Patents by Inventor Robin E. Wright
Robin E. Wright 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).
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Publication number: 20080241733Abstract: Radiation curable thermal transfer elements including a substrate and a light-to-heat conversion layer overlaying the substrate, and processes to make the thermal transfer elements. The light-to-heat conversion layer is derived from a radiation curable material capable of being cured by exposure to radiation at a curing wavelength and an imaging radiation absorber material not substantially increasing radiation absorbance at the curing wavelength. The radiation curable transfer elements can be used in processes for making organic microelectronic devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Inventors: Robin E. Wright, Khanh T. Huynh, Leslie A. Krellich, Lan H. Liu, Rachel K. Swanson, Richard L. Walter, Martin B. Wolk, Stephen A. Johnson, William A. Tolbert
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Publication number: 20080207794Abstract: Polymeric fibers and methods of making the polymeric fibers are described. The polymeric fibers are crosslinked hydrogels or dried hydrogels that are prepared from a precursor composition that contains polymerizable material having an average number of ethylenically unsaturated groups per monomer molecule greater than 1.0. The polymeric fibers can contain an optional active agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2007Publication date: August 28, 2008Inventors: Robin E. Wright, Mahfuza B. Ali, Jessica M. Buchholz, Louis C. Haddad, Linda K.M. Olson, Matthew T. Scholz, Narina Y. Stepanova, Michael J. Svarovsky, Richard L. Walter, Caroline M. Ylitalo, Diane R. Wolk, Yifan Zhang
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Patent number: 7396631Abstract: Radiation curable thermal transfer elements including a substrate and a light-to-heat conversion layer overlaying the substrate, and processes to make the thermal transfer elements. The light-to-heat conversion layer is derived from a radiation curable material capable of being cured by exposure to radiation at a curing wavelength and an imaging radiation absorber material not substantially increasing radiation absorbance at the curing wavelength. The radiation curable transfer elements can be used in processes for making organic microelectronic devices.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2005Date of Patent: July 8, 2008Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Robin E. Wright, Khanh T. Huynh, Leslie A. Kreilich, Lan H. Liu, Rachel K. Swanson, Richard L. Walter, Martin B. Wolk, Stephen A. Johnson, William A. Tolbert
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Publication number: 20080160185Abstract: A method for forming a color shifting film on a support, the film comprising a reflective stack disposed adjacent to the support and an image is disclosed. The reflective stack comprises an at least partially transparent spacer layer comprising a substituted acrylamide polymer disposed between a partially reflective first layer and a reflective second layer. The acrylamide layer has a thickness sufficient to produce an interference color.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2007Publication date: July 3, 2008Inventors: James P. Endle, Christopher S. Lyons, Douglas S. Dunn, Robert J. Devoe, James M. Jonza, Stephen P. Maki, Albert I. Everaerts, George G.I. Moore, Robin E. Wright, Mark A. Roehrig, Olester Benson
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Patent number: 7140711Abstract: Inkjet printing apparatus for use with radiation curable ink includes a sensor for sensing the amount of radiation emitted by a source of radiation. A controller is connected to the sensor and is operable to vary the amount of radiation emitted by the radiation source in accordance with a signal received from the sensor. A drive mechanism moves the source of radiation to a location laterally offset from the substrate where the sensor is positioned.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2003Date of Patent: November 28, 2006Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Bruce A. Nerad, Robin E. Wright, Richard L. Severance, William J. Hunt, Caroline M. Ylitalo
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Patent number: 7060352Abstract: A method of detackifying an edge face of a roll of pressure sensitive adhesive tape, the method including coating an edge face of the roll of tape with a composition comprising acrylate oligomer, and polyetheracrylate oligomer, and curing the composition.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2001Date of Patent: June 13, 2006Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventor: Robin E. Wright
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Patent number: 6866899Abstract: A two-step method of polymerizing a composition containing a free radical photoinitiator includes the sequential steps of exposing the composition to a first radiation source having a maximum spectral output occurring at a wavelength of greater than 300 nm and, thereafter, exposing the composition to a second radiation source having a maximum spectral output occurring at a wavelength of less than 300 nm.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2001Date of Patent: March 15, 2005Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventor: Robin E. Wright
