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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2021
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Raymond P. Johnston, Lake Elmo, MN (US);
John J. Sullivan, Hudson, WI (US);
Matthew C. Messina, Maplewood, MN (US);
Charles D. Hoyle, Stillwater, MN (US);
Jaewon Kim, Woodbury, MN (US);
Haiyan Zhang, Lake Elmo, MN (US);
Kevin W. Gotrik, Hudson, WI (US);
Douglas S. Dunn, Woodbury, MN (US);
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A patterned article includes a polymeric layer having opposing first and second major surfaces and defining a plurality of through openings therein. For each through opening in at least a sub-plurality of the through openings, a metallic body is disposed in the through opening. The metallic body has a first outermost surface, an opposite second outermost surface and at least one lateral sidewall extending therebetween. The first outermost surface of the metallic body is substantially flush with the first major surface of the polymeric layer. Each lateral sidewall extends from the first outermost surface of the metallic body toward or to, but not past, the second major surface of the polymeric layer. The metallic body is substantially coextensive with the through opening in at least one cross-section parallel to the polymeric layer. The metallic bodies can be electrically isolated from one another.