ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,987, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to ISO-Chemie GmbH (Aalen, Germany).
"Sealing tape" was invented by Martin Deiss (Abtsgmuend, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The sealing tape includes at least one base body of flexible foam capable of recovery after compression. In the area of the bottom surface of the sealing tape, an adhesive layer for bonding to a frame profile of a window or door is arranged. The sealing tape has a continuous barrier structure for reducing the permeability to the diffusion of water vapor and/or the permeability to air in the functional direction of the sealing tape, the barrier structure extends from ...