US Patent Issued to 3M Innovative Properties on Nov. 25 for "Low-emissivity film for article of personal protective equipment" (North Carolina, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,481,093, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Low-emissivity film for article of personal protective equipment" was invented by Robert Kyle Fullerton (Matthews, N.C.), William E. Parson (Indian Trail, N.C.), Darin K. Thompson (Huntersville, N.C.), Derek W. Roy (Waxhaw, N.C.), Judge W. Morgan III (Oakboro, N.C.), Timothy J. Hebrink (Scandia, Minn.) and Gregory F. King (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A low-emissivity film for an article of personal protective equipment (PPE) having a lens is provided. The low-emissivity film is configured to be attached to at least one of an inner ...