ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,590, issued on July 29, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).
"Adhesive film" was invented by Kyosung Hwang (Seoul, South Korea), Yongsuk Yang (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Shunsuke Suzuki (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an adhesive film, which includes: a photothermal conversion layer including a light absorbing agent and a pyrolytic resin; a first adhesive layer disposed on the photothermal conversion layer; a base film layer disposed on the first adhesive layer; and a second adhesive layer disposed on the base film layer, and the first adhesive layer and the second...