US Patent Issued to 3M Innovative Properties on July 29 for "Abrasive elements with precisely shaped features, abrasive articles fabricated therefrom and methods of making thereof" (Minnesota, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,649, issued on July 29, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Abrasive elements with precisely shaped features, abrasive articles fabricated therefrom and methods of making thereof" was invented by Matthew C. Fritz (Woodbury, Minn.), Junqing Xie (Woodbury, Minn.) and Vincent J. Laraia (Houlton, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An abrasive article includes a plurality of abrasive features disposed on one or more abrasive elements. Each of the one or more abrasive elements includes a base having a first major surface from which the plurality of abrasive features extends. A first set of the plurality of abr...