ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,617, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Dow Silicones Corp. (Midland, Mich.).

"Silicone pressure sensitive adhesive composition containing a fluorosilicone additive and methods for the preparation and use thereof" was invented by Jingui Jiang (Shanghai), Jiayin Zhu (Shanghai), Chengrong Zhu (Shanghai), Zhihua Liu (Shanghai), Qing Cao (Shanghai) and Yan Zhou (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A silicone pressure sensitive adhesive composition is curable to form a silicone pressure sensitive adhesive. The silicone pressure sensitive adhesive composition can be coated on a substrate and cured to form a topside protective film. The...