Patents by Inventor Diana M. Eitzman

Diana M. Eitzman 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).

  • Methods and compositions for ink jet printing of pressure sensitive adhesive patterns or films on a wide range of substrates
    Patent number: 6883908
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and compositions that make it possible to form high resolution, pressure sensitive adhesive patterns or films on a wide range of substrates. The compositions generally incorporate a curable, fluid composition (i.e., pressure sensitive adhesive precursor). When cured, a pressure sensitive adhesive is formed. Ink jet printing and subsequent curing allows pressure sensitive adhesive features to be formed with high resolution and tremendous flexibility in the patterns by which adhesive features may be formed. Preferred embodiments of the invention incorporate rheology modifying agents that can be used to promote favorable dot gain and other printing characteristics, the ability to build print thickness, and mechanical properties of resultant cured adhesives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: James K. Young, Brant U. Kolb, Albert I. Everaerts, Kevin M. Eliason, Diana M. Eitzman, Kejian Chen, John P. Banovetz, Gregory J. Anderson
  • Optically clear and antistatic pressure sensitive adhesives
    Publication number: 20030114560
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an antistatic pressure sensitive adhesive. The antistatic pressure sensitive adhesive comprises a pressure sensitive adhesive, and an antistatic agent comprising at least one organic salt. Certain embodiments of the antistatic pressure sensitive adhesive also have a luminous transmission of greater than about 89% according to ASTM D 1003-95. Additional embodiments of the antistatic pressure sensitive adhesive have a haze of less than about 5% according to ASTM D 1003-95, and in specific embodiments the haze is less than about 2% according to ASTM D 1003-95.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2002
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Inventors: Jie Yang, Thomas P. Klun, Phat T. Pham, Diana M. Eitzman, Jennings B. Campbell
  • Methods and compositions for ink jet printing of pressure sensitive adhesive patterns or films on a wide range of substrates
    Publication number: 20020128340
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and compositions that make it possible to form high resolution, pressure sensitive adhesive patterns or films on a wide range of substrates. The compositions generally incorporate a curable, fluid composition (i.e., pressure sensitive adhesive precursor). When cured, a pressure sensitive adhesive is formed. Ink jet printing and subsequent curing allows pressure sensitive adhesive features to be formed with high resolution and tremendous flexibility in the patterns by which adhesive features may be formed. Preferred embodiments of the invention incorporate rheology modifying agents that can be used to promote favorable dot gain and other printing characteristics, the ability to build print thickness, and mechanical properties of resultant cured adhesives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Inventors: James K. Young, Brant U. Kolb, Albert I. Everaerts, Kevin M. Eliason, Diana M. Eitzman, Kejian Chen, John P. Banovetz, Gregory J. Anderson