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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2017
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Matthew R. D. Smith, Woodbury, MN (US);
Matthew S. Stay, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Mikhail L. Pekurovsky, Bloomington, MN (US);
Daniel J. Theis, Mahtomedi, MN (US);
Thomas J. Metzler, St. Paul, MN (US);
Shawn C. Dodds, St. Paul, MN (US);
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
Methods of passivating an adhesive via printing an ink onto a release liner, and adhesive articles or products made by the same are provided. An ink pattern is printed onto a release liner to form a pattern of features. The features are at least partially embedded in an adhesive layer such that when the release liner is peeled from the adhesive layer, the passivation features remain with the layer of adhesive to form selected areas having adjusted adhesive functionality. Articles including the passivated adhesive on a release liner are also disclosed.