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Ballistic resistant body covering

A ballistic resistant body covering for protecting the torso, groin and neck area from ballistic missiles.

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Attorney: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY


Number of applications: 4631
Last date: February 24, 2011

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Application No.Application TitleIssue Date
20110046404PROCESS FOR PRODUCING NANOPARTICLES
A process comprises (a) combining (1) at least one metal cation source, (2) at least one phosphate anion source, (3) at least one organic base comprising at least one organic moiety comprising at least about five carbon atoms, and (4) at least one organosilane comprisin...
02/24/2011
20110045638HEAT RESISTANT MASKING TAPE AND USAGE THEREOF
The present invention provides a masking tape which can be easily released without leaving an adhesive residue. A heat resistant masking tape, comprising (1) a heat resistant backing film layer, and (2) a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer disposed on the heat resistant ...
02/24/2011
20110045601ORGANIC CHEMICAL SENSOR COMPRISING MICROPOROUS POLYMER, AND METHOD OF USE
Applicant discloses a sensing element for sensing an organic chemical analyte, comprising a first electrode and a second electrode, and a microporous, hydrophobic, analyte-responsive dielectric material disposed at least in proximity to the first and second electrodes. ...
02/24/2011
20110045444DENTAL FILLING COMPOSITION COMPRISING HYPERBRANCHED COMPOUND
Compositions comprising a hyperbranched compound and a polymer prepared from reactants comprising at least one (meth)acrylate monomer, and dental filling compositions comprising a hyperbranched compound....
02/24/2011
20110045436DENTAL MILL BLANKS
A dental mill blank including a resin and a filler, wherein the blank is fabricated such that it passes a Thermal Shock Test. The mill blank is substantially free of cracks and discontinuities. Further, the blank may have superior cuttability and hardness....
02/24/2011
20110045384POLYMER ELECTROLYTE WITH AROMATIC SULFONE CROSSLINKING
A method is provided for obtaining crosslinked polymers having pendent sulfonic acid groups by crosslinking through the sulfonic acid groups or their precursors with aromatic crosslinkers or aromatic pendent crosslinking groups to form aromatic sulfones. Such crosslinke...
02/24/2011
20110045306MULTILAYER ARTICLES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME
Multilayer articles comprising a thermoformable substrate, a base layer and an optional transparent protective layer. Methods of making and paint film composites, and shaped articles made thereby, are also disclosed....
02/24/2011
20110045271CATIONIC POLYMERIC FLUORINATED ETHER SILANE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE
A polymer is provided comprising a first pendant group selected from at least one of a perfluorinated ether group or a perfluoroalkanesulfonamido group, a second pendant group comprising an ammonium group, wherein the second pendant group is free of silicon, and a third...
02/24/2011
20110045270CATIONIC POLYMERIC FLUORINATED ETHER SILANE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE
A composition comprises a polymer having a first pendant group selected from at least one perfluorinated ether group or perfluoroalkanesulfonamido group, a second pendant group comprising an ammonium group, wherein the second pendant group is free of silicon, and a thir...
02/24/2011
20110044588FIELD TERMINABLE OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR WITH SPLICE ELEMENT
An optical fiber connector includes a housing configured to mate with a receptacle, a collar body that includes a fiber stub and a mechanical splice device, a backbone to retain the collar body within the housing, and a boot. The backbone includes a fiber jacket clampin...
02/24/2011
20110043732HYBRID POLARIZER
A hybrid polarizer includes an absorbing element having a first major surface and a second major surface. The hybrid polarizer also includes a first birefringent reflective polarizer disposed on the first major surface of the absorbing element, the first birefringent re...
02/24/2011
20110043727ADHESIVE LAYER FOR MULTILAYER OPTICAL FILM
Disclosed herein is an optical article including a multilayer optical film, a light transmissive support layer, and an adhesive layer disposed between the multilayer optical film and the light transmissive support layer. The adhesive layer includes an aromatic polyester...
02/24/2011
20110043719OPTICALLY TRANSMISSIVE COMPOSITE FILM FRAME
