Patents by Inventor Laura C. Devaney

Laura C. Devaney 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).

  • COVER TAPE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE
    Publication number: 20120273461
    Abstract: An article includes a cover tape, which includes a base film layer, tear enabling features, and an adhesive. The base film layer has opposed longitudinal edges and top and bottom surfaces. The tear enabling features are substantially parallel to the longitudinal edges and at the top and bottom surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventors: Ruben E. Velasquez Urey, Laura C. Devaney, Rocky D. Edwards
  • Cover tape and method for manufacture
    Patent number: 8247057
    Abstract: An article includes a cover tape, which includes a base film layer, tear enabling features, and an adhesive. The base film layer has opposed longitudinal edges and top and bottom surfaces. The tear enabling features are substantially parallel to the longitudinal edges and at the top and bottom surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Ruben E. Velasquez Urey, Rocky D. Edwards, Laura C. Devaney, David J. VanOverbeke
  • Flexible carrier tape having high clarity and conductivity
    Publication number: 20030049437
    Abstract: A cover tape for an electronic component carrier including a polyester substrate, a layer of an electrically conductive coating comprising a dispersion of a conductive polymer selected from the group consisting of polythiophenes and polyanilines, said polymer having a conjugated polymer backbone and polymeric polyanion compounds, and a binder coated on at least a portion of at least one major surface of the substrate, and a layer containing a polymeric pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, where the tape having a degree of clarity of from about 80% to about 99%, and a surface resistance of from about 1×104 to about 1×1012 Ohm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2001
    Publication date: March 13, 2003
    Inventors: Laura C. Devaney, Carol A. Marek, Jack L. Price, Ruben E. Velasquez Urey