William Charles Schultz
Engineers at Cardigan Rd, Saint Paul, MN

6479622, Nov 12, 2002

May 10, 2000

09/567944

Kathleen B. Gross - Woodbury MN
William J. Schultz - Vadnais Heights MN

3M Innovative Properties Company - St. Paul MN

C08G 7504

528376, 525204

In one aspect, the invention provides ene-thiol elastomers comprising the reaction product of a polythiol free of hydrophilic groups and having at least two thiol groups and an aromatic, heterocyclic, aliphatic, or cycloaliphatic polyene having at least two reactive unsaturated carbon to carbon bonds. In another aspect, the invention provides ene-thiol elastomer comprising the reaction product of (a) a thiol terminated oligomer comprising the reaction product of a polythiol having two thiol groups and a first polyene or mixture of polyenes having two reactive unsaturated carbon to carbon bonds; and (b) a second polyene or a mixture of polyenes having at least 5 percent functional equivalents of unsaturated carbon to carbon bonds from polyenes having at least three unsaturated carbon to carbon bonds. The ene-thiol elastomers of the invention have a weight increase of not more than 4 weight percent in 15 days at a temperature of 22° C. when immersed in a solution of 96 parts by weight water and 4 parts by weight n-butanol and/or a water vapor transmission rate of less than 50 g-mm/m -day at 40° C.

8487019, Jul 16, 2013

Mar 26, 2009

12/933526

James M. Nelson - Woodbury MN, US
Matthew N. Archibald - St. Paul MN, US
Brant U. Kolb - Afton MN, US
Wendy L. Thompson - Roseville MN, US
William J. Schultz - North Oaks MN, US
Steven C. Hackett - Oakdale MN, US

3M Innovative Properties Company - St. Paul MN

C08J 3/02, C08K 9/00

523200, 523212, 523333, 523340

A method of making a filled resin includes providing functionalized particles; and combining and homogenously mixing the functionalized particles with an organic matrix in a vacuum kneader to provide the filled resin so that the functionalized particles comprise at least about 20% by weight of the filled resin. The step of providing functionalized particles can also include providing a feedstock of (i) untreated particles, (ii) a surface treatment agent reactive with the particles, and (iii) solvent, and directing the feedstock through a continuous reactor maintained at a temperature sufficient to react the particles with the surface treatment agent to provide the functionalized particles in less than about 4 hours; and directing the functionalized particles from the continuous reactor directly into the vacuum kneader. In another aspect, the a finished resin comprises at least about 20% by weight of functionalized particles in an organic matrix.

5405686, Apr 11, 1995

Jul 1, 1994

8/269825

Gene B. Portelli - Woodbury MN
William J. Schultz - Vadnais Heights MN
John T. Boden - White Bear Lake MN
Daniel M. Kaufer - Scandia MN

Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company - St. Paul MN

B32B 1508, B32B 1710, B32B, B32B 2712

428229

A woven or nonwoven web, or film (e. g. polyimide) or foil is coated with a homogeneous cured composition comprising a liquid mixture of thermosettable resin(s) such as a polyepoxide and curative(s) such as aromatic polyamines and particles of an amorphous thermoplastic polymer such as a polyetherimide. The particles have an average diameter of from 0. 5-50 micrometers, a surface area of at least 1. 0 m. sup. 2 /g, a dissolution temperature of at least 50. degree. C. , and are insoluble in the thermosettable resin at temperatures of up to 15. degree. C. below the dissolution temperature but are completely dissolved at a temperature of at least 20. degree. C. below the cure temperature of the resin.

5856373, Jan 5, 1999

Oct 3, 1997

8/943465

David A. Kaisaki - St. Paul MN
Sumita B. Mitra - West St. Paul MN
William J. Schultz - Vadnais Heights MN
Robert J. DeVoe - Oakdale MN

Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company - St. Paul MN

C08L 6300, C08L 6302, A61K 608, C08K 300

522 25

A visible-light photopolymerizable composition comprising a) a cationically polymerizable epoxy resin, b) a hydroxyl-containing material c) an aryliodonium salt and d) a visible light sensitizer that is an alpha-dicarbonyl compound having an extinction coefficient less than about 1000. Particularly preferred compositions of the present invention are dental materials.

