US Patent Issued to 3M Innovative Properties on Oct. 7 for "Polymer bond abrasive articles including continuous polymer matrix, and methods of making same" (Minnesota, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,351, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Polymer bond abrasive articles including continuous polymer matrix, and methods of making same" was invented by Tianyu Wu (St. Paul, Minn.), Gareth A. Hughes (St. Paul, Minn.), Bruce A. Sventek (Woodbury, Minn.), Fabian Stolzenburg (Woodbury, Minn.), Jing Chen (Newark, Calif.), Gregory A. Kobussen (Woodbury, Minn.) and Robert L.W. Smithson (Mahtomedi, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A polymer bond abrasive article is formed of a continuous photocured polymer matrix having abrasive particles retained therein. The photocured polymer matrix inclu...