Patents by Inventor Ronald Wayne Ausen

Ronald Wayne Ausen 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).

  • Film structures and methods of making film structures
    Patent number: 7001475
    Abstract: A method of making a three-dimensional film structure having controllable contact properties comprises making separable surface elements on a top portion of a film structure and stretching the film structure to separate the separable surface elements, thereby obtaining a desired surface structure which delivers a certain contact property such as a pressure sensitive adhesive property. The separable surface elements are provided using a cut film surface, a stemmed film, or a layer of particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Ronald Wayne Ausen, Sundaravel Damodaran, Hak-Rhim Han, David Wayne Hegdahl
  • Film structures and methods of making film structures
    Publication number: 20030124291
    Abstract: A method of making a three-dimensional film structure having controllable contact properties comprises making separable surface elements on a top portion of a film structure and stretching the film structure to separate the separable surface elements, thereby obtaining a desired surface structure which delivers a certain contact property such as a pressure sensitive adhesive property. The separable surface elements are provided using a cut film surface, a stemmed film, or a layer of particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2001
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Applicant: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Ronald Wayne Ausen, Sundaravel Damodaran, Hak-Rhim Han, David Wayne Hegdahl