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Conductive microparticles and pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes made therefrom
Assignee: 3M Co
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Filing: 1993-07-28
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Granted: 1995-01-03
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Expires: 2013-07-28
Abstract
Abstract Conductive, polymeric, inherently tacky, solvent-insoluble, solvent-dispersible, elastomeric, pressure-sensitive adhesive microparticles having an average diameter of at least about 1 micrometer, said microparticles having an ionic conductive material present on said surface, and anti-static pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes made therefrom.
Inventors
- 👤 Gustav Gutman
- 👤 Richard J. Goetz
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2026-10-23 22:32
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01B; H01B1/00; H01B1/20; H01B1/06; H01B1/12; C; C09; C09J; C09J133/00; C09J133/04; C09J133/06; C09J133/08; C09J7/00; C09J7/30; C09J7/38; C09J7/381; C09J7/385; H01B1/122; C08; C08L; C08L2205/00; C08L2205/14; C08L2205/18; C08L2666/00; C08L2666/54; C08L31/00; C08L31/02; C08L33/00; C08L33/04; C08L33/06; C09J2301/00; C09J2301/30; C09J2301/302; H05; H05K; H05K3/00; H05K3/30; H05K3/303; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/28; Y10T428/2852; Y10T428/29; Y10T428/2982
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim
66 words
Conductive, polymeric, inherently tacky, solvent insoluble, solvent-dispersible, elastomeric, pressure-sensitive adhesive microparticles having an average diameter of at least about 1 micrometer, wherein said microparticles have a surface further comprising an ionic conductive material, said material having been formed from a polymer electrolyte base polymer, and at least one ionic salt selected from the group consisting of salts of alkali metals and salts of alkaline earth metals.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
66 words
Conductive, polymeric, inherently tacky, solvent insoluble, solvent-dispersible, elastomeric, pressure-sensitive adhesive microparticles having an average diameter of at least about 1 micrometer, wherein said microparticles have a surface further comprising an ionic conductive material, said material having been formed from a polymer electrolyte base polymer, and at least one ionic salt selected from the group consisting of salts of alkali metals and salts of alkaline earth metals.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
88 words
Conductive, polymeric, inherently tacky, solvent-insoluble, solvent-dispersible, elastomeric, pressure-sensitive adhesive microparticles according to claim 1 comprising a polymer of monomers comprising: a) at least about 70 parts of at least one alkyl (meth)acrylate or vinyl ester, b) correspondingly, up to about 30 parts of at least one polar monomer, to make 100 parts monomer, and wherein said ionic conductive material comprises a polymer electrolyte formed from a polymer electrolyte base polymer, said polymer electrolyte base polymer added in an amount of from about 0.1 part to about 10 parts.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
43 words
The conductive microparticles of claim 1 wherein said ionic conductive material is formed from a polymer electrolyte base polymer selected from the group consisting of polyethylene oxide, polyphenylene oxide, polyphenylene sulfide, polyethylene sulfide, polyethyleneimine, polypropylene oxide, polybutylene oxide, polybutylene sulfide, and polybutylene imine.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
49 words
The conductive, polymeric, inherently tacky, solvent-insoluble, solvent-dispersible, elastomeric, pressure-sensitive adhesive microparticles of claim 1 wherein said ionic conductive material further comprises from about 0.01 moles to about 10 moles of at least one salt of an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal per mole of polymer electrolyte base polymer.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
49 words
The conductive, polymeric, inherently tacky, solvent-insoluble, solvent-dispersible, elastomeric, pressure-sensitive adhesive microparticles of claim 4 wherein said salt is selected from the group consisting of LiCl, LiNO 3 , LiCF 3 SO 3 , LiSO 4 , LiOH, KOH, NaSCN, NaI, BaSO 3 CF 3 , and NH 4 OH.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
81 words
Conductive, polymeric, inherently tacky, solvent-insoluble, solvent-dispersible, elastomeric, pressure-sensitive adhesive microparticles according to claim 2 wherein said monomer comprises: a) at least about 85 parts by weight of at least one alkyl (meth)acrylate or vinyl ester, and b) correspondingly, up to about 15 parts by weight of at least one polar monomer, to make 100 parts monomer, wherein said ionic conductive material comprises a polymer electrolyte material formed from about 0.1 part to about 10 parts of said polymer electrolyte base polymer.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
30 words
The conductive microparticles of claim 6 wherein the alkyl (meth)acrylate is selected from the group consisting of isooctyl (meth)acrylate, 2-ethylhexyl (meth)acrylate, isononyl (meth)acrylate, isoamyl (meth)acrylate, isodecyl (meth)acrylate, and butyl (meth)acrylate.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
34 words
The conductive particles of claim 6 wherein the vinyl ester is selected from the group consisting of vinyl 2-ethylhexanoate, vinyl caproate, vinyl laurate, vinyl pelargonate, vinyl hexanoate, vinyl propionate, vinyl decanoate, and vinyl octanoate.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
39 words
The conductive microparticles of claim 6 wherein said polar monomer is selected from the group consisting of N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone, N-vinyl caprolactam, acrylonitrile, vinyl acrylate, diallyl phthalate, acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, itaconic acid, hydroxyalkyl acrylates, cyanoalkyl acrylates, acrylamides, and substituted acrylamides.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
40 words
The conductive, polymeric, inherently tacky, solvent-insoluble, solvent-dispersible, elastomeric, pressure-sensitive adhesive microparticles of claim 1 wherein said microparticles have a surface and at least one inner void, and have an average diameter of from about 1 micrometer to about 250 micrometers.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
20 words
An anti-static particulate pressure-sensitive adhesive comprising the conductive, polymeric, inherently tacky, solvent-insoluble, solvent-dispersible, elastomeric, pressure-sensitive adhesive microparticles of claim 1.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
15 words
An anti-static particulate pressure-sensitive adhesive comprising the conductive, polymeric, pressure-sensitive adhesive microparticles of claim 2.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
15 words
An anti-static particulate pressure-sensitive adhesive comprising the conductive, polymeric, pressure-sensitive adhesive microparticles of claim 3.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
18 words
An anti-static particulate pressure-sensitive adhesive according to claim 12 wherein the polymer electrolyte base polymer is polyethylene oxide.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
23 words
An anti-static pressure-sensitive adhesive tape comprising a substrate having coated on at least one major surface thereof the conductive microparticles of claim 1.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
23 words
An anti-static pressure-sensitive adhesive tape comprising a substrate having coated on at least one major surface thereof the pressure-sensitive adhesive of claim 11.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
23 words
An anti-static pressure-sensitive adhesive tape comprising a substrate having coated on at least one major surface thereof the pressure-sensitive adhesive of claim 12.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
19 words
An antistatic pressure-sensitive adhesive tape according to claim 17 wherein said tape has a surface which will accept printing.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
21 words
An antistatic pressure-sensitive adhesive label having coated on at least one major surface thereof a pressure-sensitive adhesive according to claim 11.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
21 words
An antistatic pressure-sensitive adhesive label having coated on at least one major surface thereof a pressure-sensitive adhesive according to claim 12.
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