US Patent Issued to 3M Innovative Properties on Jan. 13 for "Release coating compositions for pressure sensitive adhesive articles and methods" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,753, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Release coating compositions for pressure sensitive adhesive articles and methods" was invented by Junkang Jacob Liu (Woodbury, Minn.), Christopher A. Merton (St. Louis Park, Minn.), Shawn C. Dodds (St. Paul, Minn.), Siwei Leng (Woodbury, Minn.), Maria A. Appeaning (St. Paul, Minn.), Garry W. Lachmansingh (Plymouth, Minn.) and Daniel J. Tipping (Eagan, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of making a release coated article is described comprising: providing a release coating comprising at least 50 wt. % of monomer(s) comprising an ethyle...