Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company

3m Innovative Properties Company

John J Stofko, Jr

Mohammad Iqbal

Jeremy M Yarwood

Alphonsus V Pocius

Louis M Leichter

Terry J Sonnonstine

Sumita Basu Mitra

Dennis Edward Vogel

Jie Yang

Bhaskar V Velamakanni

Wayne K Larson

Alan G Miller

Paolo Beretta

Steven T Hedrick

Robert E Martinson

Jeffery Cy Chang

Matthew T Scholz

Babu Nana Gaddam

Kevin Michael Lewandowski

Rudolf J Dams

Ying-Yuh Lu

Terrance P Smith

Jeffrey C Chang

Eugene G Joseph

Kevin D Landgrebe

Thomas J Packard

Ranjan C Patel

Richard L Severance

Mark J Hendrickson

Timothy D Filiatrault

Hsin Hsin Chou

Kelly S Anderson

Manisha Sarkar

David John Hastings

Subodh K Kulkarni

Subramanian Krishnan

John H Stibbard

Donald J Newman

Robert M Henry

Kaveh Pournoor

Terence William Baldock

Kenneth G Kneipp

Diana J Gerbi

Howard S Creel

Sheila A Tesch

Peter C Leung

Michael G O'Reilly

Darren Cooper

Monserrat R Lalonde

Linda K Olson

John C Loperfido

Dental compositions are provided comprising a compound of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: wherein n is an integer from about 2 to about 5. 

Therapeutic dental composition and related methods

Dental compositions are provided comprising a compound of Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: wherein n is an integer from about 2 to about 5.

A polymeric material, methods of making the polymeric material, articles that include the polymeric material, and compositions that contain the polymeric material are provided. The polymeric material has a plurality of different pendant groups that include a first pendant group containing a &#x2014;COOH group or a salt thereof, a second pendant group containing a poly(alkylene oxide) group, a third pendant group containing a silicon-containing group, and a fourth pendant group containing a quaternary amino group. The polymeric material can be used, for example, to provide coatings that can be antifouling, antimicrobial, or both.

Antimicrobial and antifouling polymeric materials

Film forming dental compositions comprising a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a binder. The film forming dental compositions can include an amino sugar, a derivative of an amino sugar, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and can be useful in inhibiting biofilm formation in an oral cavity.

Film forming dental compositions and related methods

The present invention provides a curable composition for use in retarding the formation of biofilms. The curable composition comprises a polymer derived from ethylenically unsaturated units having pendent long-chain aliphatic groups; ethylenically unsaturated units having pendent poly(oxyalkylene) groups; and ethylenically unsaturated units having pendent substrate-reactive groups; and a crosslinking agent.

Polymer derived from monomers with long-chain aliphatic, poly(oxyalkylene) and substrate-reactive groups

An adhesive composition comprising an emulsion polymer which comprises a (meth)acrylate copolymer and silica nanoparticles is described. The addition of the nanoparticles results in a significant increase in the overlap shear properties.

Pressure-sensitive adhesive containing silica nanoparticles

A photocurable thermally transferable composition containing a multifunctional monomer that is substantially non-liquid at room temperature and a thermoplastic binder is disclosed. The composition is suitable for use in thermal transfer ribbons. After thermal transfer, the compositions are photocured to provide a durable, weatherable image on a graphic article.

Thermally transferable compositions and methods

Polymer compositions and articles incorporating them are provided that possess antimicrobial activity, preferably in both the light and the dark. Such compositions include one or more polymers and one or more photosensitizers.

Antimicrobial composition containing photosensitizers articles, and methods of use

The present invention relates to stable aqueous colloidal dipersions of sulfopolyureas and self supporting films formed from the dispersions which display good mechanical properties from about room temperature to temperatures exceeding 150.degree. C. The films of the invention, which are formed with no volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions and no post-coating chemical or ionic cross-linking, are not redispersible in water and may be used to form heat resistant abrasive articles.

Aqueous sulfopolyurea colloidal dispersions, films and abrasive articles

Water soluble organosiloxane compounds are provided comprising an oligomer incorporating an addition product of at least two reactants wherein one reactant is at least one 3-glycidoxypropylalkoxy siloxane and the other reactant is at least one secondary hydroxyalkyl amine, optionally, an alkoxysilane different than 3-glycidoxypropylalkoxysilane; optionally, a primary or secondary amine different than the secondary hydroxyalkyl amine; and water.

Water soluble organosiloxane compounds

Semi-interpenetrating polymeric networks comprising a blend of hydrophilic and hydrophobic polymers wherein at least one of the polymeric components is crosslinked after blending to form a continuous network throughout the bulk of the material, and through which the uncrosslinked polymeric components are intertwined in such a way as to form a macroscopically homogeneous composition. The integrity of such networks persists even after absorption of solvent. These materials can be used to form durable, non-tacky, ink-absorbent, transparent coatings for graphical materials.

Transparent liquid absorbent materials for use as ink receptive layers

A transparent recording sheet coated with a transparent water-based image-receptive coating composition of (1) from about 5 parts by weight to about 95 parts by weight of an oligomer incorporating at least one addition product having at least two reactants wherein one reactant is 3-glycidoxypropylalkoxysilane and the second reactant is at least one secondary amine; (2) from about 5 parts by weight to 95 parts by weight of a colloidal dispersion; (3) optionally, one or more anti-blocking agents; and (4) optionally, one or more surfactants.

Water-based transparent image recording sheet

A water-based transparent image-receptive layer suitable for imaging in a thermal printer, and in electrophotographic or xerographic copiers, comprising a mixture of from about 5 parts to about 30 parts of at least one amino based silane coupling agent having the general formula: ##STR1## wherein Q is selected from the group consisting of primary, secondary and tertiary amino groups; R is selected from aliphatic and aromatic groups; R.sub.1 is selected from the group consisting of alkyl and aryl groups, and n is 1 or 2; from about 60 parts to about 80 parts of basic colloidal particles; from about 10 to about 29.9 parts of a water-dispersible polymeric binder, and from about 0.1 part to about 5 parts of an antiblocking agent.

Water based transparent image recording sheet

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Saint Paul, MN, United States of America

John J Stofko, Jr