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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2019
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Shawn C. Dodds, St. Paul, MN (US);
Matthew S. Stay, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Mikhail L. Pekurovsky, Bloomington, MN (US);
Matthew H. Frey, Cottage Grove, MN (US);
Mark J. Pellerite, Woodbury, MN (US);
John P. Baetzold, North St. Paul, MN (US);
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A method of patterning a conductive layer to form transparent electrical conductors that does not require etching is disclosed. The method includes peeling a strippable polymer layer from a substrate coated with the conductive layer to pattern the conductive layer. In some embodiments, a resist matrix material is patterned over the conductive layer to prevent removal of the conductive layer beneath the resist matrix material. In other embodiments, a liner having a pressure sensitive adhesive surface is brought into contact with the patterned strippable polymer material to remove both the patterned strippable polymer material and the conductive layer beneath it.