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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2016
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Martin B. Wolk, Woodbury, MN (US);
Thomas J. Metzler, St. Paul, MN (US);
Samuel J. Carpenter, Shoreview, MN (US);
Denis Terzic, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Mitchell T. Nommensen, Oak Creek, WI (US);
Suman K. Patel, Woodbury, MN (US);
Mikhail L. Pekurovsky, Bloomington, MN (US);
Donald G. Peterson, Shoreview, MN (US);
Terry O. Collier, Woodbury, MN (US);
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to transfer tapes, segmented and non-segmented which include at least one graphics layer. The transfer tapes include a removable template layer, a transfer layer which includes a backfill layer, having at least one first graphics layer, and an adhesive layer. Segmented transfer tapes further at least one transferable segment, at least one non-transferable segment in the segmented transfer tape and include at least one kerf. The present disclosure also provides optical assemblies, e.g. micro-optical assemblies, which may be fabricated from the transfer tapes which include at least one graphics layer. The present disclosure also provides methods of forming the transfer tapes and methods of making the micro optical assemblies.