Patents by Inventor Gregory B. Gadbois

Gregory B. Gadbois 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).

  • Publication number: 20180298236
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of adhering a first part to a second part, wherein the first part and the second part are used for outdoor applications and comprise a thermoplastic or a thermosetting organic polymer. The present disclosure is also directed to a composite assembly comprising: a) a first part and a second part used for outdoor applications and comprising a thermoplastic or a thermosetting organic polymer; and b) a multilayer pressure sensitive adhesive foam tape as described in the present disclosure, wherein the first pressure sensitive adhesive layer is adhered to the first part, and the second pressure sensitive adhesive layer is adhered to the second part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Doreen Eckhardt, Claudia Torre, Regina Sikora, Kerstin Unverhau, Jan Wieneke, Frank Kuester, Jan Heimink, Jan Forster, Bettina Radek, Thomas Q. Chastek, Ross J. DeVolder, Shujun J. Wang, Robert D. Waid, Panu K. Zoller, Peggy S. Willett, Gregory B. Gadbois, Jeremy D. Unruh, Steven D. Bray, Jack J. Williams, III, Zhong Chen
  • Patent number: 9556367
    Abstract: Pressure sensitive adhesive compositions containing 92 to 99.9 parts of a block copolymer adhesive composition and 0.1 to less than 8 parts of an acrylic adhesive composition are described. Tapes including such adhesives, and methods of making such tapes are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Robert D. Waid, Panu K. Zoller, Gregory B. Gadbois
  • Patent number: 9458359
    Abstract: Pressure sensitive adhesives comprising a linear block copolymer having a rubbery block and at least one glassy block; a multi-arm block copolymer having at least three arms, each having both a rubbery block and a glassy block; a first high glass transition temperature tackifier compatible with the rubbery blocks; a second high glass transition temperature tackifier having compatible with the glassy blocks; and at least one of a low Tg tackifier, a plasticizer, and combinations thereof, are disclosed. Tapes that include such adhesive, methods of making such tapes, and bonded composites using such adhesives and tapes are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Kenneth J. Hanley, Jay M. Jennen, James D. LaPerre, Gregory B. Gadbois, Robert D. Waid, Panu K. Zoller
  • Publication number: 20140377535
    Abstract: Pressure sensitive adhesive compositions containing 92 to 99.9 parts of a block copolymer adhesive composition and 0.1 to less than 8 parts of an acrylic adhesive composition are described. Tapes including such adhesives, and methods of making such tapes are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Robert D. Waid, Panu K. Zoller, Gregory B. Gadbois
  • Publication number: 20140377533
    Abstract: Pressure sensitive adhesive compositions containing 92 to 99.9 parts of a block copolymer adhesive composition and 0.1 to less than 8 parts of an acrylic adhesive composition are described. Tapes including such adhesives, and methods of making such tapes are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Robert D. Waid, Panu K. Zoller, Gregory B. Gadbois
  • Publication number: 20100098962
    Abstract: Pressure sensitive adhesives comprising a linear block copolymer having a rubbery block and at least one glassy block; a multi-arm block copolymer having at least three arms, each having both a rubbery block and a glassy block; a first high glass transition temperature tackifier compatible with the rubbery blocks; a second high glass transition temperature tackifier having compatible with the glassy blocks; and at least one of a low Tg tackifier, a plasticizer, and combinations thereof, are disclosed. Tapes that include such adhesive, methods of making such tapes, and bonded composites using such adhesives and tapes are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2007
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Kenneth J. Hanley, Jay M. Jennen, James D. LaPerre, Gregory B. Gadbois, Robert D. Waid, Panu K. Zoller
  • Publication number: 20100075132
    Abstract: Pressure sensitive adhesive compositions containing 92 to 99.9 parts of a block copolymer adhesive composition and 0.1 to less than 10 parts of an acrylic adhesive composition are described. Tapes including such adhesives, and methods of making such tapes are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2007
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Robert D. Waid, Panu K. Zoller, Gregory B. Gadbois
  • Patent number: 6045895
    Abstract: The present invention provides unified multilayer films having at least one internal layer that includes a pressure sensitive adhesive material. Preferably, multilayer films of the present invention are no greater than about 250 micrometers (.mu.m) thick. In particularly preferred embodiments of the present invention, multilayer films include layers that include a pressure sensitive adhesive material alternating with layers that include a material that is not a pressure sensitive adhesive. In other preferred embodiments, multilayer films include alternating layers of different pressure sensitive adhesive materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2000
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Patrick D. Hyde, Richard A. Kollaja, Dennis L. Krueger, Douglas A. Devens, Jr., Gregory B. Gadbois