Microcontact printing stamps with functional features

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9873276
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15033672

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A method includes providing an elastomeric stamp including a stamping surface with a first pattern element having a fill factor of 20 to 99 percent and including a continuous region and at least one discontinuous region, the discontinuous region including at least one of: (1) one or more elongated concavities, and (2) one or more interior voids. A second pattern element of the stamping surface has a fill factor of 0.25 to 10 percent, and includes traces with a width from 0.1 micrometers to 50 micrometers. The stamping surface is inked with an ink composition including a functionalizing molecule with a functional group selected to bind to a surface of the ink-receptive material. The inked stamping surface is contacted with an ink-receptive material selected from a sheet or a web for a contact time sufficient to bind the functional group with the surface of the ink-receptive material to form a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) of the functionalizing material.

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3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYPO BOX 33427 ST PAUL MN 55133-3427

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Barton, Roger W Afton, US 89 2250
Frey, Matthew H Cottage Grove, US 127 2574
Johnson, David A Woodbury, US 252 4236
Johnson, Larry L Hudson, US 44 495
Lentz, Daniel M Cottage Grove, US 15 35
O'Hare, Jonathan J Oakdale, US 45 292
Pekurovsky, Mikhail L Bloomington, US 122 665
Rattray, Tyler J Minneapolis, US 16 26
Tarnowski, Catherine P Mahtomedi, US 10 168
Tokie, Jeffrey H Scandia, US 23 539

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