ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,186, issued on May 20, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).
"Co-extruded multilayer articles including continuous layer and discontinuous layer" was invented by Robert M. Biegler (Woodbury, Minn.), Mark A. Hoisington (Austin, Texas), Craig R. Hoff (Corcoran, Minn.), Anton F. Jachim (St. Paul, Minn.), Jeffrey M. Maki (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.), Derek W. Patzman (Savage, Minn.), Thomas J. Blong (Woodbury, Minn.), Jay M. Jennen (Forest Lake, Minn.), Erik A. Aho (New Richmond, Wis.) and David V. Mahoney (Austin, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure describes co-extruded multilayer articles inc...