3M Innovative Properties Company

Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company

Timothy J Clemens

Mark D Weigel

Steven C Hackett

Charles David Hoyle

Gilles J Benoit

Brian E Brooks

Aaron K Nienaber

Nicholas A Johnson

Jon A Kirschhoffer

Glenn E Casner

Maureen Ann Kavanagh

Frederick J Arsenault

Steven P Floeder

Timothy M Dietz

Himanshu Nayar

Peter O Olson

Tyler W Olson

Jonathan B Arthur

Brett R Hemes

Daniel R Fronek

Thomas J Strey

Nathan J Herbst

Christopher M Brown

Patrick G Zimmerman

Jeffrey P Adolf

Mark W Orlando

Lori A Sjolund

Andreas Backes

Gregory P Moriarty

Peter J Schneider

Miaoding Dai

Carter C Hughes

Cory D Sauer

Sarah M Mullins

Joseph H Verkinderen

Zachary M Schaeffer

Scott L Barnett

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for optimizing a process of manufacturing a product. In one aspect, the method comprises repeatedly performing the following: i) selecting a configuration of input settings for manufacturing a product, based on a causal model that measures causal relationships between input settings and a measure of a quality of the product; ii) determining the measure of the quality of the product manufactured using the configuration of input settings; and iii) adjusting, based on the measure of the quality of the product manufactured using the configuration of input settings, the causal model.

Manufacturing a product using causal models

The invention provides protective articles comprising a backing that comprises a fluorinated polymer and a curable adhesive on at least one layer of the backing. The protective articles of the invention may be used to provide substrates or articles of the invention having a fluorinated surface. The invention also provides methods of preparing such articles, methods of repairing appliqu&#xe9;s, and methods of edge sealing appliqu&#xe9;s.

Protective articles

Curable epoxy resin compositions, preferably solvent-free, wherein a fluorene amine curative is partially melt dissolved and partially dispersed as a solid in at least one aromatic polyepoxide. The compositions provide prepregs which exhibit tack with surprisingly good shelf life properties. Cured composites comprising the prepregs are also provided. The cured composites exhibit little resin migration and glass transition temperatures that are comparable to those of cured neat resins.

Curable epoxy resin compositions, on release liners with

Prepregs of curable epoxy resin compositions with 9,9-Bis

Curable epoxy resin compositions with 9,9'-bis(4-aminophenyl)fluorenes

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Maplewood, MN, United States of America

Timothy J Clemens