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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 1982
Filed:
May. 21, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
James D LaPerre, River Falls, WI (US);
Donald L O'Brien, St. Paul, MN (US);
Assignee:
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, St.Paul, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08K / ; C06B / ; B32B / ; B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428325 ; 149-2 ; 252408 ; 102376 ; 102480 ; 102513 ; 102482 ; 523172 ; 523200 ; 523217 ;
Abstract
Coating compositions containing identifier particles are disclosed for the retrospective identification of articles. The compositions comprise a clear lacquer binder, visually-readable microparticles and reflective spotting particles. The reflective spotting particles facilitate location of the coating on the surface of the tagged article.