US Patent Issued to Solventum Intellectual Properties on Dec. 16 for "Moisture and electromagnetic radiation switchable adhesive and apparatuses, systems, and methods therefore" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,230, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Co. (Maplewood, Minn.).

"Moisture and electromagnetic radiation switchable adhesive and apparatuses, systems, and methods therefore" was invented by Christopher Brian Locke (Bournemouth, Great Britain) and Timothy Mark Robinson (Shillingstone, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure describes devices, systems, and methods related to dual switchable adhesives, the manufacture thereof, and the use thereof. An exemplary dual switchable adhesive includes one or more polymers, photo initiators configured to cause the one or more polymers to cros...