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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2011
Filed:
May. 28, 2009
Charles A. Marttila, Shoreview, MN (US);
Charles D. Hoyle, Stillwater, MN (US);
David A. Ender, New Richmond, WI (US);
Jaime B. Willoughby, Hugo, MN (US);
Robert J. Devoe, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Charles A. Marttila, Shoreview, MN (US);
Charles D. Hoyle, Stillwater, MN (US);
David A. Ender, New Richmond, WI (US);
Jaime B. Willoughby, Hugo, MN (US);
Robert J. DeVoe, Minneapolis, MN (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A process comprises imagewise exposing at least a portion of a photoreactive composition to light sufficient to cause simultaneous absorption of at least two photons, thereby inducing at least one acid- or radical-initiated chemical reaction where the composition is exposed to the light, the imagewise exposing being carried out in a pattern that is effective to define at least the surface of a plurality of light extraction structures.