ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,777, issued on July 1, was assigned to TERAOKA SEISAKUSHO Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Adhesive tape" was invented by Mikio Hosoi (Tokyo) and Sou Himori (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The adhesive tape, in which delamination hardly occurs even when a laminate layer is thin, includes: a base material 1 of a warp-knitted fabric in which a weft yarn 11 is inserted into a loop structure formed by a multifilament warp yarn 12; a first laminate layer 2 formed on a first surface 1A of the base material 1 where one warp yarn appears on the surface of the weft yarn; a second laminate layer 3 formed on a second surface 1B of the base material 1 on...