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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2021
Solventum Intellectual Properties Company, Maplewood, MN (US);
Raymond P. Johnston, Lake Elmo, MN (US);
Jodi L. Connell, St. Paul, MN (US);
Karl J. L. Geisler, St. Paul, MN (US);
Jeffrey L. Solomon, Centerville, MN (US);
Kristal L. Schutta, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Conrad Lather, St. Paul, MN (US);
Ta-Hua Yu, Woodbury, MN (US);
Anthony F. Schultz, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Duane D. Fansler, Dresser, WI (US);
Richard J. Pokorny, Maplewood, MN (US);
Solventum Intellectual Properties Company, Maplewood, MN (US);
Abstract
Presently described are methods of making an article comprising providing a structured film () comprising a thermoformable planar base () layer and a structured surface () layer disposed on a major surface () of the planar base () layer wherein the structured surface () layer comprises a different organic polymeric material than the thermoformable planar base () layer, and thermoforming the structured film () into a thermoformed article (). Also described are thermoformed and thermoformable articles.