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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:
Jan. 30, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2004
Applicants:
John G. Petersen, Center City, MN (US);
Chris A. Minick, Stillwater, MN (US);
Jonathan M. Lise, Woodbury, MN (US);
James F. Pitzen, Maplewood, MN (US);
Inventors:
John G. Petersen, Center City, MN (US);
Chris A. Minick, Stillwater, MN (US);
Jonathan M. Lise, Woodbury, MN (US);
James F. Pitzen, Maplewood, MN (US);
Assignee:
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B24D 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A resilient hand-held abrasive article suitable, for example, for woodworking, includes a plurality of separated raised abrasive surfaces to allow the article to more effectively conform to a contoured surface. A method of making such an abrasive article is also disclosed.