US Patent Issued to 3M Innovative Properties on May 13 for "Abrasive articles and methods of making and using the same" (American, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,436, issued on May 13, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Abrasive articles and methods of making and using the same" was invented by Raghunatha K. Venkatarayappa (Bangalore, India), Jaime A. Martinez (Kissimmee, Fla.) and Thomas J. Nelson (Woodbury, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An abrasive article comprises abrasive particles secured to a substrate by at least one binder material. The at least one binder material comprises a cured reaction product of components comprising: a) at least one phenolic resin; and b) an aqueous dispersion of at least one polyurethane, wherein, based on the total solid...