ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,241, issued on April 22, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Polyisobutylene adhesive comprising multifunctional component with (meth)acryl or vinyl ether groups" was invented by Vasav Sahni (St. Paul, Minn.), Jason D. Clapper (Lino Lakes, Minn.), John W. McAllister (St. Paul, Minn.), Albert I. Everaerts (Tucson, Ariz.), Jacob P. Johnson (St. Paul, Minn.), Zhong Chen (Woodbury, Minn.), Ying Zhang (Woodbury, Minn.) and Benjamin J. Bending (St. Paul, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adhesive composition is described comprising a polyisobutylene polymer component; and up to 30 wt.-% of at least one ali...