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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2012
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Martin B. Wolk, Woodbury, MN (US);
Michael Benton Free, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Margaret M. Vogel-Martin, Forrest Lake, MN (US);
Evan L. Schwartz, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Mieczyslaw H. Mazurek, Roseville, MN (US);
Terry O. Collier, Woodbury, MN (US);
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A transfer tape is disclosed that includes a carrier, a template layer having a first surface applied to the carrier and having a second surface opposite the first surface, wherein the second surface comprises a non-planar structured surface, a release coating disposed upon the non-planar structured surface of the template layer, and a backfill layer disposed upon and conforming to the non-planar structured surface of the release coating. In some embodiments, the backfill layer includes a silsesquioxane such as polyvinyl silsesquioxane. The disclosed transfer tape can be used to transfer replicated structures to a receptor substrate.