Optical display backlight assemblies having a transmissive optical film affixed to a frame which at least partially surrounds a backlight, are disclosed. The transmissive optical film can provide an increased bending resistance to the frame. The increase in bending resi...
02/24/2011
20110043613THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL REFINEMENT
A three-dimensional measurement is refined by warping two-dimensional images of an object from offset camera positions according to a three-dimensional model of the object, and applying any resulting discrepancies to refine the three-dimensional model, or to refine one ...
02/24/2011
20110043224CAPACITIVE OIL QUALITY MONITORING SENSOR WITH FLUORINATED BARRIER COATING
Methods and devices for evaluating the quality of oils are disclosed. The methods and devices can provide an indication of the oil quality based on the Total Polar Content of the oil. The methods rely on a reusable capacitive sensing element that comprises a fluorinated...
02/24/2011
20110042532PAD HANGER
An easel pad hanger comprising: an elongated back plate having a front major surface and a rear major surface; and at least one pad support projecting from the front major surface of the back plate wherein the pad support comprises a shelf portion, a stop portion projec...
02/24/2011
20110042419METERED DOSE VALVE
An aerosol metering valve comprising: (a) a valve stem movable between a rest position and a firing position comprising: a body portion comprising a circumferential sealing surface (b) a valve body comprising: a body wall, and an internal chamber defined at least in par...
02/24/2011
20110042298FILTER MEDIUM AND WATER FILTRATION SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME
A filter medium comprises: a) 55 to 80 percent by weight of activated carbon particles having a D50 of 70 to 130 micrometers and a D10 of 25 to 50 micrometers; b) 5 to 20 percent by weight of first catalytic activated carbon particles having a D50 ...
02/24/2011
20110041471ELECTRET WEBS WITH CHARGE-ENHANCING ADDITIVES
Electret webs are presented which include a blend of a thermoplastic resin and a charge additive. The charge additives include ester-substituted and amide-substituted trianilino triazine materials. The webs prepared from the blends may be in the form of films or non-wov...
02/24/2011
20110041432SLEEVE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING
Herein is disclosed a sleeve system and methods of using the system. The system uses an elongated open-ended sleeve, and mounting plate parts which mate with each other to form a mounting plate and which are securable to each other and to a wall. The mounting plate thus...
02/24/2011
20110040021METHODS FOR MELT-PROCESSING THERMOPLASTIC FLUOROPOLYMERS
A method comprising melt-processing a first composition. The first composition comprises a first fluoropolymer having a relaxation exponent of from 0.93 to 1.0 and a second fluoropolymer having a relaxation exponent of from 0.30 to 0.92. A method comprising melt-process...
02/17/2011
20110039947SURFACE-MODIFIED NANOPARTICLES
A composition comprises surface-modified nanoparticles of at least one metal phosphate. The nanoparticles bear, on at least a portion of their surfaces, a surface modification comprising at least one organosilane surface modifier comprising at least one organic moiety c...
02/17/2011
20110039455PUSH-TYPE CONNECTOR
Provided is a push-type connector having a structure for preventing an operational error of a lever member of the connector by an operator. A first operating part 35a of a first lever member 3a at a first position is positioned anterior to a ...
02/17/2011
20110039274ANALYSIS OF NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION CURVES USING WAVELET TRANSFORMATION
A method comprising acquiring amplification data proportional to an amount of nucleic acid present for each of a plurality of PCR cycles includes applying wavelet transformation to the amplification data to determine a PCR cycle corresponding to a point within a growth ...
02/17/2011
20110039108HIGH STRENGTH EPOXY ADHESIVE AND USE THEREOF
A heat-curable adhesive composition comprising an epoxy-resin, a toughening agent, a curing agent and an acetoacetoxy-functionalized compound wherein the composition can be cured to form structural adhesives of high impact strength....
02/17/2011
20110039099TEMPORARILY REPOSITIONABLE PRESSURE SENSITIVE ADHESIVE BLENDS
Temporarily repositionable pressure sensitive adhesive compositions which are blends of a silicone-modified pressure sensitive adhesive component, a high Tg polymer component and a crosslinker are presented. The silicone-modified pressure sensitive adhesive includes a c...
02/17/2011
20110039067ADHESIVE ARTICLE
