Patents by Inventor Susan K. Rowen

Susan K. Rowen 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).

  • Patent number: 6991851
    Abstract: A dry-strippable coating composition can be incorporated into a composite article and comprises a dried water-borne polyurethane dispersion including a release additive comprising a releasing co-solvent or other selected release material. When water is removed from the polyurethane dispersion of the composite article and when the article comprises a thermoformable substrate, the article can be thermoformed to provide a shaped article. Dry-stripping the coating composition from the substrate provides a thermoformed substrate and a thermoformed protective layer. The dry-strippable coatings provide temporary protection for the surface of various products and components during manufacture, assembly, shipping, installation, painting, and refinishing operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Larry R. Krepski, Kevin M. Lewandowski, Daniel E. Mickus, Susan K. Rowen, Stephen A. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20040009354
    Abstract: A dry-strippable coating composition can be incorporated into a composite article and comprises a dried water-borne polyurethane dispersion including a release additive comprising a releasing co-solvent or other selected release material. When water is removed from the polyurethane dispersion of the composite article and when the article comprises a thermoformable substrate, the article can be thermoformed to provide a shaped article. Dry-stripping the coating composition from the substrate provides a thermoformed substrate and a thermoformed protective layer. The dry-strippable coatings provide temporary protection for the surface of various products and components during manufacture, assembly, shipping, installation, painting, and refinishing operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2003
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Applicant: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Larry R. Krepski, Kevin M. Lewandowski, Daniel E. Mickus, Susan K. Rowen, Stephen A. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20030072948
    Abstract: A dry-strippable coating composition can be incorporated into a composite article and comprises a dried water-borne polyurethane dispersion including a release additive comprising a releasing co-solvent or other selected release material. When water is removed from the polyurethane dispersion of the composite article and when the article comprises a thermoformable substrate, the article can be thermoformed to provide a shaped article. Dry-stripping the coating composition from the substrate provides a thermoformed substrate and a thermoformed protective layer. The dry-strippable coatings provide temporary protection for the surface of various products and components during manufacture, assembly, shipping, installation, painting, and refinishing operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2001
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Applicant: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Larry R. Krepski, Kevin M. Lewandowski, Daniel E. Mickus, Susan K. Rowen, Stephen A. Johnson
  • Patent number: 6458462
    Abstract: A sporting goods article with a coating on a surface of the article for abrasion resistance and/or a high gloss appearance. The outer layer of the surface is a polymer, wood, metal, non-polymeric ink, non-polymeric colorant, non-polymeric dye, or a combination thereof The coating is a cured ceramer composition. The cured ceramer composition, in its simplest embodiment, is derived from a composition including inorganic oxide particles and a curable organic matrix, with the curable organic matrix including at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer and at least one organofunctional silane monomer coupling agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Soonkun Kang, Forrest J. Rouser, Susan K. Rowen, Steven J. Martin, Michael S. Terrazas, Scott G. Norquist, James L. Sadlo
  • Publication number: 20020114959
    Abstract: A sporting goods article with a coating on a surface of the article for abrasion resistance and/or a high gloss appearance. The outer layer of the surface is a polymer, wood, metal, non-polymeric ink, non-polymeric colorant, non-polymeric dye, or a combination thereof. The coating is a cured ceramer composition. The cured ceramer composition, in its simplest embodiment, is derived from a composition including inorganic oxide particles and a curable organic matrix, with the curable organic matrix including at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer and at least one organofunctional silane monomer coupling agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2000
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Inventors: Soonkun Kang, Forrest J. Rouser, Susan K. Rowen, Steven J. Martin, Michael S. Terrazas, Scott G. Norquist, James L. Sadlo