Patents by Inventor Tyler J. Rattray

Tyler J. Rattray 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).

  • Publication number: 20170342299
    Abstract: Herein are disclosed a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on a substrate, the adhesive layer containing stripes of first and second pressure-sensitive adhesives. The surface of the adhesive layer that faces the substrate is surface-enriched with the first pressure-sensitive adhesive. Methods of making are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Tyler J. Rattray, Carlos A. Barrios, James L. Bries, Gary W. Maier
  • Patent number: 9765240
    Abstract: Herein are disclosed a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on a substrate, the adhesive layer containing stripes of first and second pressure-sensitive adhesives. The surface of the adhesive layer that faces the substrate is surface-enriched with the first pressure-sensitive adhesive. Methods of making are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Tyler J. Rattray, Carlos A. Barrios, James L. Bries, Gary W. Maier
  • Publication number: 20160376471
    Abstract: An article including a release liner with an adhesive layer disposed thereon, the adhesive layer including a plurality of stripes of a first pressure-sensitive adhesive and of a second pressure-sensitive adhesive, arranged in a generally alternating pattern. The first pressure-sensitive adhesive is a silicone-based pressure-sensitive adhesive that includes a silicone block copolymer elastomer comprising hard segments that each comprise at least one polar moiety, and the second pressure-sensitive adhesive is an organic polymeric pressure-sensitive adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Carlos A. Barrios, James L. Bries, Gary W. Maier, Tyler J. Rattray
  • Publication number: 20160250875
    Abstract: A method includes providing an elastomeric stamp including a stamping surface with a first pattern element having a fill factor of 20 to 99 percent and including a continuous region and at least one discontinuous region, the discontinuous region including at least one of: (1) one or more elongated concavities, and (2) one or more interior voids. A second pattern element of the stamping surface has a fill factor of 0.25 to 10 percent, and includes traces with a width from 0.1 micrometers to 50 micrometers. The stamping surface is inked with an ink composition including a functionalizing molecule with a functional group selected to bind to a surface of the ink-receptive material. The inked stamping surface is contacted with an ink-receptive material selected from a sheet or a web for a contact time sufficient to bind the functional group with the surface of the ink-receptive material to form a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) of the functionalizing material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Catherine P. Tarnowski, David A. Johnson, Roger W. Barton, Larry L. Johnson, Jonathan J. O'Hare, Tyler J. Rattray, Daniel M. Lentz, Jeffrey H. Tokie, Matthew H. Frey, Mikhail L. Pekurovsky
  • Publication number: 20160152869
    Abstract: Herein are disclosed a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on a substrate, the adhesive layer containing stripes of first and second pressure-sensitive adhesives. The surface of the adhesive layer that faces the substrate is surface-enriched with the first pressure-sensitive adhesive. Methods of making are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Tyler J. Rattray, Carlos A. Barrios, James L. Bries, Gary W. Maier
  • Publication number: 20160137885
    Abstract: An article including a first substrate with an adhesive layer disposed thereon, the adhesive layer including a plurality of stripes of a first pressure-sensitive adhesive and of a second pressure-sensitive adhesive, arranged in a generally alternating pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Gary W. Maier, Carlos A. Barrios, James L. Bries, Tyler J. Rattray
  • Publication number: 20150336379
    Abstract: A system, including a moving web of material unwound from a support and a stamp mounted on a roller, wherein the stamp includes a base surface and a continuous, regular array of pattern elements having a trapezoidal cross-sectional shape and extending above the base surface, and wherein the stamping elements each have a substantially planar stamping surface. An inking roller with an inking surface at least periodicially contacts the stamping surface of the stamping elements. The inking surface is impregnated with an ink composition including an organosulfur compound having a thiol functional group selected to bind to a major surface of the web material to form a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) thereon according to the array of pattern elements on the stamping surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Tyler J. Rattray, Mikhail L. Pekurovsky, Lyudmila A. Pekurovsky, Matthew H. Frey, Daniel P. Meehan, Jonathan J. O'Hare, Richard W. Greger