painting with ink compositions that contain solvents. The present process and composition permit thermal transfer from a carrier to a receptor at low temperatures with the use of vacuum pressure. The transferred ink adheres tenaciously to the receptor and is flexible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1985
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Robert C. Fitzer, Frank L. Deyak, Charles J. Fabbrini
  • Dispenser case for a contact lens cleaning fabric
    Patent number: D288762
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1987
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Jane W. Loughridge
  • Combined dispenser case for a contact lens cleaning fabric and tray
    Patent number: D288883
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1987
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Jane W. Loughridge
  • Dispenser case for a contact lens cleaning fabric
    Patent number: D289592
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1987
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Jane W. Loughridge
  • Combined dispenser case for a contact lens cleaning fabric and tray
    Patent number: D290075
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1987
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Jane W. Loughridge