PATRICK RUDD FLEMING
Pilots at Imperial Ave, Oakdale, MN

6524675, Feb 25, 2003

May 13, 1999

09/311101

Haruyuki Mikami - Tendo, JP
Mieczyslaw H. Mazurek - Roseville MN
Patrick R. Fleming - Lake Elmo MN

3M Innovative Properties Company - St. Paul MN

B32B 330

428 401, 428 417, 428 418, 428 421, 428156, 428220, 428343, 428353, 428358

An adhesive-backed article having a compliant film with a pressure sensitive adhesive bonded to one surface of the film. The pressure sensitive adhesive includes a microstructured surface opposite the compliant film. The microstructured surface defines channels in the adhesive. The channels create pathways for the egress of fluids. Upon application onto a substrate, the channels and structures wet out to render the microstructured surface substantially undetectable when viewed from the exposed surface of the article.

6913722, Jul 5, 2005

Dec 23, 2002

10/324850

Lori P. Engle - Little Canada MN, US
Robert T. Fehr - St. Paul MN, US
Patrick R. Fleming - Lake Elmo MN, US
Alan G. Miller - Austin TX, US
Todd R. Williams - Lake Elmo MN, US
Caroline M. Ylitalo - Stillwater MN, US

3M Innovative Properties Company - St. Paul MN

B29C039/02, B29C041/02, B29C059/02

264134, 264293, 264299, 264320, 425394

A receptor medium with a sheet having an optically transmissive microembossed imaging surface as one major surface thereof. The receptor medium can receive jettable materials, which include inks, adhesives, biological fluids, chemical assay reagents, particulate dispersions, waxes, and combinations thereof. The microembossed medium unexpectedly solves such common inkjet printing problems as feathering, banding, and mudcracking in inkjet printing systems by controlling how an inkjet drop contacts and dries on an inkjet receptor medium and also Moire' effects but also provides sufficient optical transmissivity to be useful as overhead transparency media, backlit signage, and the like. Clear lines of demarcation between adjoining colors of a pigmented inkjet image graphic can be obtained without creation of the Moire' effects. Methods of making and using the inkjet receptor medium are also disclosed.

2008005, Mar 6, 2008

Aug 30, 2006

11/468737

Gregory L. Bluem - St. Paul MN, US
Huiwen Tai - Woodbury MN, US
Patrick R. Fleming - Lake Elmo MN, US
Daniel J. Zillig - Cottage Grove MN, US
Joan M. Frankel - Woodbury MN, US
Robert L. Brott - Woodbury MN, US
William J. Kopecky - Hudson WI, US
Shandon D. Hart - Maplewood MN, US
Kristin L. Thunhorst - Stillwater MN, US

G02B 5/30

359497

A display system has a display panel and at least one light source for producing light to illuminate the display panel. A polarizer film may be employed between the display panel and the light source. At least one of the polarizing fibers has multiple internal birefringent interfaces between a first polymer material and a second polymer material. In some embodiments, the polarizer substantially reflects normally incident light in a first polarization state and substantially transmits normally incident light, in a second polarization state orthogonal to the first polarization state, with a haze value of at least 10%.

2006005, Mar 16, 2006

Oct 25, 2005

11/258330

Patrick Fleming - Lake Elmo MN, US
Michael Haase - St. Paul MN, US
Tommie Kelley - Coon Rapids MN, US
Dawn Muyres - St. Paul MN, US
Steven Theiss - Woodbury MN, US

H01L 21/31

438761000

In various embodiments, the invention is directed to aperture mask deposition techniques for use in creating integrated circuits or integrated circuit elements. In other embodiments, the invention is directed to different apparatuses that facilitate the deposition techniques. The techniques generally involve sequentially depositing material through a number of aperture masks formed with patterns that define layers or portions of various layers of a circuit. In this manner, circuits can be created using aperture mask deposition techniques, without requiring any etching or photolithography, which is particularly useful when organic semiconductors are involved. The techniques can be useful in creating circuit elements for electronic displays, low-cost integrated circuits such as radio frequency identification (RFID) circuits, and other circuits.

2013024, Sep 19, 2013

May 8, 2013

13/889485

MITCHELL A. F. JOHNSON - MAPLEWOOD MN, US
WILLIAM BLAKE KOLB - WEST LAKELAND MN, US
PATRICK R. FLEMING - LAKE ELMO MN, US
PAUL E. HUMPAL - STILLWATER MN, US
CHIEU S. NGUYEN - WOODBURY MN, US
CHARLES A. EVERTZ - NEW BRIGHTON MN, US
JACK W. LAI - LAKE ELMO MN, US
MIKHAIL L. PEKUROVSKY - BLOOMINGTON MN, US

3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY - St. Paul MN

B05D 3/06, B05D 3/00

427558, 4273855

A method for coating a work piece with resin including applying a controlled volume of liquid resin to the work piece with an applicator and allowing consecutive streams of resin to meld together to form a self leveling surface. The resin can be actively or passively cured. The work piece can be planar or cylindrical.

