US Patent Issued to 3M Innovative Properties on Nov. 4 for "Treated backing and coated abrasive article including the same" (Wisconsin, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,081, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Treated backing and coated abrasive article including the same" was invented by Ernest L. Thurber (Somerset, Wis.), Yu Yang (Eden Prairie, Minn.), Junting Li (Woodbury, Minn.), Liming Song (Woodbury, Minn.), Stephen M. Sanocki (Hudson, Wis.), Yuyang Liu (St. Paul, Minn.), Michelle L. Conklin (Woodbury, Minn.), Morgan A. Priolo (Woodbury, Minn.), Amelia W. Koenig (St. Paul, Minn.) and Yaohua Gao (Woodbury, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coated abrasive article (100) comprises: a backing (110) comprising polyester and having a major surface (...