US Patent Issued to International Business Machines on May 27 for "Thermally reworkable adhesives for electronic devices" (Illinois, California, Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,504, issued on May 27, was assigned to International Business Machines Corp. (Armonk, N.Y.).

"Thermally reworkable adhesives for electronic devices" was invented by Joseph Michael Dennis (Chicago), Andy Theodora Tek (San Jose, Calif.) and Robert David Allen (Golden, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermally reworkable adhesive includes at least one di-epoxide, at least one diamine that is reactive with the at least one di-epoxide, at least one additive that is miscible, but not reactive, with the at least one di-epoxide and/or the at least one diamine. Reaction of the at least one di-epoxide and the at least one diamine forms ...