2011014, Jun 23, 2011

Mar 2, 2011

13/038912

Andrew J. Ouderkirk - Woodbury MN, US
Shandon D. Hart - Maplewood MN, US
Olester Benson, JR. - Woodbury MN, US
Patrick R. Fleming - Lake Elmo MN, US
Kristin L. Thunhorst - Stillwater MN, US

G02B 5/02, G09F 13/04

362 971, 359599

Optical films having structured surfaces are used, inter alia, for managing the propagation of light within a display. As displays become larger, it becomes more important that the film be reinforced so as to maintain rigidity. An optical film of the invention has a first layer comprising inorganic fibers embedded within a polymer matrix. The first layer has a structured surface to provide an optical function to light passing therethrough. The film may have various beneficial optical properties, for example, light that propagates substantially perpendicularly through the first layer may be subject to no more than a certain level of haze or light incident on the film may be subject to a minimum value of brightness gain. Various methods of manufacturing the films are described.

7223364, May 29, 2007

Jul 7, 2000

09/612418

Raymond P. Johnston - Lake Elmo MN, US
Patrick R. Fleming - Lake Elmo MN, US
Kurt J. Halverson - Lake Elmo MN, US
James G. Bentsen - North St. Paul MN, US
Gary E. Krejcarek - White Bear Lake MN, US
Koichi Sano - Sagamihara, JP

3M Innovative Properties Company - St. Paul MN

C12M 1/14, G01N 1/10

422 681, 422 55, 422 8205, 422 93

The present invention provides a detection article including at least one fluid control film layer having at least one microstructured major surface with a plurality of microchannels therein. The microchannels are configured for uninterrupted fluid flow of a fluid sample throughout the article. The film layer includes an acquisition zone for drawing the fluid sample into the plurality of microchannels at least by spontaneous fluid transport. The film layer also includes a detection zone having at least one detection element that facilitates detection of a characteristic of the fluid sample within at least one microchannel of the detection zone.

6908453, Jun 21, 2005

Jan 15, 2002

10/051745

Patrick R. Fleming - Lake Elmo MN, US
Michael D. Delmore - Grant MN, US
Luther E. Erickson - Grant MN, US
Richard H. Ferber - Fridley MN, US

3M Innovative Properties Company - St. Paul MN

A61M005/00

604173, 604272

Microneedle devices and methods of manufacturing the microneedle devices. The microneedle devices include microneedles protruding from a substrate, with the microneedles piercing a cover placed over the substrate surface from which the microneedles protrude. The cover and the microneedle substrate together define a capillary volume in fluid communication with the base of each microneedle. One manner of using microneedle arrays of the present invention is in methods involving the penetration of skin to deliver medicaments or other substances and/or extract blood or tissue. Manufacturing methods may include simultaneous application of pressure and ultrasonic energy when piercing the cover with the microneedles.

7985941, Jul 26, 2011

Nov 16, 2007

11/941206

Thomas R. Corrigan - St. Paul MN, US
Patrick R. Fleming - Lake Elmo MN, US

3M Innovative Properties Company - Saint Paul MN

B23K 26/36

21912168, 21912173

A system for generating a laser machined tool from a substantially cylindrical work piece. The system includes a laser producing a laser beam, a mask positioned within the laser beam for shaping the laser beam into an image, and an optical system for imaging the laser beam image onto the outer surface of the work piece. The system coordinates rotational and translation movements of the work piece with activation of the laser in order to use the laser image for ablating the outer surface of the work piece, creating microstructures within the surface of the work piece to form the cylindrical tool.

2007015, Jul 5, 2007

Dec 30, 2005

11/322324

Andrew Ouderkirk - Woodbury MN, US
Olester Benson - Woodbury MN, US
Timothy Hebrink - Scandia MN, US
Shandon Hart - Maplewood MN, US
Kristin Thunhorst - Stillwater MN, US
Patrick Fleming - Lake Elmo MN, US

G02B 5/30

359500000, 359495000

An optical film has a first layer and a second layer. The first and second layers each include fibers embedded within respective polymeric matrices. A third layer having a reflective polarizer layer is mounted between the first and second layers.