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Patent number: 6664060Abstract: The present invention provides high-density arrays including mask layers and methods of manufacturing the same. The arrays are formed on a polymeric substrate and include a mask layer. Various linking agents, linking agent coatings, and/or reactants may be provided on the mask layer. Where present, the linking agents and reactants preferably operate together to capture a desired analyte which can then be detected based on an electromagnetic signal, e.g., fluorescence, that is emitted by the analyte in response to excitation energy incident on the array. With the mask layer in place, the signal-to-background ratio provided by the arrays can be increased.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2001Date of Patent: December 16, 2003Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Sanjay L. Patil, Kurt J. Halverson, Robin E. Wright
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Patent number: 6593089Abstract: The present invention provides high-density arrays including mask layers and methods of manufacturing the same. The arrays are formed on a polymeric substrate and include a mask layer. Various linking agents, linking agent coatings, and/or reactants may be provided on the mask layer. Where present, the linking agents and reactants preferably operate together to capture a desired analyte which can then be detected based on an electromagnetic signal, e.g., fluorescence, that is emitted by the analyte in response to excitation energy incident on the array. With the mask layer in place, the signal-to-background ratio provided by the arrays can be increased.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2001Date of Patent: July 15, 2003Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Sanjay L. Patil, Kurt J. Halverson, Robin E. Wright
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Publication number: 20030130369Abstract: A two-step method of polymerizing a composition containing a free radical photoinitiator includes the sequential steps of exposing the composition to a first radiation source having a maximum spectral output occurring at a wavelength of greater than 300 nm and, thereafter, exposing the composition to a second radiation source having a maximum spectral output occurring at a wavelength of less than 300 nm.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2001Publication date: July 10, 2003Applicant: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventor: Robin E. Wright
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Patent number: 6517910Abstract: In one aspect the invention provides an energy efficient polymerization method comprising irradiating a polymerizable composition and a photoinitiator with a source of essentially monochromatic radiation where the photoinitiator and the wavelength of the radiation source are selected such that the extinction coefficient of the photoinitiator at the peak wavelength of the source is greater than about 1000 M−1 cm−1 and such that the photoinitiator absorbs at least two percent of the actinic radiation incident on the coating. In another aspect the invention provides energy efficient methods of polymerizing polymerizable compositions and crosslinking crosslinkable compositions by irradiating the respective compositions with a low power source of essentially monochromatic radiation. The low power energy sources have an input power of less than about 10 W/cm.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2001Date of Patent: February 11, 2003Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Robin E. Wright, George F. Vesley
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Publication number: 20020168514Abstract: A method of detackifying an edge face of a roll of pressure sensitive adhesive tape, the method including coating an edge face of the roll of tape with a composition comprising acrylate oligomer, and polyetheracrylate oligomer, and curing the composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2001Publication date: November 14, 2002Inventor: Robin E. Wright
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Patent number: 6395483Abstract: The present invention provides high-density arrays including mask layers and methods of manufacturing the same. The arrays are formed on a polymeric substrate and include a mask layer. Various linking agents, linking agent coatings, and/or reactants may be provided on the mask layer. Where present, the linking agents and reactants preferably operate together to capture a desired analyte which can then be detected based on an electromagnetic signal, e.g., fluorescence, that is emitted by the analyte in response to excitation energy incident on the array. With the mask layer in place, the signal-to-background ratio provided by the arrays can be increased.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 1999Date of Patent: May 28, 2002Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Sanjay L. Patil, Kurt J. Halverson, Robin E. Wright
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Publication number: 20010053527Abstract: The present invention provides high-density arrays including mask layers and methods of manufacturing the same. The arrays are formed on a polymeric substrate and include a mask layer. Various linking agents, linking agent coatings, and/or reactants may be provided on the mask layer. Where present, the linking agents and reactants preferably operate together to capture a desired analyte which can then be detected based on an electromagnetic signal, e.g., fluorescence, that is emitted by the analyte in response to excitation energy incident on the array. With the mask layer in place, the signal-to-background ratio provided by the arrays can be increased.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2001Publication date: December 20, 2001Applicant: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Sanjay L. Patil, Kurt J. Halverson, Robin E. Wright
