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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2009
Alan B. Campbell, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Dale L. Ehnes, Cotati, CA (US);
John F. Van Derlofske, Iii, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Mark R. Dupre, Oakdale, MN (US);
Stephen J. Dreyer, North St. Paul, MN (US);
Patrick H. Marushin, Sartell, MN (US);
Todd M. Johnson, St. Paul, MN (US);
Bryan V. Hunt, Nowthen, MN (US);
Alan B. Campbell, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Dale L. Ehnes, Cotati, CA (US);
John F. Van Derlofske, III, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Mark R. Dupre, Oakdale, MN (US);
Stephen J. Dreyer, North St. Paul, MN (US);
Patrick H. Marushin, Sartell, MN (US);
Todd M. Johnson, St. Paul, MN (US);
Bryan V. Hunt, Nowthen, MN (US);
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A light directing film includes a structured major surface with a plurality of microstructures extending along a first direction. Each microstructure has a first region and a second region different from the first region, a substantially constant height in the first region and a non-constant maximum height in the second region greater than the substantially constant height in the first region, and a same lateral cross sectional shape in the first region and the second region.