ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 16 -- 3M Innovative Properties, St. Paul, Minnesota, has been assigned a patent (No. 11,298,800, initially filed June 2, 2016) developed by three co-inventors for a "method of transferring particles to a substrate." The co-inventors are Aaron K. Nienaber, Maplewood, Minnesota, Logan J. Klaers, Vadnais Heights, Minnesota, and John C. Clark, Maplewood, Minnesota.

The full-text of the patent can be found at https://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Se . . .