US Patent Issued to 3M Innovative Properties on July 1 for "Nanostructured optical films and intermediates" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,953, issued on July 1, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Nanostructured optical films and intermediates" was invented by Martin B. Wolk (Woodbury, Minn.), James M. Nelson (Lino Lakes, Minn.), Karl K. Stensvad (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.), Henrik B. van Lengerich (St. Paul, Minn.), Christopher S. Lyons (St. Paul, Minn.), Moses M. David (Woodbury, Minn.), Jeffrey L. Solomon (Vadnais Heights, Minn.), Nicholas C. Erickson (St. Paul, Minn.) and Caleb T. Nelson (Woodbury, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Nanostructured articles, materials for the nanostructured articles, and intermediate articles for use i...