ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,222, issued on June 17, was assigned to NITTO DENKO Corp. (Ibaraki, Japan).

"Method for applying a threadlike adhesive body, and temporary-support-supported threadlike adhesive body" was invented by Atsushi Takashima (Ibaraki, Japan) and Yosuke Makihata (Ibaraki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for applying a threadlike adhesive body to an adherend so that the applied threadlike adhesive body has a desired shape, the method including a step in which a temporary-support-supported threadlike adhesive body including a temporary support and the threadlike adhesive body applied thereto so as ...