Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company

3m Innovative Properties Company

Daniel K McIntyre

Allen L Noreen

Anthony B Clinch

Steven P Brinduse

Mark J Pellerite

Mitchell B Grunes

Mark D Purgett

Peter M Eisenberg

Donald H Lucast

Carl R Kessel

Kurt C Melancon

Paul A Sevcik

David T Berquist

Chan U Ko

Robert J Schilling

Diane E Morel

The present invention relates to various methods of collecting and using data from RFID tags associated with items of interest. In one embodiment, the permissible error tolerance associated with the location of an RFID-tagged item may be altered, either manually or automatically. In another embodiment, RFID-tagged items may be associated with certain categories of items, based either on default or user-specified categories.

RFID data collection and use

The present invention provides a silicone/acrylic based pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, adhesive, and adhesive tapes prepared therefrom. The adhesive composition comprises:

Pressure-sensitive adhesives

Ultraviolet radiation curable controllable release composition comprises polyepoxypolysiloxane, silicone-free polyfunctional epoxide normally incompatible with the epoxypolysiloxane, and compatibilizing monofunctional epoxide. The composition is useful as a release layer in adhesive roll and sheet materials.

UV-curable silicon release compositions

Highly fluorinated alkyl group substituted acetophenones and benzophenones suitable for use as initiators for the polymerization of ethylenically-unsaturated monomers in which conventional initiators have limited solubility. These compounds are particularly suitable for use for the polymerization of highly fluorinated ethylenically-unsaturated monomers.

Photoinitiators that are soluble in highly fluorinated monomers

Normally liquid peroxidic poly(perfluorooxyalkylene) compositions comprising a mixture of peroxidic poly(perfluorooxyalkylene) compounds, derivatives of the poly(perfluorooxyalkylene) compositions comprising a mixture of non-peroxidic polyfluoropolyether compounds, and derivatives of the polyfluoropolyether compositions comprising functional and non-functional derivatives of the polyfluoropolyether compositions are provided. Each peroxidic poly(perfluorooxyalkylene) compound comprises a backbone of randomly distributed perfluorooxyalkylene units, represented by the formulas ##STR1## which when bonded to an --O-- of any of the perfluorooxyalkylene units, forms a peroxy group, --O--O--, which imparts the peroxidic characteristics to the material, and backbone-pendant perfluoroalkoxy groups or perfluoroalkoxy groups substituted with one or more ether oxygen atoms, the terminal ether oxygen atoms of which are bonded to carbon atoms of the ##STR2## backbone units.

Polyfluoropolyethers having pendant perfluoroalkoxy groups

A coated article with a substrate having a low surface energy coating thereon, said coating comprising an in situ polymerized monofunctional poly(perfluoropropyleneoxy) acrylate or methacrylate oligomer. The oligomer has a poly(perfluoropropyleneoxy) segment, [CF(CF.sub.3)CF.sub.2 O].sub.d, which has a number average molecular weight of about 800 to 25,000.

Articles having low adhesion articles having coatings thereon

Shaped articles of polyfluoropolyethers having pendant perfluoroalkoxy

Normally liquid peroxidic poly(perfluorooxyalkylene) compositions comprising a mixture of peroxidic poly(perfluorooxyalkylene) compounds, derivatives of the poly(perfluorooxyalkylene) compositions comprising a mixture of non-peroxidic polyfluoropolyether compounds, and derivatives of the polyfluoropolyether compositions comprising functional and non-functional derivatives of the polyfluoropolyether compositions are provided. Each peroxidic poly(perfluorooxyalkylene) compound comprises a backbone of randomly distributed perfluorooxyalkylene units, represented by the formulas --CF.sub.2 O--, ##STR1## and --O--, which when bonded to and --O-- of any of the perfluorooxyalkylene units, forms a peroxy group, --O--O--, which imparts the peroxidic characteristics to the material, and backbone-pendant perfluoroalkoxy groups or perfluoroalkoxy groups substituted with one or more ether oxygen atoms, the terminal ether oxygen atoms of which are bonded to carbon atoms of the ##STR2## backbone units.

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Saint Paul, MN, United States of America

Daniel K McIntyre