3m Innovative Properties Company

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Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company

3m Innovative Company

David K Misemer

Brian E Brooks

Glenn E Casner

Brian J Stankiewicz

Brian L Linzie

Nathan J Anderson

Timothy J Gardner

Michael Kelly Canavan

Allen Raymond Siedle

Vasant V Kolpe

Brook F Duerr

Robert A Sainati

William C Egbert

Swagata R Banerjee

Michael Albert Haase

Systems and methods for optimizing properties of objects within a scene or achieve a visual goal.

Systems and methods for optimizing a scene

Systems and methods for evaluating the robustness of objects within a scene or a scene itself.

Systems and methods for evaluating robustness of saliency predictions of regions in a scene

Systems and methods for using visual attention modeling techniques to evaluate a scene from multiple perspectives.

Systems and methods for multi-perspective scene analysis

This disclosure describes a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag that includes a three-dimensional (3D) loop antenna. The 3D loop antenna includes a first conductive portion having a length and width that substantially exceed a thickness. The length and width of the first conductive portion substantially lie in a first plane. The 3D loop antenna includes a second conductive portion having a length and width that substantially exceed a thickness. The length and width of the second conductive portion substantially lie in a second plane that is substantially parallel to the first plane. An RFID circuit electrically connected to the loop antenna excites a current through the first and second conductive portions in a current loop that lies in a third plane that is not substantially parallel to the first and second planes. In some instances the third plane may be substantially perpendicular to the first and second planes.

Radio frequency identification (RFID) tag including a three-dimensional loop antenna

A propylene polymeric composition with elastic character that is soluble in at least one nonpolar organic solvent selected from the group consisting of toluene, xylene, heptane, and hexane, comprises greater than 3 weight percent and up to 45 weight percent homotactic sequences each having only r or m diads, all of which homotactic sequences have a helical length in the range of 20 to 150 &angst;, and in the range of 55 to 97 weight percent of the sum of homotactic sequences of less than 20 &angst; in helical length, each homotactic sequence having only r or m diads and having fewer than 10 repeat units with mmmm pentads being present in the range of 0 to 35 weight percent of the total composition, and heterotactic sequences having r and m diads of unequal number, the polymer having a molecular weight (M ) of at least 70,000.

Elastic polypropylenes and catalysts for their manufacture

A propylene polymeric composition with elastic character that is soluble in at least one nonpolar organic solvent selected from the group consisting of toluene, xylene, heptane, and hexane, comprises greater than 3 weight percent and up to 45 weight percent homotactic sequences each having only r or m diads, all of which homotactic sequences have a helical length in the range of 20 to 150&angst;, and in the range of 55 to 97 weight percent of the sum of homotactic sequences of less than 20&angst; in helical length, each homotactic sequence having only r or m diads and having fewer than 10 repeat units with mmmm pentads being present in the range of 0 to 35 weight percent of the total composition, and heterotactic sequences having r and m diads of unequal number, the polymer having a molecular weight (M ) of at least 70,000.

A propylene polymeric composition with elastic character that is soluble in at least one nonpolar organic solvent selected from the group consisting of toluene, xylene, heptane, and hexane, comprises greater than 3 weight percent and up to 45 weight percent homotactic sequences each having only r or m diads, all of which homotactic sequences have a helical length in the range of 20 to 150 &angst;, and in the range of 55 to 97 weight percent of the sum of homotactic sequences of less than 20 &angst; in helical length, each homotactic sequence having only r or m diads and having fewer than 10 repeat units with mmmm pentads being present in the range of 0 to 35 weight percent of the total composition, and heterotactic sequences having r and m diads of unequal number, the polymer having a molecular weight (M,) of at least 70,000.

A semiconductor heterojunction, guided-wave, electroabsorption modulator. The device includes a rib waveguide fabricated on a substrate. The waveguide includes a relatively thin and off-center undoped electroabsorbing layer within a light-guiding region. Electrodes configured for interconnection to an external voltage source produce an electric field within the waveguide. Heavily doped field confining layers on opposite sides of the electroabsorbing layer confine the electric field within the electroabsorbing layer to cause the electroabsorption of radiation in accordance with the Franz-Keldysh effect.

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Maplewood, MN, United States of America

David K Misemer