US Patent Issued to 3M Innovative Properties on May 27 for "Adhesive article comprising polymer and polymerizable cyclic olefins, adhesive compositions and methods" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,509, issued on May 27, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Adhesive article comprising polymer and polymerizable cyclic olefins, adhesive compositions and methods" was invented by Erik M. Townsend (South St. Paul, Minn.), Kelly A. Volp (Minneapolis), Mario A. Perez (Burnsville, Minn.) and Binhong Lin (Woodbury, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Adhesive composition and articles are described comprising a carrier substrate (e.g. release liner or backing) and an adhesive composition disposed on the carrier substrate. The adhesive composition comprises at least 20 wt. % of a polymer; unpolymerized cyclic ...