Patents by Inventor Edwin L. Kusilek

Edwin L. Kusilek 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 of making metal patterns on flexible substrate
    Patent number: 11950372
    Abstract: Methods of making metal patterns on flexible substrates are provided. Releasable solid layer is selectively formed on a patterned surface of the flexible substrate by applying a liquid solution thereon. Metal patterns on the flexible substrate can be formed by removing the releasable solid layer after metallization. In some cases, the releasable solid layer can be transferred from the patterned surface to a transfer layer where the metal patterns are formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATION PROPERTIES
    Inventors: Henrik B. van Lengerich, Matthew S. Stay, Caleb T. Nelson, David J. Tarnowski, David J. Rowe, Edwin L. Kusilek
  • Apparatus and Method for Structured Replication and Transfer
    Publication number: 20240053677
    Abstract: Methods of forming an array of patterns on a substrate are provided. A replication medium is coated onto a relief structure of a patterned template and solidified. Patterned templates with the replication medium are transferred to an array of sub-regions of a tiling region of a substrate, where heat and/or radiation can be applied to the replication medium. The patterned templates are then removed from the substrate to form a patterned surface structure on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Ashley R. Sonnier, James Zhu, Lucas J. Hunt, Edwin L. Kusilek, Paul B. Armstrong
  • Arrayed Structured Replication Articles and Methods
    Publication number: 20240045324
    Abstract: Methods of forming an array of patterns on a substrate are provided. An array of protective tiles formed from a protectant resin is provided to cover an array of sub-regions on the substrate. An array of patterns is formed on the substrate by sequentially repeating steps (i) and (ii) for each sub-region: (i) removing the protective tile from one of the sub-regions to expose the first major surface underneath; and (ii) forming a pattern on the exposed first major surface within the one of the sub-regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Lucas J. Hunt, Ashley R. Sonnier, James Zhu, Edwin L. Kusilek, Paul B. Armstrong, William B. Kolb, Caleb T. Nelson, Jeffrey L. Solomon, James M. Nelson, Samuel R. Hei, David J. Tarnowski, Henrik B. van Lengerich
  • MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR FORMING NANO-STRUCTURES ON SUBSTRATES
    Publication number: 20210347135
    Abstract: Materials and methods useful in forming nano-scale features on substrates, and articles such as optical films incorporating such nano-scale patterned substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Henrik B. van Lengerich, Karl K. Stensvad, Edwin L. Kusilek, Mathew S. Stay, Caleb T. Nelson, Christopher S. Lyons, Moses M. David, Jeffrey L. Solomon, Martin B. Wolk, Nicholas C. Erickson, James Zhu, James M. Nelson
  • METHODS OF MAKING METAL PATTERNS ON FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE
    Publication number: 20210161018
    Abstract: Methods of making metal patterns on flexible substrates are provided. Releasable solid layer is selectively formed on a patterned surface of the flexible substrate by applying a liquid solution thereon. Metal patterns on the flexible substrate can be formed by removing the releasable solid layer after metallization. In some cases, the releasable solid layer can be transferred from the patterned surface to a transfer layer where the metal patterns are formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Henrik B. van Lengerich, Matthew S. Stay, Caleb T. Nelson, David J. Tarnowski, David J. Rowe, Edwin L. Kusilek