US Patent Issued to 3M Innovative Properties on June 17 for "Flexible abrasive article with image layer" (Japanese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,269, issued on June 17, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Flexible abrasive article with image layer" was invented by Paul D. Graham (Woodbury, Minn.), Douglas A. Davis (Cottage Grove, Minn.), Shigeaki Dohgoshi (Tokyo), Kanta Kumar (Woodbury, Minn.), Satoshi Matsuda (Tendo, Japan), Jon P. Nietfeld (Woodbury, Minn.) and Thomas E. Pahl (Cottage Grove, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An abrasive article having a removable support sheet having a first major surface. An image layer containing inks applied over the first major surface. A polyurethane backing layer having a first major backing surface loc...