US Patent Issued to 3M Innovative Properties on Aug. 4 for "Abrasive assembly with abrasive segments" (Minnesota, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,700, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Abrasive assembly with abrasive segments" was invented by Paul D. Graham (Woodbury, Minn.), Charles R. Wald (Oakdale, Minn.), David M. Mahli (Woodbury, Minn.) and Michael J. Annen (Hudson, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the present disclosure relate to an abrasive assembly and a method of making an abrasive assembly. The method can include receiving a segmented adhesive-backed abrasive article that includes a release liner and a plurality of abrasive segments disposed on the release liner. Each abrasive segment comprises a segment a...