Patents by Inventor Patrick Darby Hyde

Patrick Darby Hyde 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).

  • Blended pressure-sensitive adhesives
    Patent number: 6632522
    Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive comprising a blend of at least two components, wherein the first component is at least one pressure-sensitive adhesive and second component is at least one thermoplastic material, wherein the components form a blended composition having more than one domain and, wherein one domain is substantially continuous (generally, the pressure-sensitive adhesive) and the other domain is substantially fibrillous to schistose (generally, the thermoplastic material). The second component can be (a) at least one thermoplastic elastomer, (b) at least one elastomer with a tackifying resin or (c) at least one elastomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2003
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Patrick Darby Hyde, Roy Wong, Dennis Louis Krueger, Robert W. G. Shipman, David James Yarusso, Felix P. Lau, Eumi Pyun, Pamela S. Tucker
  • Radiation curable poly(1-alkene) based pressure-sensitive adhesives
    Patent number: 6177190
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pressure-sensitive adhesive compositions. The compositions comprise a poly(1-alkene) pressure-sensitive adhesive component, a non-pressure-sensitive adhesive component, and a radiation-activatable curing agent. The invention further provides pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes and methods for making the compositions and tapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Mark David Gehlsen, Chad Everett Brown, Patrick Darby Hyde, Eugene Gregory Joseph, Vasant Venugopal Kolpe