US Patent Issued to THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS on Feb. 4 for "Dry adhesive comprising a shape memory polymer for attachment to a flexible adherend" (South Korean, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,215,256, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS (Urbana, Ill.).

"Dry adhesive comprising a shape memory polymer for attachment to a flexible adherend" was invented by Seok Kim (Pohang, South Korea), Placid M. Ferreira (Champaign, Ill.) and ChangHee Son (Urbana, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dry adhesive for attachment to a flexible adherend comprises a shape memory polymer having a glass transition temperature (Tg) above 25deg C. and a compliant backing layer attached to the shape memory polymer. The shape memory polymer is configured to form a conformal and/or hermetic contact with a...