US Patent Issued to NITTO DENKO on Dec. 9 for "Photo-crosslinkable pressure-sensitive adhesive and use thereof" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,327, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to NITTO DENKO Corp. (Ibaraki, Japan).

"Photo-crosslinkable pressure-sensitive adhesive and use thereof" was invented by Ryoko Asai (Ibaraki, Japan), Naofumi Kosaka (Ibaraki, Japan) and Yosuke Shimizu (Ibaraki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a photo-crosslinkable PSA comprising a polymer having side-chain benzophenone structures. The photo-crosslinkable PSA is a cured product of a PSA composition comprising an ethylenically unsaturated compound and a benzophenone structure-containing component. The photo-crosslinkable PSA has VOC emissions of 500 Mug/g or less. Also provided is a P...