ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,517, issued on May 27, was assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Co. (Maplewood, Minn.).

"Adhesive compositions" was invented by Ying Zhang (Woodbury, Minn.), Robert A. Asmus (Hudson, Wis.), Zhicheng Tian (Woodbury, Minn.), Kheng Vang (St. Paul, Minn.), James Dizio (St. Paul, Minn.), Patrick J. Parks (St. Paul, Minn.) and Brian E. Spiewak (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Adhesive compositions are disclosed that include an octenidine salt, a resin system, a plasticizer, and a cidatrope. The dried adhesive compositions are substantially free of water and C2-C5 alcohols. The adhesive compositions disclo...