Patents by Inventor Wilhelm Kuester

Wilhelm Kuester 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: 20030134138
    Abstract: An adhesively mountable image using a reusable adhesive surface is provided. The image carrier is removable from the adhesive carrier, and a subsequent image carrier may be releasably bound to the same adhesive carrier. Kits for this system are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2002
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Applicant: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Karl Werner Kreckel, Wilhelm Kuester, Bruno Mueller, Pierre Congard, Francis V. Loncar
  • Publication number: 20030127181
    Abstract: An adhesively mountable image using a highly tacky reusable adhesive surface is provided. The image carrier is removable from the adhesive carrier, and it subsequent image carrier may be releasably bound to the same adhesive carrier. Kits for this system are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2002
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Applicant: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Karl Werner Kreckel, Wilhelm Kuester, Bruno Mueller
  • Patent number: 6491781
    Abstract: An adhesively mountable image using a highly tacky reusable adhesive surface is provided. The image carrier is removable from the adhesive carrier, and a subsequent image carrier may be releasably bound to the same adhesive carrier. Kits for this system are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Karl Werner Kreckel, Wilhelm Kuester, Bruno Mueller
  • Patent number: 6482288
    Abstract: An adhesively mountable image using a reusable adhesive surface is provided. The image carrier is removable from the adhesive carrier, and a subsequent image carrier may be releasably bound to the same adhesive carrier. Kits for this system are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Karl Werner Kreckel, Wilhelm Kuester, Bruno Mueller, Pierre Congard, Francis V. Loncar, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6121508
    Abstract: A hydrophilic, pressure-sensitive adhesive composition prepared by irradiating solid poly(N-vinyl lactam) with ionizing radiation to crosslink the poly(N-vinyl lactam) and thereafter mixing the radiation-crosslinked poly(N-vinyl lactam) with essentially unirradiated plasticizer in an amount sufficient to form a cohesive, pressure-sensitive adhesive composition. The composition is useful as a biomedical adhesive for transmitting or receiving electrical signals as a component (14) of a biomedical electrode (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Katharina J. Bischof, Wilhelm Kuester, Steven S. Kantner
  • Patent number: 5985990
    Abstract: Cross-linked, hydrophilic pressure sensitive adhesive compositions, (meth)acrylate-functional polar polymers which serve as precursors to them, and medical products using such adhesives are disclosed. The cross-linked polymer is prepared by free-radically cross-linking reactive polymers that are functionalized with pendant polymerizable moieties. Medical products that include such compositions are biomedical electrodes, pharmaceutical delivery devices, and medical skin coverings such as wound dressings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Steven S. Kantner, Wilhelm Kuester
  • Patent number: 5629093
    Abstract: The invention provides a transparent multilayer film comprising a cover layer, a destructible or irreversibly deformable layer, respectively, a pattern of adhesion-regulating material between the cover layer and the damagable layer, and an adhesive layer for bonding with a substrate. The damagable layer has a thickness of at least 10 .mu.m. The following relationship applies to the cohesive strength as well as the adhesion between the layers:a and d>c>bwherebya is the adhesive strength between cover layer (1) and layer (3) in the areas where no adhesion-regulating material (2) is present,b is the adhesive strength between cover layer (1) and layer (3), in the areas where adhesion-regulating material (2) is present,c is the cohesive strength of layer (3), andd is the adhesive strength between layer (3) and adhesive layer (5).The invention also provides for the use of the transparent multilayer film for protection of data on documents, as well as its use as a tamper-proof label.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1997
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Katharina J. Bischof, Luigi Pastore, Wilhelm Kuester, Lynn E. Faykish