7491287, Feb 17, 2009

Jun 9, 2006

11/423191

Andrew Behr - Littleton CO, US
Eumi Pyun - Austin TX, US
Victoria A. Russell - Brooklyn Park MN, US
William J. Schultz - North Oaks MN, US
Terry L. Smith - Roseville MN, US
Wendy L. Thompson - Roseville MN, US
Stephen Znameroski - Eagan MN, US

3M Innovative Properties Company - Saint Paul MN

B29C 65/00

1562722, 156296, 156330, 523168

A method of bonding a first article to a second article is provided. The method involves the use of a flowable, adhesive composition that contains non-aggregated, surface-modified silica nanoparticles dispersed in an epoxy resin.

7351471, Apr 1, 2008

Dec 30, 2004

11/026754

Naiyong Jing - Woodbury MN, US
Chuntao Cao - Woodbury MN, US
Tatsuo Fukushi - Woodbury MN, US
Timothy J. Tatge - Crystal MN, US
Thomas P. Klun - Lakeland MN, US
William J. Schultz - North Oaks MN, US

3M Innovative Properties Company - St. Paul MN

B32B 27/00, C08F 8/18

428339, 5253263, 5253264

An economic, optically transmissive, stain and ink repellent, durable low refractive index fluoropolymer composition for use in an antireflection film or coupled to an optical display. In one aspect of the invention, the composition is formed from the reaction product of a fluoropolymer and a fluoroalkyl containing multi-olefinic crosslinker. In another aspect of the invention, the composition further includes surface modified inorganic nanoparticles.

8597959, Dec 3, 2013

Apr 17, 2008

12/595862

Naiyong Jing - Woodbury MN, US
William J. Schultz - North Oaks MN, US
Chunmei Guo - Woodbury MN, US
Michelle L. Legatt - St. Paul MN, US

3M Innovative Properties Company - St. Paul MN

G01N 33/543, G01N 33/551, C12Q 1/00

436518, 436524, 436532, 435 4

Functionalized solid support material with biomolecule-binding groups and uses thereof, wherein the biomolecule-binding groups include a plurality of aromatic groups, an amine group which bonds to a biomolecule through an aldehyde group, a hydrazine group which bonds to a biomolecule through an aldehyde group, or an alpha,beta-ethylenically or acetylenically unsaturated group with an electron withdrawing group.

2012024, Sep 27, 2012

Dec 13, 2010

13/502891

William J. Schultz - North Oaks MN, US
Peter D. Condo - Lake Elmo MN, US
Emily S. Goenner - Shoreview MN, US
Chad A. Haraldson - Apple Valley MN, US

C09D 167/06, B32B 5/16

428323, 524425

Compositions comprising surface-modified nanocalcite particles dispersed in a curable resin system comprising a vinyl ester, and coatings and fibrous composites incorporating such compositions are described. The surface-modifying agents include a binding group ionically associated with the calcite and a compatiblizing segment, compatible with the curable resin. The surface-modifying agent may also include a reactive group capable of reacting with the curable resin system. Methods of preparing nanocalcite composites and coating a fibrous composites prepared from such nanocalcite composites are also described.

4362785, Dec 7, 1982

Jul 17, 1981

6/284229

William J. Schultz - White Bear Lake MN
Alan R. Katritzky - Norwich, GB2

Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co. - St. Paul MN

B32B 2706, B32B 2736

428480

Polymers containing recurring 2,5-oxolanylene units wherein at least 60 percent of the units are joined directly to one another so as to provide segments consisting of at least 6 of said units.

2008005, Mar 6, 2008

Oct 12, 2005

11/576951

Adriana Paiva - Woodbury MN, US
Susan Yarmey - Woodbury MN, US
Stefan Gryska - Woodbury MN, US
Michael Palazzotto - Woodbury MN, US
Sharon Wang - St. Paul MN, US
Jeffery Anderson - Lake Elmo MN, US
Gerald Hofmann - Oakdale MN, US
Wendy Thompson - Roseville MN, US
John Brady - Lino Lakes MN, US
William Schultz - North Oaks MN, US
Robert Jennings - Shoreview MN, US

3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY - ST. PAUL MN

C08K 9/04, B32B 27/20

428336000, 427385500

A protective floor film includes a base film layer and a U.V. cured wear layer disposed on the base film layer. The wear layer has a thickness in a range of 2 to 25 micrometers. Methods of making protective floor film and methods of protecting a floor are also disclosed.