ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,703, issued on July 15, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).
"Packaged abrasive articles" was invented by Maiken Givot (St. Paul, Minn.), Melissa C Schillo-Armstrong (Woodbury, Minn.), Thomas P. Besonen (Shoreview, Minn.), Christopher S. Lyons (St. Paul, Minn.), Scott J. Jones (Woodbury, Minn.) and David J. Rowe (Roseville, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A packaged abrasive article comprises an abrasive article hermetically sealed within a bag. The abrasive article comprises abrasive particles at least partially retained in a phenolic binder. The bag comprises a multilayer barrier film that comprises:...