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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:
Oct. 28, 1997
Filed:
Feb. 14, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ronald S Steelman, Woodbury, MN (US);
Loren R Schreader, White Bear Lake, MN (US);
Assignee:
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, St, Paul, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428 42 ; 428200 ; 428914 ; 428483 ; 428343 ;
Abstract
A graphics overlay composite comprising a premask layer and a protective layer, wherein the premask layer provides handleability and the protective layer provides environmental protection of an imaged composite once the premask layer is removed. Optionally, the protective layer is deformable under lamination conditions such that the graphics overlay composite can be laminated to an imaged receptor to provide a graphics transfer article or a graphics applique, either of which can be laminated to an atypical receptor to form an image composite.