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Publication number: 20010053497Abstract: The present invention provides high-density arrays including mask layers and methods of manufacturing the same. The arrays are formed on a polymeric substrate and include a mask layer. Various linking agents, linking agent coatings, and/or reactants may be provided on the mask layer. Where present, the linking agents and reactants preferably operate together to capture a desired analyte which can then be detected based on an electromagnetic signal, e.g., fluorescence, that is emitted by the analyte in response to excitation energy incident on the array. With the mask layer in place, the signal-to-background ratio provided by the arrays can be increased.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2001Publication date: December 20, 2001Applicant: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Sanjay L. Patil, Kurt J. Halverson, Robin E. Wright
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Publication number: 20010031798Abstract: In one aspect the invention provides an energy efficient polymerization method comprising irradiating a polymerizable composition and a photoinitiator with a source of essentially monochromatic radiation where the photoinitiator and the wavelength of the radiation source are selected such that the extinction coefficient of the photoinitiator at the peak wavelength of the source is greater than about 1000 M−1 cm−1 and such that the photoinitiator absorbs at least two percent of the actinic radiation incident on the coating.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2001Publication date: October 18, 2001Applicant: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Robin E. Wright, George F. Vesley
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Patent number: 6224949Abstract: In one aspect the invention provides an energy efficient polymerization method comprising irradiating a polymerizable composition and a photoinitiator with a source of essentially monochromatic radiation where the photoinitiator and the wavelength of the radiation source are selected such that the extinction coefficient of the photoinitiator at the peak wavelength of the source is greater than about 1000 M−1 cm−1 and such that the photoinitiator absorbs at least two percent of the actinic radiation incident on the coating. In another aspect the invention provides energy efficient methods of polymerizing polymerizable compositions and crosslinking crosslinkable compositions by irradiating the respective compositions with a low power source of essentially monochromatic radiation. The low power energy sources have an input power of less than about 10 W/cm.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 1998Date of Patent: May 1, 2001Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Robin E. Wright, George F. Vesley
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Patent number: 6045864Abstract: Coating system and method that allows coatings to be formed from a wide variety of coatable compositions that are entirely free of any solvents or, alternatively, have relatively little solvent in minor amounts effective to help dissolve one or more components of such compositions. A fluid composition is atomized and contacted with a carrier gas. The contacting occurs under conditions such that vaporization of substantially all of the atomized fluid composition occurs so as to form a vapor having a condensation temperature. The vapor is caused to flow to the surface of the substrate. The surface is at a temperature below the condensation temperature of the vapor. Consequently, the vapor condenses onto the surface to form the coating.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 1997Date of Patent: April 4, 2000Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Christopher S. Lyons, Constantin I. Ruta, Robert J. Fleming, Russell E. Blette, Robin E. Wright, Jeffrey H. Tokie
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Patent number: 6040352Abstract: A method of preparing an adhesive composition that includes exposing a free-radically polymerizable pre-adhesive composition to a monochromatic radiation source having a peak intensity at a wavelength falling within the range of about 250 nanometers to about 600 nanometers to polymerize the pre-adhesive composition and form the adhesive composition.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 1998Date of Patent: March 21, 2000Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventor: Robin E. Wright
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Patent number: 5891530Abstract: Methods of producing release coatings, adhesives, primers, and other polymeric coatings are described. A method for producing a release coating on a substrate comprises the steps of applying a polymerizable composition comprising a free radically polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated polysiloxane to a surface of a substrate, and exposing the polymerizable composition to a monochromatic light source having a peak intensity at a wavelength of between about 160 nanometers to 240 nanometers to form a release coating. Methods for producing a pressure sensitive adhesive and other polymeric coatings using a monochromatic light source are also described.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 1996Date of Patent: April 6, 1999Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing CompanyInventor: Robin E. Wright