US 11,999,188 B2
Patterned transfer articles
Kevin W. Gotrik, Hudson, WI (US); Scott J. Jones, Woodbury, MN (US); Huiwen Tai, Lake Elmo, MN (US); Joan M. Frankel, Woodbury, MN (US); Robert R. Owings, Woodbury, MN (US); Bhaskar V. Velamakanni, Woodbury, MN (US); Jeanne M. Bruss, Cottage Grove, MN (US); David J. Rowe, Roseville, MN (US); Matthew E. Sousa, Rosemount, MN (US); and Bradley L. Givot, St. Paul, MN (US)
Assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US)
Appl. No. 17/610,498
Filed by 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, St. Paul, MN (US)
PCT Filed May 26, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/054988
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 11, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/240419, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 3, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/855,651, filed on May 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0234382 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. B44C 1/17 (2006.01); C23C 14/58 (2006.01)
CPC B44C 1/1708 (2013.01) [C23C 14/5886 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A transfer article, comprising:
a first acrylate layer, wherein the first acrylate layer is releasable from a release layer comprising a metal layer or a doped semiconductor layer at a release value of from 2 to 50 grams/inch; and
a functional layer overlaying the first acrylate layer, wherein the functional layer comprises at least one microfractured inorganic layer comprising a plurality of toolmarks interspersed with cracks, wherein the microfractured inorganic layer is about 3 nanometers to about 200 nanometers thick; and wherein the transfer article has a thickness of less than 3 micrometers.