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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:
Sep. 11, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jeffrey R. Janssen, Woodbury, MN (US);
Michael A. Johnson, Stillwater, MN (US);
Ulrich Kunze, Meertal, DE;
Assignee:
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09J 7/00 ; C09J 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09J 7/00 ; C09J 5/00 ;
Abstract
The invention provides a process for bonding a pressure-sensitive adhesive to a rubber article. The process includes the steps of heat laminating a heat-activatable adhesive bearing a primer layer to the rubber article at a temperature of at least 100° C. and bonding the pressure-sensitive adhesive to the primer layer. The invention also provides an assembly comprised of a shaped rubber article heat laminated to an adhesive bearing a primer. The invention also provides article of manufacture for bonding a rubber article to a surface.