US Patent Issued to Shin-Etsu Chemical on Jan. 13 for "Adhesive material having microstructures and permeation-resistant properties" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,750, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Adhesive material having microstructures and permeation-resistant properties" was invented by Paul Samuel Glass (Pittsburgh), Aimee L. DeLuca (Pittsburgh) and Burak Aksak (Pittsburgh).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adhesive material providing permeation-resistant characteristics, wherein the material comprises a surface having a plurality of microstructures interspersed with at least one ridge. The ridge is adapted to make continuous contact with a mating surface. In one embodiment, the ridge is linear. In an alternative embodiment, the ridge has a square...