ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,464, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Conformable sheet articles, constructions, and methods of using the same" was invented by Manoj Nirmal (St. Paul, Minn.), Mary L. Brown (Roseville, Minn.), Kimberly C. M. Schultz (Woodbury, Minn.), Mitchell A. F. Johnson (Woodbury, Minn.), Thomas R. Corrigan (St. Paul, Minn.), Patrick R. Fleming (Lake Elmo, Minn.), Stephen M. Sanocki (Stillwater, Minn.), Jimmy M. Le (St. Paul, Minn.), Steven L. Mahoney (Maplewood, Minn.), Charles E. Jansen (Hudson, Wis.), Matt R. Branscomb (Lakeville, Minn.), Yaohua Gao (Woodbury, Minn.), Elizabeth R. Bright (Minneapolis), Ignatius A. Kadoma (Cottage Grove, Minn...