ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,146, issued on March 11, was assigned to DIC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Adhesive tape and method of producing the same, and article using the adhesive tape and method of disassembling the same" was invented by Hiromasa Kikuchi (Saitama, Japan), Hideaki Takei (Saitama, Japan), Takeshi Iwasaki (Saitama, Japan) and Yusuke Takahasi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A double-sided adhesive tape is provided for bonding two or more adherends. The double-sided adhesive tape has satisfactory rollability, excellent reworkability after cleavage, and excellent shear holding characteristics at high temperatures. The double-sided adhesive tape includes ...