ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,744, issued on July 8, was assigned to Dow Silicones Corp. (Midland, Mich.).

"Silicone pressure sensitive adhesive composition and methods for the preparation and use thereof" was invented by Jingui Jiang (Shanghai), Zhihua Liu (Shanghai), Fuming Huang (Shanghai), Wenjie Chen (Shanghai), Chengrong Zhu (Shanghai) and Jiayin Zhu (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 protective film. The protective film can be adhered to an an...