Patents by Inventor Eric W. Nelson

Eric W. Nelson 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: 12643200
    Abstract: A method of making a coated abrasive article includes disposing a precursor make layer on a major surface of the backing, optionally partially curing the precursor make layer to provide a partially cured precursor make layer, disposing abrasive particles; partially embedding abrasive particles in the optionally partially cured precursor make layer; and further curing the optionally partially cured precursor make layer to form a make layer. The precursor make layer comprises components comprising: a) 50 to 97.99 percent by weight of phenol-formaldehyde resin; b) 1 to 49 percent by weight of resorcinol-formaldehyde resin; c) 1 to 49 percent by weight of at least one compound having at least one free-radically polymerizable group; and d) 0.01 to 1 percent by weight of a free-radical initiator. A size layer and/or supersize layer may be disposed over the make layer and abrasive articles. Coated abrasive articles made by the method are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Junting Li, Yu Yang, Jing Zhang, Michael J. Annen, Ernest L. Thurber, Eric W. Nelson, Mark A. Lukowski, Chunjie Zhang
  • Patent number: 12421336
    Abstract: Orthodontic articles and polymerizable resin compositions are described. The orthodontic article comprises a cured composition comprising the reaction product of free-radically polymerizable resin comprising 30 to 70 wt. %, inclusive, of at least one urethane component, and 25 to 70 wt. %, inclusive, of reactive diluent(s) comprising at least one monofunctional (meth)acrylate monomer. The polymerizable resin comprises no greater than 35 wt. % of reactive diluent(s) having a high affinity for water. Reactive diluent(s) such as monofunctional (meth)acrylate monomers having a high affinity for water have low log P values. In one embodiment, the polymerizable resin comprises at least one acidic monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2025
    Assignee: Solventum Intellectual Properties
    Inventors: Tianyu Wu, Saswata Chakraborty, Benjamin C. MacMurray, Richard J. Pokorny, Thomas P. Klun, Wayne S. Mahoney, Chad M. Amb, Ahmed Abuelyaman, Robert S. Clough, John M. Riedesel, James D. Hansen, Ian Dailey, Daniel J. Skamser, Eric W. Nelson, George W. Griesgraber, Dana R. Reed
  • Publication number: 20250002758
    Abstract: An adhesive film includes a single adhesive layer. The single adhesive layer includes an acrylic polymer and an ultraviolet light absorber capable of absorbing in a wavelength range between 320 nanometers and 390 nanometers. The single adhesive layer has first and second opposing major surfaces and a core between the first and second opposing major surfaces. The first and second opposing major surfaces each has an elastic modulus that is higher than an elastic modulus of the core, or the first and second opposing major surfaces each has an elastic modulus that is lower than an elastic modulus of the core. The article can be, for example, an automotive display that includes the adhesive film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Shingo Amari, Sayaka Kado, Eric W. Nelson, Andrew T. Swanson
  • Publication number: 20240263046
    Abstract: Crosslinkable compositions including a (meth)acrylate polymer comprising an alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer; an acylphosphine oxide photoinitiator; and a crosslinking monomer, the crosslinking monomer comprising at least two terminal groups selected from the group consisting of allyl, methallyl, or combinations thereof. Methods of preparing such crosslinkable compositions and articles including such crosslinkable compositions are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: Hyunki Kim, Jason D. Clapper, Andrew T. Swanson, Eric W. Nelson, Chun-Yi Ting, Hollis Z. Beagi
  • Publication number: 20240110084
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides laminates, which include adhesive materials and methods that allow for the removal of contaminants, e.g. particulate contaminants, from a substrate surface. In one embodiment, the laminates include (i) a substrate with contaminant disposed on its surface, (ii) a liquid, adhesive precursor and (iii) a film layer. The liquid, adhesive precursor is disposed between the substrate and the film layer. In another embodiment, the laminates include (i) a substrate with contaminant disposed on its surface, (ii) a cured adhesive layer and (iii) a film layer. The cured adhesive layer is disposed between the substrate and the film layer. The laminates may be used to remove contaminant from the substrate surface by removal of the film layer and the cured adhesive layer, which entraps the contaminant therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Uma Rames Krishna Lagudu, Benjamin R. Coonce, Morgan A. Priolo, William Blake Kolb, Eric W. Nelson
  • Patent number: 11904031
