US Patent Issued to 3M Innovative Properties on Feb. 18 for "Tape, article including tape and composite layer, and related methods" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,936, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Tape, article including tape and composite layer, and related methods" was invented by Martin J. O. Widenbrant (Stillwater, Minn.), Stephen K. Sontag (Maple Grove, Minn.), Jeremy P. Gundale (Woodbury, Minn.), Kevin M. Lewandowski (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.), Jenna L. Richardson (St. Paul, Minn.) and James A. Bergman (St. Paul, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The tape incudes a water vapor-permeable air and water barrier article and a pressure sensitive adhesive layer. The air and water barrier article includes a fibrous layer having first a...