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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:
Aug. 13, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert P Wenz, Cottage Grove, MN (US);
Assignee:
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D / ; B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
156234 ; 156235 ; 156291 ; 4272071 ;
Abstract
A method of selectively applying adhesive to the tops of ribs on a ribbed-substrate. The method includes the steps of applying a layer of adhesive to a flexible, polyimide carrier; drying the adhesive layer; rolling the ribbed substrate against the carrier so that the adhesive layer contacts the rib tops but does not contact the substrate in the regions between the ribs; and separating the adhesive from the carrier, thereby depositing the adhesive on the rib tops. The ribs typically have heights and widths from about 1 to 10 .mu.m, and are separated by distances of 1 to 10 times those dimensions.