    Abstract: An orthodontic article is described comprising the reaction product of a free-radically polymerizable resin; a first free-radical photoinitiator having sufficient absorbance at a first wavelength range; and a second free-radical initiator selected from a second photoinitiator having sufficient absorbance at a second wavelength range, wherein the second wavelength range is different than the first wavelength range, or a thermal free-radical initiator. In some embodiments, the first free-radical photoinitiator exhibits a maximum absorbance at a wavelength of the range of 370-380 nm or 320-330 nm and/or comprises photoinitiator groups selected from acyl phosphine oxide or alkyl amine acetophenone. Also described are photopolymerizable compositions and methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Saswata Chakraborty, Benjamin C. MacMurray, Eric W. Nelson, Thomas P. Klun, Richard J. Pokorny, Wayne S. Mahoney, Chad M. Amb, George W. Griesgraber, Dana R. Reed, Ahmed S. Abuelyaman, Robert S. Clough, James D. Hansen, Daniel J. Skamser, Ian Dailey, John M. Riedesel
  • Publication number: 20230405766
    Abstract: A method of making a coated abrasive article includes disposing a precursor make layer on a major surface of the backing, optionally partially curing the precursor make layer to provide a partially cured precursor make layer, disposing abrasive particles; partially embedding abrasive particles in the optionally partially cured precursor make layer; and further curing the optionally partially cured precursor make layer to form a make layer. The precursor make layer comprises components comprising: a) 50 to 97.99 percent by weight of phenol-formaldehyde resin; b) 1 to 49 percent by weight of resorcinol-formaldehyde resin; c) 1 to 49 percent by weight of at least one compound having at least one free-radically polymerizable group; and d) 0.01 to 1 percent by weight of a free-radical initiator. A size layer and/or supersize layer may be disposed over the make layer and abrasive articles. Coated abrasive articles made by the method are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Junting Li, Yu Yang, Jing Zhang, Michael J. Annen, Ernest L. Thurber, Eric W. Nelson, Mark A. Lukowski, Chunjie Zhang
  • Patent number: 11759298
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a photopolymerizable composition. The photopolymerizable composition includes at least one urethane component, at least one monofunctional reactive diluent, an initiator, and optionally an inhibitor. The present disclosure also provides an article including the reaction product of the photopolymerizable composition. Further, the present disclosure provides a method of making an article. The method includes (i) providing a photopolymerizable composition and (ii) selectively curing the photopolymerizable composition to form an article. The method optionally also includes (iii) curing unpolymerized urethane component and/or reactive diluent remaining after step (ii). Further, methods are provided, including receiving, by a manufacturing device having one or more processors, a digital object comprising data specifying an article; and generating, with the manufacturing device by an additive manufacturing process, the article based on the digital object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Zeba Parkar, Jonathan E. Janoski, Carla S. Thomas, Robert J. DeVoe, Ahmed S. Abuelyaman, Eric W. Nelson, Richard B. Ross, John M. Riedesel
  • Publication number: 20230159680
    Abstract: Orthodontic articles and polymerizable resin compositions are described. The orthodontic article comprises a cured composition comprising the reaction product of free-radically polymerizable resin comprising 30 to 70 wt. %, inclusive, of at least one urethane component, and 25 to 70 wt. %, inclusive, of reactive diluent(s) comprising at least one monofunctional (meth)acrylate monomer. The polymerizable resin comprises no greater than 35 wt. % of reactive diluent(s) having a high affinity for water. Reactive diluent(s) such as monofunctional (meth)acrylate monomers having a high affinity for water have low log P values. In one embodiment, the polymerizable resin comprises at least one acidic monomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Tianyu Wu, Saswata Chakraborty, Benjamin C. MacMurray, Richard J. Pokorny, Thomas P. Klun, Wayne S. Mahoney, Chad M. Amb, Ahmed Abuelyaman, Robert S. Clough, John M. Riedesel, James D. Hansen, Ian Dailey, Daniel J. Skamser, Eric W. Nelson, George W. Griesgraber, Dana R. Reed
  • Patent number: 11584817
    Abstract: Orthodontic articles and polymerizable resin compositions are described. The orthodontic article comprises a cured composition comprising the reaction product of free-radically polymerizable resin comprising 30 to 70 wt. %, inclusive, of at least one urethane component, and 25 to 70 wt. %, inclusive, of reactive diluent(s) comprising at least one monofunctional (meth)acrylate monomer. The polymerizable resin comprises no greater than 35 wt. % of reactive diluent(s) having a high affinity for water. Reactive diluent(s) such as monofunctional (meth)acrylate monomers having a high affinity for water have low log P values. In one embodiment, the polymerizable resin comprises at least one acidic monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Tianyu Wu, Saswata Chakraborty, Benjamin C. MacMurray, Richard J. Pokorny, Thomas P. Klun, Wayne S. Mahoney, Chad M. Amb, Ahmed S. Abuelyaman, Robert S. Clough, John M. Riedesel, James D. Hansen, Ian Dailey, Daniel J. Skamser, Eric W. Nelson, George W. Griesgraber, Dana R. Reed
