ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 31 -- 3M Innovative Properties, St. Paul, Minnesota, has been assigned a patent (8,778,122) developed by three co-inventors for methods "of adhering graphic film on an irregular substrate." The co-inventors are Frank T. Sher, St. Paul, Minnesota, Ronald S. Steelman, Woodbury, Minnesota, and John A. Nielsen, Woodbury, Minnesota.

The patent application was filed on March 5, 2007 (11/682,256). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/ne . . .