ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,873, issued on April 15, was assigned to TOKIN Corp. (Shiroishi, Japan).

"Adhesive tape and tape roll" was invented by Tadashi Omiya (Sendai, Japan) and Masakazu Abe (Sendai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adhesive tape has a noise reduction function. The adhesive tape comprises a main member having a front surface and a back surface, and an adhesive layer provided on the back surface of the main member. The main member comprises a magnetic sheet and a uniaxially oriented film laminated on the magnetic sheet. The magnetic sheet contains a binder and magnetic particles distributed in the binder. The magnetic sheet solely has b...