  • Patent number: 11578162
    Abstract: Curable compositions, cured compositions, articles containing the curable or cured compositions, and methods of making the articles are provided. More particularly, the curable compositions contain a (meth)acrylate-based polymer having pendant (meth)acryloyl groups, at least one monomer having a single ethylenically unsaturated group, a photoinitiator that includes an acyl phosphine oxide, and a thixotropic agent. The curable compositions can be printed or dispensed, if desired, and the cured compositions are pressure-sensitive adhesives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Jayshree Seth, Mark F. Ellis, Eric W. Nelson, Janet A. Venne, Christopher C. Pope, Matthew H. Wessel
  • Publication number: 20220296345
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a photopolymerizable composition. The photopolymerizable composition includes at least one urethane component, at least one monofunctional reactive diluent, an initiator, and optionally an inhibitor. The present disclosure also provides an article including the reaction product of the photopolymerizable composition. Further, the present disclosure provides a method of making an article. The method includes (i) providing a photopolymerizable composition and (ii) selectively curing the photopolymerizable composition to form an article. The method optionally also includes (iii) curing unpolymerized urethane component and/or reactive diluent remaining after step (ii). Further, methods are provided, including receiving, by a manufacturing device having one or more processors, a digital object comprising data specifying an article; and generating, with the manufacturing device by an additive manufacturing process, the article based on the digital object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Zeba Parkar, Jonathan E. Janoski, Carla S. Thomas, Robert J. DeVoe, Ahmed S. Abuelyaman, Eric W. Nelson, Richard B. Ross, John M. Riedesel
  • Patent number: 11389276
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a photopolymerizable composition. The photopolymerizable composition includes at least one urethane component, at least one monofunctional reactive diluent, an initiator, and optionally an inhibitor. The present disclosure also provides an article including the reaction product of the photopolymerizable composition. Further, the present disclosure provides a method of making an article. The method includes (i) providing a photopolymerizable composition and (ii) selectively curing the photopolymerizable composition to form an article. The method optionally also includes (iii) curing unpolymerized urethane component and/or reactive diluent remaining after step (ii). Further, methods are provided, including receiving, by a manufacturing device having one or more processors, a digital object comprising data specifying an article; and generating, with the manufacturing device by an additive manufacturing process, the article based on the digital object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Comany
    Inventors: Zeba Parkar, Jonathan E. Janoski, Carla S. Thomas, Robert J. DeVoe, Ahmed S. Abuelyaman, Eric W. Nelson, Richard B. Ross, John M. Riedesel
  • Patent number: 11312100
    Abstract: Article comprising a first microstructured layer comprising a first material, and having first and second opposed major surfaces, the first major surface being a microstructured surface, and the microstructured surface having peaks and valleys, wherein the peaks are microstructural features each having a height defined by the distance between the peak of the respective microstructural feature and an adjacent valley; and a second layer comprising an adhesive material, and having a first and second opposed major surfaces, the adhesive material comprising a reaction product of a mixture comprising (meth)acrylate and epoxy in the presence of each other, wherein at least a portion of the second major surface of the second layer is directly attached to at least a portion of the first major microstructured surface of the first layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Solomon, Saswata Chakraborty, Robert J. Devoe, Wayne S. Mahoney, Eric W. Nelson, Kundapur Raveesh Shenoy
  • Publication number: 20210386522
    Abstract: An orthodontic article is described comprising a cured composition comprising the reaction product of free-radically polymerizable resin comprising at least one monomer, oligomer and/or polymer, comprising at least two (meth)acryl moieties; a monofunctional reactive diluent; and a polymer or macromolecule comprising a free-radical photoinitiator group. The polymer or macromolecule has a molecular weight of at least 500 g/mole. In one embodiment, the cured composition comprises a first and second photoinitiator wherein at least one is a polymer or macromolecule. Also described are photopolymerizable compositions and methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Saswata Chakraborty, Benjamin C. Mac Murray, Eric W. Nelson, Thomas P. Klun, Wayne S. Mahoney, Chad M. Amb, George W. Griesgraber, Dana R. Reed, Ahmed S. Abuelyaman, Robert S. Clough, James D. Hansen, Daniel J. Skamser, Ian Dailey, John M. Riedesel
