ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,677, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to tesa SE (Norderstedt, Germany).
"Adhesive suitable for an on-the-fly roll change of materials with low-energy surfaces" was invented by Julia Garbers (Hamburg, Germany), Thilo Dollase (Hamburg, Germany), Niels Czerwonatis (Hamburg, Germany) and Felix Kostner (Hamburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adhesive that comprises: (a) 35 to 55 wt. % of an elastomer component; (b) 20 to 45 wt. % of an adhesive resin component; and (c) 15 to 40 wt. % of a plasticizing component, wherein (c1) 8 to 35 wt. % of (c) is made of one or more plasticizing oils, and (c2) optionally up to 32 wt. % of (c...