Adhesive articles including transfer tapes and labels are described. The adhesive articles include a low elastic modulus adhesive on a microstructured release liner having a high coefficient of friction release surface. Improvements in die cut quality and razor slit edg...
02/17/2011
20110039040METHOD OF FORMING MICROSTRUCTURES ON A SUBSTRATE AND A MICROSTRUCTURED ASSEMBLY USED FOR SAME
A method of forming microstructures on a substrate is disclosed. A microstructured assembly that may be used in the method for forming microstructures on a substrate is also disclosed. The methods and assemblies of the present disclosure can reduce the amount of air ent...
02/17/2011
20110038918Composition For Transdermal Delivery of Fentanyl
A transdermal drug delivery composition comprises an acrylate copolymer and from about 8% to about 30% by weight fentanyl. A transdermal fentanyl delivery composition comprising methyl laurate or tetraglycol as a permeation enhancer is also provided. The transdermal dru...
02/17/2011
20110038140BACKLIGHT SUITABLE FOR DISPLAY DEVICES
A backlit display device is disclosed. The device includes a display panel and a back reflector stack that includes a plurality of diffusive areas that are disposed over a reflective layer to form a plurality of reflective areas interspersed with the diffusive areas. Th...
02/17/2011
20110037922BACKLIGHTING SYSTEM INCLUDING A SPECULAR PARTIAL REFLECTOR AND A CIRCULAR-MODE REFLECTIVE POLARIZER
In a display backlight (120, 220, 420) a specular partial reflector (250, 450) is placed between a circular-mode reflective polarizer (242, 442) and an illumination device (230, 430). The specular partial reflector (450) recycles other...
02/17/2011
20110037736BRIGHTNESS ENHANCING FILM AND FILM BASED DIFFUSER FOR IMPROVED ILLUMINATION UNIFORMITY OF DISPLAYS
An optical device has a first film (200) that has a first side and a second side. When illuminated by light (204) at the first side, the first film is characterized by a first fraction of broadly diffused transmitted light (206) and a second fractio...
02/17/2011
20110036391CONDUCTING FILM OR ELECTRODE WITH IMPROVED OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL PERFORMANCE FOR DISPLAY AND LIGHTING DEVICES AND SOLAR CELLS
A conducting film or device multilayer electrode includes a substrate and two transparent or semitransparent conductive layers separated by a transparent or semitransparent intervening layer. The intervening layer includes electrically conductive pathways between the fi...
02/17/2011
20110035271APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING DATA COLLECTED VIA WIRELESS NETWORK SENSORS
An apparatus for processing data collected via a wireless network sensor includes modules for receiving and processing the data. The wireless network sensor includes a plurality of sensors for detecting events occurring proximate the sensors, a processor for receiving a...
02/10/2011
20110034624INTER-CROSSLINKED POLYMERIC MICROPARTICLES
Adhesives containing inter-crosslinked polymeric microparticles are described. The polymeric microparticles include an acrylic polymer. The present disclosure also relates to water-based emulsions containing polymeric microparticles and a suitable inter-crosslinking age...
02/10/2011
20110034604FLUORINATED SURFACTANTS FOR MAKING FLUOROPOLYMERS
The invention provides a fluorinated surfactant having the general formula:


[Rf—(O)t—CHF—(CF2)n—COO—]iXi+  (I)

02/10/2011
20110034081ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR SYSTEM
An electrical connector system includes an electrical connector and a plurality of termination devices. The electrical connector includes a plurality of free-standing interlocking plates defining a plurality of cavities and at least one electrical contact positioned wit...
02/10/2011
20110034075ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR SYSTEM
An electrical connector system includes an electrical connector and a plurality of termination devices. The electrical connector includes an insulative support wafer, a plurality of interlocking plates attached to the support wafer and defining a plurality of cavities, ...
02/10/2011
20110034072ELECTRICAL CARRIER ASSEMBLY AND SYSTEM OF ELECTRICAL CARRIER ASSEMBLIES
A male coaxial connector includes at least one termination device having a tubular shield surrounding and isolated from a pin that is configured to electrically connect with a socket of a female termination device, and a plate extending from one of a leading end of the ...
02/10/2011
20110033816IRRADIATION APPLIANCE
The invention relates to a radiation device that includes a housing, a light-emitting unit and a light-absorbing unit which is provided with an inlet opening and a reflector element. The reflector element extends across the entire distance between the light-emitting uni...
02/10/2011
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