  • Publication number: 20210238328
    Abstract: Orthodontic articles and polymerizable resin compositions are described. The orthodontic article comprises a cured composition comprising the reaction product of free-radically polymerizable resin comprising 30 to 70 wt. %, inclusive, of at least one urethane component, and 25 to 70 wt. %, inclusive, of reactive diluent(s) comprising at least one monofunctional (meth)acrylate monomer. The polymerizable resin comprises no greater than 35 wt. % of reactive diluent(s) having a high affinity for water. Reactive diluent(s) such as monofunctional (meth)acrylate monomers having a high affinity for water have low log P values. In one embodiment, the polymerizable resin comprises at least one acidic monomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Tianyu Wu, Saswata Chakraborty, Benjamin C. Mac Murray, Richard J. Pokorny, Thomas P. Klun, Wayne S. Mahoney, Chad M. Amb, Ahmed S. Abuelyaman, Robert S. Clough, John M. Riedesel, James D. Hansen, Ian Dailey, Daniel J. Skamser, Eric W. Nelson, George W. Griesgraber, Dana R. Reed
  • Publication number: 20210186820
    Abstract: An orthodontic article is described comprising the reaction product of a free-radically polymerizable resin; a first free-radical photoinitiator having sufficient absorbance at a first wavelength range; and a second free-radical initiator selected from a second photoinitiator having sufficient absorbance at a second wavelength range, wherein the second wavelength range is different than the first wavelength range, or a thermal free-radical initiator. In some embodiments, a 1 g/liter acetonitrile solution, at a pathlength of 1 cm, has an absorbance of greater than 0.01, 0.02, 0.03, 0.04, 0.05, 0.06, 0.07, 0.08, 0.09, or 0.10 at a wavelength of the first wavelength range when measured with a spectrophotometer. In some embodiments, the first free-radical photoinitiator exhibits a maximum absorbance at a wavelength of the range of 370-380 nm or 320-330 nm and/or comprises photoinitiator groups selected from acyl phosphine oxide or alkyl amine acetophenone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Saswata Chakraborty, Benjamin C. Mac Murray, Eric W. Nelson, Thomas P. Klun, Richard J. Pokorny, Wayne S. Mahoney, Chad M. Amb, George W. Griesgraber, Dana R. Reed, Ahmed S. Abuelyaman, Robert S. Clough, James D. Hansen, Daniel J. Skamser, Ian Dailey, John M. Riedesel
  • Publication number: 20210189042
    Abstract: Curable compositions, cured compositions, articles containing the curable or cured compositions, and methods of making the articles are provided. More particularly, the curable compositions contain a (meth)acrylate-based polymer having pendant (meth)acryloyl groups, at least one monomer having a single ethylenically unsaturated group, a photoinitiator that includes an acyl phosphine oxide, and a thixotropic agent. The curable compositions can be printed or dispensed, if desired, and the cured compositions are pressure-sensitive adhesives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Jayshree Seth, Mark F. Ellis, Eric W. Nelson, Janet A. Venne, Christopher C. Pope, Matthew H. Wessel
  • Publication number: 20200369954
    Abstract: A quantum dot composition is described comprising light-emitting nanoparticles comprising a polyamine silicone ligand dispersed in a polymerizable resin composition comprising at least one polythiol, at least one polyene, wherein the polyene lacks functional groups that are amine-reactive, at least one amine-reactive ethylenically unsaturated component in an amount ranging from 2 to 15 wt.%, based on the total wt. % solids of the composition, and a hindered phenolic antioxidant. Also described are quantum dot (e.g. film) articles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Zai-Ming QIU, Joseph M. PIEPER, Eric W. NELSON
  • Publication number: 20200362157
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a photopolymerizable composition. The photopolymerizable composition includes at least one urethane component, at least one monofunctional reactive diluent, an initiator, and optionally an inhibitor. The present disclosure also provides an article including the reaction product of the photopolymerizable composition. Further, the present disclosure provides a method of making an article. The method includes (i) providing a photopolymerizable composition and (ii) selectively curing the photopolymerizable composition to form an article. The method optionally also includes (iii) curing unpolymerized urethane component and/or reactive diluent remaining after step (ii). Further, methods are provided, including receiving, by a manufacturing device having one or more processors, a digital object comprising data specifying an article; and generating, with the manufacturing device by an additive manufacturing process, the article based on the digital object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Zeba Parkar, Jonathan E. Janoski, Carla S. Thomas, Robert J. DeVoe, Ahmed S. Abuelyaman, Eric W. Nelson, Richard B. Ross, John M. Riedesel