US Patent Issued to 3M Innovative Properties on Sept. 16 for "Benzyl (meth)acrylate monomers suitable for microstructured optical films" (Minnesota, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,878, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Benzyl (meth)acrylate monomers suitable for microstructured optical films" was invented by Bryan V. Hunt (Anoka, Minn.), Kyle J. Lindstrom (Houlton, Wis.) and Maureen C. Nelson (West St. Paul, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Presently described are optical films comprising a polymerized (e.g. microstructured) surface that comprises the reaction product of a polymerizable resin composition and polymerizable resin compositions that comprise nanoparticles; at least one first monomer comprising at least two (meth)acrylate groups; and at least ...