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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2007
Christopher K. Haas, St. Paul, MN (US);
Robert D. Taylor, Stacy, MN (US);
William B. Black, Eagan, MN (US);
James M. Jonza, Woodbury, MN (US);
Jay M. Jennen, Forest Lake, MN (US);
David L. Vall, Woodbury, MN (US);
Roger J. Stumo, Shoreview, MN (US);
Christopher K. Haas, St. Paul, MN (US);
Robert D. Taylor, Stacy, MN (US);
William B. Black, Eagan, MN (US);
James M. Jonza, Woodbury, MN (US);
Jay M. Jennen, Forest Lake, MN (US);
David L. Vall, Woodbury, MN (US);
Roger J. Stumo, Shoreview, MN (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed an oriented, foamed article having an integral security element, and a method of making the article. The oriented foam article is particularly useful in the preparation of printed security documents such as currency, stock and bond certificates, birth and death certificates, land titles and abstracts and the like.