US Patent Issued to 3M Innovative Properties on July 29 for "Adjustable adhesive articles with permissible movement parallel to bonding plane" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,732, issued on July 29, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Adjustable adhesive articles with permissible movement parallel to bonding plane" was invented by Dylan T. Cosgrove (Oakdale, Minn.), Michael R. Gorman (Woodbury, Minn.), Catherine A. Leatherdale (Woodbury, Minn.), Christina D. Cowman-Eggert (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.) and Thomas R. Corrigan (St. Paul, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides adhesive mounting articles that permit sliding movement along a primary path, even while the article is fixed between a mounting object and a mounting surface. The adhesive artic...