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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2001
Elisa M. Cross, Woodbury, MN (US);
Robert S. Moshrefzadeh, Oakdale, MN (US);
Jessica L. Voss-kehl, Shoreview, MN (US);
Brant U. Kolb, Afton, MN (US);
Emily S. Goenner, Roseville, MN (US);
Brian E. Aufderheide, Cedarburg, WI (US);
Michael J. Robrecht, Shorewood, WI (US);
Bruce A. Nerad, Oakdale, MN (US);
Elisa M. Cross, Woodbury, MN (US);
Robert S. Moshrefzadeh, Oakdale, MN (US);
Jessica L. Voss-Kehl, Shoreview, MN (US);
Brant U. Kolb, Afton, MN (US);
Emily S. Goenner, Roseville, MN (US);
Brian E. Aufderheide, Cedarburg, WI (US);
Michael J. Robrecht, Shorewood, WI (US);
Bruce A. Nerad, Oakdale, MN (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides touch panels and touch panel substrates that include spacer dots comprising a nanocomposite material. The present invention also provides methods of ink jet printing spacer dots for touch panel applications. The spacer dots and methods of making spacer dots can lead to spacers that have good durability, have controllable sizes, shapes, and spacings, and have desirable optical properties.