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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2016
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Matthew S. Stay, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Shawn C. Dodds, St. Paul, MN (US);
Ann M. Gilman, Woodbury, MN (US);
Mikhail L. Pekurovsky, Bloomington, MN (US);
Daniel J. Theis, Mahtomedi, MN (US);
Matthew R. D. Smith, Woodbury, MN (US);
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES, COMPANY, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A composite article includes a conductive layer with nanowires on at least a portion of a flexible substrate, wherein the conductive layer has a conductive surface. A patterned layer of a low surface energy material is on a first region of the conductive surface. An overcoat layer free of conductive particulates is on a first portion of a second region of the conductive surface unoccupied by the patterned layer. A via is in a second portion of the second region of the conductive surface between an edge of the patterned layer of the low surface energy material and the overcoat layer. A conductive material is in the via to provide an electrical connection to the conductive surface.