Patents by Inventor Robert E. Bolitsky

Robert E. Bolitsky 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).

  • Adhesive article
    Patent number: 6565969
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an adhesive article comprising a bondable layer having on at least one major surface a layer of pressure sensitive adhesive, wherein the bondable layer comprises a thermosetting material, a thermoplastic material, or a hybrid material, wherein the pressure sensitive adhesive layer substantially retains pressure sensitive adhesive characteristics after storage at room temperature for at least about three months prior to bonding the adhesive article, and the adhesive article has a overlap shear measured at room temperature according to ASTM D-1002-94 of at least about 6.9 MPa after bonding as well as a method for making an adhesive article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Alain Henri Lamon, Susan C. Noe, Dieter Jung, Juergen Klingen, Jörg von Seggern, Jadwiga Walhoefer, Stefan Weigl, Robert E. Bolitsky
  • Veneer tape and method of use
    Publication number: 20010000876
    Abstract: Veneer tape for temporarily joining pieces of veneer to be bonded to a substrate, for example, core board. The present invention also provides a method of forming a veneer assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2000
    Publication date: May 10, 2001
    Applicant: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Robert E. Bolitsky, Richard B. Hartman
  • Veneer tape and method of use
    Patent number: 6187127
    Abstract: Veneer tape for temporarily joining pieces of veneer to be bonded to a substrate, for example, core board. The present invention also provides a method of forming a veneer assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Robert E. Bolitsky, Richard B. Hartman
  • Method of removing temporary tape from a laminated assembly with a coversheet
    Patent number: 6176957
    Abstract: A method of using a coversheet to remove a plurality of pieces of temporary tape from a laminated assembly. In particular, a method of using a coversheet to remove a plurality of pieces of pressure sensitive adhesive tape from a laminated veneer assembly. The coversheet and the pressure sensitive adhesive tape are selected such that after application of heat and pressure during the veneer lamination process, the back of the tape bonds to the surface of the coversheet. After lamination, the coversheet is removed with the pieces of tape bonded thereto. In this manner, the large number of pieces of tape do not have to be removed individually.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Robert E. Bolitsky, Kathryn W. Cox
  • Method of preparing an article using cleanly removable veneer tape
    Patent number: 6048431
    Abstract: A method for maintaining a plurality of wood veneer substrates in fixed relation to each other that includes positioning a plurality of wood veneer substrates in relation to each other, and applying a tape to the substrates to maintain the substrates in fixed relation to each other. The tape is capable of maintaining wood veneer substrates in fixed relation to each other before and during a lamination process in which the substrates are laminated to an underlying base, and is cleanly removable from the substrates following the lamination process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: George J. Clements, Robert E. Bolitsky, Sheila F. Cox, John D. Lunzer