ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,381,107, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Protective tapes, articles therefrom, and methods of making and using same" was invented by Shujun J. Wang (Woodbury, Minn.), Robin E. Gorrell (Round Rock, Texas), Roger A. Grisle (Woodbury, Minn.), Richard Y. Liu (Woodbury, Minn.) and Yaoyao Chen (Fremont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article includes a substrate having a circuit forming surface and a non-circuit forming surface opposite the circuit forming surface. The article further includes a protective tape borne on the circuit forming surface. The protective tape includes a suppo...